Thread: Shedding like mad (I hope Darcy isn't going bald)

This is 10 minutes worth of brushing (regular brushing not an undercoat rake)

Originally Posted by MyNewbabyDarcy

This is 10 minutes worth of brushing (regular brushing not an undercoat rake)

Are you going to start spinning then...?
So pleased that maybe I didn't dream it all up about someone having something made from the fur that had been spun.
How many sack fulls can I send over please ? x

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Are you going to start spinning then...?
So pleased that maybe I didn't dream it all up about someone having something made from the fur that had been spun.
How many sack fulls can I send over please ? x

Yes I think I'll spin up something with a drop spindle and email a friend who has a hairless cat and see if she wants a sweater for him. If I card the hair and get it into bunches I think it would spin well and then after it's spun it will be washed.

If anyone wants to send me hair you can! I'd love to try to make something fun out of cat fluff <3

I took a tip from my ex-neighbour and wedge the some of the hair into the joints at the top of the garden fence. Birds come along and take it for their nests apparently.

Originally Posted by Fozzie

I took a tip from my ex-neighbour and wedge the some of the hair into the joints at the top of the garden fence. Birds come along and take it for their nests apparently.

Yep they do but only certain types it seems, if I had just hoovered around then came into the roon & saw a lump of fur I would just open the window & let it go,mostly it caught up on a bush just under the window,a few years ago I noticed a small bird collecting the fur but what amazed me was the fact that he picked through it,Bruces top coat was a no no but his underneath fur,obviously a lot softer was what the bird was after,he would get some in his beak & take it to another branch then go back & sift through more once again taking the softer fur to add to his "wanted"pile,then when he had a good beak full of he flew with his gains,since then a lot of others have come for their nest lining & they all pick out the softest fur,this year though I think we could have provided lining for every nest in England with still plenty to spare.....!

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Yep they do but only certain types it seems, if I had just hoovered around then came into the roon & saw a lump of fur I would just open the window & let it go,mostly it caught up on a bush just under the window,a few years ago I noticed a small bird collecting the fur but what amazed me was the fact that he picked through it,Bruces top coat was a no no but his underneath fur,obviously a lot softer was what the bird was after,he would get some in his beak & take it to another branch then go back & sift through more once again taking the softer fur to add to his "wanted"pile,then when he had a good beak full of he flew with his gains,since then a lot of others have come for their nest lining & they all pick out the softest fur,this year though I think we could have provided lining for every nest in England with still plenty to spare.....!

What a great idea!!! Darcy's white fluff (from her belly) is super soft. I'll put some out for the birdies

I'm getting clumps all over too and it doesn't seem to make a huge difference with daily brushing. I get home in the evening to lumps all over the place! Thankfully they're so easy to spot and collect that I don't have to hoover every night :-))

Great idea for the birds, I'll have to do that!

Sian

Originally Posted by Fozzie

I took a tip from my ex-neighbour and wedge the some of the hair into the joints at the top of the garden fence. Birds come along and take it for their nests apparently.

When I had a dog I used to zoom groom them outside and leave the fur next day it would be all gone.......I wish I could use a zoom groom on my two!!!! If anyone has got a GSD or Lab I can not recomended a zoom groom enough, they are fab on staffies too.

I have a dreaded furminator which I use every couple of months now and sent my friend a pic of the result, I got more out of Hector than she got off her collie!!!! I am now considering only buying grey clothes lol