Thread: Quick question about moulting [shedding]

I'm no MC expert, not had mine for even a year yet. But I am almost certain that her shedding is very normal. I find that mine have gone through a big change in their coats over the last couple of months. At one point Poif looked positively scraggy, I felt so ashamed! Lol It's looking much better now. Ffion's coat has thickened recently but is much lighter and you can see the peachy splodges, over the winter she almost went completely grey!

I'm pretty sure others on the forum have noted that their MC's coat grows back to front, so it's thick in the summer and thin in the winter.

She does have a mighty fine mane and I'm sure it will return in good time.

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at the moment i have more hair on the floor than carpet !!!! Ruffs disappearing rapidly and constantly grooming them selves - 1st spring for me too so cant comment on 'normal'. Beautiful fur baby btw - what colour is she ?

Neither of mine have ever had a proper ruff

Originally Posted by H&SWells

at the moment i have more hair on the floor than carpet !!!! Ruffs disappearing rapidly and constantly grooming them selves - 1st spring for me too so cant comment on 'normal'. Beautiful fur baby btw - what colour is she ?

yep same here, can't believe where it all comes from

She is a silver tortie tabby & white

Hi Yvonne if you put Hello-I joined today a need help into the advanced search box you will be able to see that a few of us indeed do have back to front cats & ruff problems & my problem cat is also silver & white....x

same here too - a silver and white, and only going into the second year of MC ownership. It mainly seems to be the white fur that comes out - and seems to resemble cotton wool. I have a real problem with it sticking to clothes - particularly tights. Hoping things settle down quickly. As Jackie points out, I do recall a longer thread on this topic, so will be going to look there myself, to find out when things might be likely to settle down x

Yep, found the thread, and it does seem that it's perfectly normal - oh and she also does the thing of her tongue sometimes not quite being long enough for her ruff fur, though not at the moment

As she has had a huge ruff, I am just hoping it is seasonal and returns later in the year as it was pretty majestic. If is doesn't though, so be it, she is still gorgeous to us... even after she managed to knock the heaviest duty glass vase you have ever seen off the window today....and despite the fact she has been in season again for the last 5 days, her calling is driving poor Mr Mumble nuts, he just keeps escaping to the garden to escape her Does seem to be passing now though.

Thanks for the responses everyone, very much appreciated and has satisfied that niggle in the back of my mind.

Originally Posted by brightlight23

same here too - a silver and white, and only going into the second year of MC ownership. It mainly seems to be the white fur that comes out - and seems to resemble cotton wool. I have a real problem with it sticking to clothes - particularly tights. Hoping things settle down quickly. As Jackie points out, I do recall a longer thread on this topic, so will be going to look there myself, to find out when things might be likely to settle down x

You might have already seen these, but we got one last year as a 'twofer' deal with a comb we bought for the dogs, and it is fantastic at removing all kinds of pet hairs from clothes and upholstery. The simplest of devices are often the best it seems. In our house it has to contend with that cotton wool maine coon stuff, smooth coated jack russell hairs [which seem to have a life of their own and can burrow into anything] and short haired cat fur too.

CarPET - Pet Hair Remover - Love Pets

Originally Posted by YvonnePhoto

You might have already seen these, but we got one last year as a 'twofer' deal with a comb we bought for the dogs, and it is fantastic at removing all kinds of pet hairs from clothes and upholstery. The simplest of devices are often the best it seems. In our house it has to contend with that cotton wool maine coon stuff, smooth coated jack russell hairs [which seem to have a life of their own and can burrow into anything] and short haired cat fur too.

CarPET - Pet Hair Remover - Love Pets

. Thanks very much Yvonne. Looks like this would come in very handy, as getting tired of manually removing the fur. Will order later today! x