I have 4 cats. I love them very much.
They also produce more fur than there are grains of sand in this God forsaken earth. There’s fur in my clothes, food, mouse, ceiling fan, body crevices.
Help. Me.
Robot vacuum. We programmed it for morning and evening cleanup so the built up is okish. You have to accept that this is your life meow
I run mine daily and manually vacuum once a week.
This is the way.
We have two cats and a dog, like you, the robot runs twice a day and we do a thorough vacuuming once or twice a week.
Easy, just make your entire existence about constantly cleaning. But seriously, we just do what we can and the rest is what it is.
you think four cats are bad. I have one golden retriever!!!
I see your golden retriever and raise you one German shepherd/corgi mix.
I don’t mean to disbelieve you or anything but that sounds like less hair.
Yeah, it might be a tie at best, I don’t actually know how much golden retrievers shed.
I raise you a medium coat Belgian Shepard. All the fluff of a golden in a double coat.
I have a Collie. I just keep getting the most expensive vacuums I can until all the hair inevitably binds to our pores and turns the whole family feral.
My fiance sheds more hair than the 3 cats. Can’t be angry at the cats when she’s worse.
Do those reusable ones actually work okay? Or do I need the disposable paper ones?
I have one of these and it works surprisingly well. The gray squeegee looking flap flips back and forth as you roll it causing the red strips to take turns sliding into the cylindrical housing where they get wiped off so the hair collects inside. It essentially relies on the red strips short fibers snagging hair better than the fabric you’re wiping it on which is usually smoother (the only thing I could see it not working on would be like a really fuzzy soft sweater or something with its own stiff short fibers that catches hair). Static might be helping there too.
I got these in January. I’ve started to replace household single-use plastics and this one turned out to be a pretty good buy. They’re great for sturdy, unpatterned material. I use it to defuzz the cat tree and it is so satisfying. I only use it on one of the couch covers, though, as the one with a pattern in the surface of the material catches and snags. The vacuum takes care of the rest. The rest that I notice, anyway.
We have two cats, we vacuum once a week, and brush them every two weeks, and the fur buildup is really not that noticable.
We also have them on a vet diet which has been incredibly good for their skin and fur, so they don’t seem to shed as much.
They’re trained not to go up on the countertops and cabinets to prevent fur getting into food. They do it when I’m not around, but it still reduces fur up there.
It probably scales up linearly for 4 cats, so vacuum twice a week and brush them weekly.
Robot vacuum.
Is there a particular one that you would recommend that is the biggest bang for the buck? Having a robot vacuum would be cool but I know some brands are more expensive than others.
Can recommended the Eufy RoboVac. Its made a huge difference and requires little effort to set up. I run it every other day and its basically eliminated “tumbleweeds”.
Thanks! I’ll check that one out. Ha, I have hardwood floors so tumbleweeds between the cat hair, dust, and them ripping apart their cat tree they are a pretty common site. Having this around would definitely help!
Check out vacuum wars on YouTube, he tests a bunch of root vacuums.
How do people use robot vaccuums with 3 floors? And closed doors? Do you need like 6 of em?
I’ve had 4 iRobot vacuums over the years since the Roomba was introduced. I kind of hate them. On the one hand, they do a decent job of keeping things neater all the time, but every one of them quit working within two years (mostly due to failed motor drivers). At $350 each (I see they cost quite a lot more these days) they just weren’t worth it, especially compared to a similarly priced standard vacuum. I’ve been using one of Shark’s upper-end models for about 5 years. It cost about the same as a robot vacuum, does more, lasts longer and has no expensive consumables. It’s excellent, especially regarding maintainability. I can quickly and easily disassembly and clear/clean the entire air path with no tools.
Also they aren’t that powerful. For bare floors great carpet it’s just physics that a corded 12 amp with HEPA bag will do a better job
I hired a cleaner lol.
I have Golden. I just accepted that, robot vacuum help a little but fur in the coffee is just part od morning routine
Increase your vacuuming frequency and get a robo-vac for daily cleanup of drifting fur if possible. A good attachment for cleaning furniture really becomes the biggest factor when buying a new one. Also you’ll want those tape rollers (buy the multi-pack from Costco) to de-fur your clothes before going out alongside pretty much abandoning black clothing. A lily brush is great for collecting fur from the fabrics that really hang on to it.
If they’ll tolerate it, brushing the cats more frequently also is great for reducing how much floats free.
Live with it. Comes with the territory.
sorry but how does it get in the food
I ask myself the same question
God I wish I knew
lots of little hairs float around in the air, and settle on everything including the meal you just set down.
source: 2 labradors
The better question is, how does it get in his mouse??
A quality vacuum. Robot or otherwise. Get something with a good HEPA filter and schedule a clean every other day in common areas, Living rooms, bedrooms, wherever they hang out. Even just a couple minutes hand vacuuming the couch every other day will help with hair build up.
Dust surfaces frequently as well. That one i can get away with once a week but your mileage may vary.
We have a labrador. He gets brushed with a Furminator brush every few weeks, and we vacuum EVERY. SINGLE. WEEK. Otherwise the shedding is out of control.
We discovered shortly after we adopted him that I am allergic to dogs, something I never noticed growing up with dogs, likely because my family’s house was larger than our small apartment. So now the solution is being better about cleaning, as well as a daily dose of zyrtec for the life of our dog.
