This is what happens when you don't rinse the cat properly after wiping. Remember, TWO swirlies, then air dry...cats are clean and fussy, always TWO swirlies.

And a calico, too! Everyone knows those are no good for wiping. Too scratchy. Burmese and Siamese have all those natural oils in their fur and you don't build up any of that nasty static electricity that gets them frazzled in the first place.

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How pissed must this cat have been to scare a grown man! If his bathroom had a shower with a curtain in it, he could have taken the curtain down and used it to trap the cat. I've had to use bedsheets in a similar fashion with ferals. They leap as you approach sometimes, you raise the sheet, and then you tuck it around them and around and back towards you as you put the bundle on the ground quickly, rolling the cat as you do so, using your feet to keep the bundle closed on each side of the cat. It ends up looking like a cat Tootsie Roll. He could have at least immobilized the cat long enough to get around it.

I wonder just how big this cat was, and if the man involved had done something to the cat and was afraid to say.

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Bilge, I have found that the swirlie count is related to the amount of times the cat rotates on its bed, before finally lying down, for most of my cats, its actually three. Rinse and an air dry, very important!_______
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2 swirlies, huh? Will 3 swirlies remove shedded hairs. I keep finding cat hair migrating up the starkiss. It tickles and I waanna scratch.

It had to happen sooner or later, Bilge. Sorry, dude. I'm just glad you got out.

P.S. Did the cat try and wipe its ass on you?

SittingP, this has started me thinking. If, TSV is correct about the breed of cat, and you have a remenant hair problem, what if.. and its only an if.. you get hold of a recomended breed (all are long hair) and go over it with a set of neatly adjusted hair clippers, thereby removing the excess hair therebye minimizing the 'shed', but at the same time, still taking starfish advantage of the oily softness?

Hey, its just a thought.

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AD, dunno if you have cats or not, but all four of mine take great pleasure in introducing me daily to thier mini McDonalds chocolate doughnut centers, which invariably involves me sat on the couch, a cat jumps up, then proceedt to back up towards me with a look in its eye which says, 'you ever seen one of these before?'

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like a constipated accountant- I worked it out with a pencil.

Sittingpretty, TSV has made the point regarding skin care and cats, but doesn't resolve the shedding issue...sadly, if the shedding is causing such great distress, then Mexican Hairless is the answer, however, I have found that experience very similar to wiping with waxed paper, or a hula hoop.

Dunno why the guy didn't just scruff the cat. That's what vets and animal control people do when a cat they know isn't rabid is getting aggressive.

Oh wow, have you ever tried to scruff a cat in this state? It's not like the cat is going to allow you to do so. Grabbing an adult cat by the skin on the back of its neck, especially if it's no longer a kitten, can cause injury if the cat resists or struggles, which is often what an enraged cat will do. And remember, this cat wasn't getting aggressive, it was already aggressive; so the chances that it was just going to sit there and let the guy scruff it were slim to none. He would have been met with 20 weapons and a set of teeth.

And happy 3000 to me!

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True. Only trouble I ever had with the cats in my house growing up was when they didn't want their nails trimmed, so I guess this one went a little postal. Wonder what was wrong with it...

Oh, don't get me started on nails! Three of my cats are like "whatever", one likes the attention and purrs the entire time, but Mr. Beasty takes getting his nails trimmed about as well as he did getting neutered. I hate clipping that cat's nails.

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Well, it's quicker than claw caps and the males didn't give disgusted "Oh, great, now I look like a hooker" looks all the time.

If he had a can of hair spray, and a match, he could have made that cat look like a lump of anthracite.

My friend's cat has no claws, but he did win the Golden Gloves Nanoweight division. He's all muscle and fangs.
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