@WayOutWestMom yay! I’m so happy your story has a happy ending. My girl also seems to have lost any interest in the outdoors. She doesn’t even sniff the screen door.
D2 has asked for a really good tool for removing cat hair from furniture. I thought I’d get her one for Christmas.
Any recommendations other than the sticky lint rollers?
Do sticky lint rollers work well? I always use 3M Scotch Lint Brush - the one with the red padding.
What I use is the Dyson pet vac (long stick one) with an attachment that’s just several inches long. It works better than anything else I’ve tried, including my other vacuum. We have cats, and one sheds terribly.
I think I’ve tried just about everything, but I haven’t found anything that works better than a camp washcloth.
Ugh, can’t we edit anymore? A DAMP washcloth!
Pledge used to have this cool gadget-it had rollers and worked really really well. But I can’t find them anymore. Bummer!
We’ve used a dry sponge type pad, shaped like an oversized eraser. Package says “Gonzo pet hair lifter” . Works well on most sofas & chairs. Found it via web, so still available.
We have two absolute winners (and these three Maine Coon/Norwegian Forest mixes shed horrendously): One is a weird little wedge that might be the same thing @kjofkw is talking about, though it’s shaped like a cheese wedge. Great for corners of upholstered furniture. And the other is really the most miraculous lifter ever for clothes, furniture, etc… We have four of them in various sizes, all made by Oxo. They have a black handle, and a red velcro-ish working surface on both sides of . . . a kind of paddle? The red surface lifts pet hair when you swipe in the direction of the arrow that’s on the face of the paddle, and then when you return the paddle to the stand it comes with, the hair is left in the stand. After multiple uses you pry of the bottom of the stand and remove the collected (compacted) cat hair. They’re still going strong five years into these cats’ lives. I’m doing an awful job of describing them, but they are real game-changers.
Can you provide links to these great products? Thanks so much for responding.
Sure. Here’s the whole family of furlifters: https://www.oxo.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=furlifter And the wedge: https://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/store/product/pet-wedge-reg-hair-remover/1043093199?skuId=43093199
Happy . . . lifting? 
Thanks, @HarrietMWelsch!
Lol, that PetWedge commercial is obnoxious. But I’m still buying it. 
I just saw the video of the pet wedge. Looks great!! I will definitely try. Thanks!!
(I wish there is a demo video for the OXO one, too!)
Big hugs to @VaBluebird… so sorry about your kitty.
My almost 15 year old kitty passed away at home this morning, pretty peacefully. My husband and I were both with him. We had an appt. at the vet later in the morning, but he didn’t make it. He lived a good long life, and didn’t suffer.
@1214mom , I’m so sorry. 
My 18 y/o lady is failing. I wouldn’t be surprised if we are not in your shoes very very soon. Every morning I come downstairs wondering if she is still with us. She’s not eating much, just pretty much stays on the sofa.
This is so hard. Condolences to all who have lost their feline friends.
I’m so sorry for all of you that have lost your kitties and to those with older ones that are not doing well.
Has anybody tried the catit Self Groomer? https://usa.catit.com/shop/senses-2-self-groomer/
I am brand new to this thread. But will introduce our furry bunch.
I am terribly allergic to cats and dogs. We went through a stint with 2 chinchillas (hypoallergenic) so my kids could have a pet growing up. Except chinchillas are not great pets for younger kids.
I told my now D18, “If they make a hypoallergenic cat we will get one”. Someone on this very lengthy thread may have already talked about the Siberian, but if properly bred they do not produce the Fel d 1 protein in their saliva which is what causes the cat allergy.
Well, tasked with that, she found a local breeder (we were in Texas at the time) and found a re-home. I really wanted to rescue a cat and not get a breeder kitten. This cat was 2 years old and being rehomed because he is honestly crazy. We drove to Houston and picked him up. He has OCD (we have him medicated now) but he chews/eats anything rubber or plastic. Iphone charger cords, lamp cords, cord to the coffee pot. Will eat rubber bands, plastic bags etc. He was rehomed because he ate a teething ring of a super young couple and the surgery was too expensive for them to keep him. We have had to have his stomach ultrasounded multiple times since we got him. He also licks furniture varnish and has gotten pancreatitis twice. He is nuts, but a wonderful cat!
I love this cat to freaking pieces! He is 18 pounds and seems more doglike than catlike… Since then, The ladies of our house are older females that were a part of the breeding program. We got them all when they were between 3-5 years old and no one wanted them because they were older.
I can proudly say we have beloved nutso cat’s mom, sister from the same dad and sister from the same mom but different dad. So I have a mom cat, two of her offspring, and her BFF who happens to be nutso’s sister with a different mom.
Then, as soon as we got all of these guys, my D left for college. They are my cats now and I live for them! They are long hair, shed a lot, puke up furballs a lot, big boy is still marginally nuts on his prozac, but I can’t imagine life without them.
Welcome @LTmomof2.
Glad you’re enjoying your cats, and that you found something that works better than chinchillas!
I have a Bengal. I’ve been told they are hypoallergenic, but I haven’t confirmed that. My son wanted to get a Bengal kitten, and wanted to borrow ours for a week to make sure his allergic to cats roommate wouldn’t be allergic to her. I wouldn’t let him, bc they lived in a townhome close to a busy road, and if she snuck out she wouldn’t be long for this world.