Project Insomnia

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Thursday, June 15, 2006

Jon Carroll on the shedding of cat hair

Nevertheless, the cat grows a thick coat in the fall and thins its coat in the spring, the better to romp in the sun and not sweat. Or at least, so I learned -- since cats sweat through their paws, the thickness of the coat would seem to have no effect on their internal heat-balancing system. So they thin out their coats to keep their paws dry. There, that makes sense.
This is pretty much what's happening at our house, too. It's a never-ending battle to keep sheets, blankets, pillows, couch cushions, towels in the linen closet, rugs, and the carpet at least somewhat free of huge clumps of cat hair. We brush them, and as Jon says, it really doesn't do much. Yes, it smooths out their coat and probably feels good, but there is just as much hair in the brush the fourth or fifth time through as the first. And then they go lie down and shed some more.

This is why we're going to tear up the the carpets and put in wood floors. At least those can be swept.
|| Andrew, 9:38 AM || ||

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