How to Remove Hair From Cats

Effectively removing pet hair will allow you to enjoy your indoor cat while still keeping a clean home.

Pet hair is one of the most stubborn things to clean in a house. If you own an inside pet, you know all too well the daily maintenance that cleaning pet hair requires. Cats are especially notorious for shedding indoors, and their fine hair is frustrating to remove. Cat hair can cause allergies and even introduce viruses and parasites into your home if you leave floors and upholstery items for long periods without cleaning.

Things You'll Need

• Grooming brush
• Vacuum
• Broom
• Cat bed

Instructions

1. Groom your cat properly to prevent the problem at the source. Purchase tools made especially for grooming cats from your local pet store, like a slicker brush, which is a brush designed to remove excess fur from the undercoat and prevent shedding. Brush your cat daily and dispose of the cat hair you remove from your pet.

2. Purchase a lint roller or a special pet hair removal tool with a sticky surface from your local pet store. Apply the roller or tool to each surface in your home where car hair is a problem, such as couches, chairs, clothing, and bedding. Tear off used sheets frequently from the lint roller as you go over each surface for maximum efficiency. Remove couch cushions and all other furniture parts and pieces that you can move to get under and in between crevices where cat hair may be hiding.

3. Vacuum and sweep daily. Use your vacuum on all upholstery in your house after you have used your lint roller or other tools to get the deeply embedded cat hair out from your furniture. Sweep bare floors daily to keep stray cat hair from building up. Use a vacuum in the corners of bare floors to remove clumps of cat hair that gather there. Vacuum rooms with carpet in their entirety daily as well.

4. Buy a cat bed and encourage your cat to use it. Put food, water, or treats near the bed to train your cat to sleep there. Keep your cat on the bed instead of your furniture to prevent shedding that you will have to clean later. Use your sticky tools and vacuum to keep the cat bed free of loose cat hair as well.

References

• Cats of Australia; Pet Hair Removal: How to Get Cat Hair and Dog Hair Out of Carpets, Furnishings and Clothing
• PetPlace; Dealing with Cat Hair; Dr. Amy Wolff
• Doctors Foster and Smith: 6 Easy Ways to Control Cat Shedding
• The Leash Connection: Dog Brushes and Cat Brushes