Noodles, the newest addition, and the youngest, is a rescue from the desert of Arizona and is my most vocal kitty and is literally whipped by my smallest and only girl cat, Triffid, (we all are). More about Triffid, later, and I mean more! Noodles is the most playful of the kitties and bounds along with the others like the little brother that just wouldn’t go home. He is a jolly boy and loves his big cheeks rubbed and his neck scrubbed. Heck, he loves it all! His red mackerel coat sheds the most noteably in my hands. I enjoy his vocalizations, they are unique as he is. As if always asking a question, he roams the house until I call his name and he then answers back with what I can only imagine to be something like “Oh, ok, just wondering”.
Sebastian is my daughter, Raven’s, cat, but as the rule went in my house, if you get a pet at my house, they stay there. The animals here have formed relationships and have made a home together with me, they stay here. I can care for them and my girls are free to rescue more animals when they live on their own, which they have. So he lives with us and is a very regal looking cat like a white mini cheetah with a black butterfly shape going across his head at an angle. Cuddling is one of his favorite activities along with chattering at prey out the screened window. Whenever my hair is laid out on a pillow or top of the couch, he can be found snuggling in it. He places his pink nose on it so delicately and drools. (I know, ooh, gross. But he’s so cute!) All the while making muffins.
Pumpkin loves me the most. He shakes his tail at me and manipulates me into taking him outside. I want to build a cat enclosure for him especially! He a longer haired tabby than Noodles and more red in hue. Slight of frame, he seems to have unnatural powers over me. He has learned “Out” and says it all the time. Ok, maybe I learned his word for “out”.
Last and the one you’ve been waiting for, Triffid. Ruler of The Kingdom. She rules not just me and the other cats, but the dogs as well. She is small and in charge. Just over 6 lbs, she has a personality larger than the mightiest lion. But she really is just so cute that she gets her way. She rides me around like a horse commanding my direction with her meows. Directing me to the food dishes where a cabinet full canned food hangs open. Salmon is her favorite, so I pull out a can while under the spell of her cuteness.
So, finally what we all came here for… Petting your cats is a great way to get rid of their shedding hair. It is why we get cats in the first place, they are so soft! So pet then with a dry hand, and moistened hand, and gloved hand, and hand holding a brush or a Zoom Groom… find something that works for your cats individual coats. I prefer hands and the Zoom Groom. I gather up the hair that is coming off of them and throw it away, then vacuum. Have a heavy petting session every couple of days and vacuum and you will not only have less hair floating around, but you will improve your relationship with your kitty.