I’ve got a really nice looking cat, but it gets really bitchy sometimes. If i were to shave it (just to teach it a lesson) would i be able to sell the fur? is there a market for it? Could i start a cat-shaving farm? Are cats the smaller, more economical alternative to Sheep? Could this become a new cottage Industry??
(please feel free to make the obvious witty remarks associated with shaving a cat)
If it is a long haired cat you could probably spin the hair into yarn. A short haired cat’s hair would probably not spin well. I have a friend who keeps sheep and spins the wool and she tried to spin my dog’s hair but it was too short. He is a labrador retriever so unless your cat’s hair is longer than the average lab’s it may only be good for stuffing.
I’m not sure how felting works, that may be something to investigate.
If your cat is mean you are going to be a bloody mess when you are finished trying to shave it.
My brother collected his Australian Shepherd’s hair for several years and used it to stuff a big pillow. He gave the dog-hair pillow away as a prize in a contest he held at the newspaper he worked for.
well i dunno if its true, but i heard on the radio a couple days ago about a lady who claims she can turn any type of hair into yarn. She charges rather expensively tho, but you could have your own gloves or socks made out of cat hair.
On the other hand, it could be a market to look into. It could be the next line of fabric to use. After all angora >sp?< is highly popular and expensive. Maybe cats hair will be the next craze. I think you should start it 
Lately, I have seen both turkey and cat testicles for sale on eBay and people have actually paid bid real money for them. If you ask me, it’s all in the marketing.
Stick it in a bag, take a picture of it, and put it up on eBay as a ‘practical joke for irritating people allergic to cats’. My brother-in-law, for example, gets all stuffed up and uncomfortable when he comes in contact with cat dander (of which there would no doubt be tons mixed in with your cat shavings). Find someone like me who has it in for a cat-allergy sufferer, but doesn’t have access to cat hair, and you have yourself a market.
Again, use that clever marketing to advertise how it is a ‘multi-year supply’ and place some clever suggestions of how it could be used against the allergy-sufferer such as between his bed sheets, in the air vents in their car or vents in their house/apartment, placed on dark colored towels the person uses, etc.
Wow… i think we really may be on to something here. This doesnt mean i have to pay you all consulting fees does it? Hey, i’m gonna be rich anyway, what’s it matter?
c’mear Notdog (i’m not a very creative cat namer) that’s a good kitty… We’re gonna make a bloody fortune
You could use the fur to make a hair shirt (for when you’ve done your theoretical killing and you want to be a traditional penitent.)
Or you could market it as moggiehair, similar to mohair.
And if you did choose to spin the hair into yarn, and wanted to maxmise the usefulness of the cat, you could cause the cat to power a treadmill which would, in turn, power the spinning wheel.
Many victorian homes, the kind that are in display as mini-museums, have hair samplers which were cuttings of each member of the household, and usually braided into shapes like flat basket designs or scroll-work and framed behind glass and hung in the Parlor.
What are you shaving it with–a straight razor?
Forget Theoretical killing! I’m gonna be a billionare, imagine, 700 cat powered spinning wheels spinning the very fur from the cat powering it!
(i think my cat knows what i’m talking about, it’s clawing the table leg an looking at me as if i’m next…)
Well, I’ve seen large wheels that were dog-powered and used for the making of butter (poss. cheese) so there might be a teensy little patent problem, but perhaps that’s nothing to one who can shave a cat.
Actually, to be really efficient, first you advertise the sale of (expensive) tickets for people to watch the shaving of the cat, thus financing the initial purchase of the spinning wheels.
This is GOOD - contemplating cruelty to cats is keeping my mind off Christmas. Why is my cat staring at me?
Psst, Upham, mind answering a question of mine completely unrelated to this thread?
(And, while I’m here: ICK! I hope your cat can read and isn’t declawed. :rolleyes: )
It works! I distracted Gubgub with some herring in sour cream and onions. Then I lathered that bad boy up with some Edge gel . I started with a trac two and couldn’t get any traction but the straight razor works fine. He’s a rare dim witted Siamese. Nice pile of fur. Now what?
Are you bleeding very much?
No. No. He was very sanguine about the whole thing. He was really into the herring. He’s a fat boy. And his front legs are really short. He runs every where he goes because he is afraid he will fall on his face. I have actually seen him do it.
So, how are you going to separate the shaving cream from the fur?
I sure hop that if you can spin the fur into yarn you knit your kitty a little sweater, They get really cold.One drunken night we shaved this girls cat and she really hated us a long time for it. And she bought it a few sweaters to keep it warm till it’s fur grew back.
You could sell the fur to Burlington Coats.
Notdog! That’s the funniest cat name I’ve ever heard!
You could take the cat’s hair, sew it into little cloth bags, and sell them as dog toys.
You could choke on it. That’d be fun.