# Kitty Brushing
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [May 4, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435 "2005-05-04T20:25:02Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
**Page:** 2
### Author:  [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/21 "2005-05-05T12:57:18Z")
My long-haired girl, Raven, is a _whore_ for a brush. She fawns and squirms and writhes all over the floor, purring like a motorboat, and I have to follow her as she goes around rubbing against the furniture and walls. She loves having her tummy, face and head brushed as well.
My guy, Rasputin, doesn’t dislike it – he just think’s it’s playtime. So it’s pretty much impossible to get any real brushing done.
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### Author:  [@PinkMarabou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PinkMarabou)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/22 "2005-05-05T14:53:14Z")
Let your cat brush itself . . .
[Cat Spa](http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441777901&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023690&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302033748&bmUID=1115304880464)
[Cat Hair Magnet](http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441778325&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302036302&bmUID=1115304940350)
[The ever-popular Cat-A-Comb](http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?cm_ven=MSN&cm_ite=ProductFeed&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023690&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302025567&PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441779515&bmUID=1115305060780)
Good luck! My kitten has the attention span of a goldfish so she can’t sit still.
😃😃😃
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### Author:  [@tremorviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tremorviolet)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/23 "2005-05-05T15:20:20Z")
> [@PinkMarabou](#):
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> Let your cat brush itself . . .
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> [Cat Hair Magnet](http://www.petsmart.com/global/product_detail.jsp?PRODUCT%3C%3Eprd_id=845524441778325&ASSORTMENT%3C%3East_id=2534374302023689&FOLDER%3C%3Efolder_id=2534374302036302&bmUID=1115304940350)
Oh, I love the cat hair magnet thingy but I don’t think my fat guy can fit through the 6" opening. Hmmmm, maybe I could make one…
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### Author:  [@Lissla\_Lissar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissla_Lissar)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/24 "2005-05-05T17:17:40Z")
I lint-roller my cats. With one of those sticky rollers. They hate brushing, but they _love_ being lint-rollered.
I do it mostly to keeping the amount they shed on the furniture down. If I get the loose hair off them directly, I don’t have to sweep and vacuum all the time.
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### Author:  [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/25 "2005-05-05T20:41:24Z")
> [@Cervaise](#):
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> Ditto, except for the fat part. 😉 When he sees me pick up the pink-handled wire brush, he comes running, squealing with joy. He walks back and forth, letting me run it along his back and flanks, with occasional pauses in his pacing to let me focus on his head. If I turn the brush over and put it at chin height, he rubs his jawline along it for a few strokes. Then he goes back to pacing.
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> I don’t know if he’s just itchy or what, but he’d be happy to get brushed until my arm falls off. He certainly complains when I stop, even after I’ve pulled enough hair off him to make a whole new cat.
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> Maybe he’s just weird. I had no idea this was uncommon.
Will you allow your cat to call my cat and meow some sense into her? 🙂
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### Author:  [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2005, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/26 "2005-05-05T23:18:28Z")
> [@tremorviolet](#):
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> Oh, I love the cat hair magnet thingy but I don’t think my fat guy can fit through the 6" opening. Hmmmm, maybe I could make one…
We’ve got one, and our cat is way too big (not fat, just big) to fit under the arch. He still likes it just fine. Then again, he mostly just likes to rub his face on it anyway.
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### Author:  [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)
#### Post date: [May 6, 2005, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kitty-brushing/302435/27 "2005-05-06T00:04:44Z")
> [@Jake](#):
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> Will you allow your cat to call my cat and meow some sense into her? 🙂
Well, he randomly attacked my arm while I was sleeping two nights ago, so his phone privileges are suspended, but maybe I can get him to send an email.
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