This is ten minutes of brushing. I dread our evening “spa” which she demands.

You are lucky to have a cat that loves to be brushed.

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This is what happens if you don't do 10 minutes a day. You spend two hours and only get half way done but end up with a pile like this.

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This monster (Luna) hates being brushed…. It is a battle each time.

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My sweet boy Luci likes being brushed, but doesn’t really ask for it. Just if I don’t he gets matted really bad in his undercoat.

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So much fur! You can leave the fur outside for birds to make use of 😄

You should take up needlefelting and make her little hats and boots.

I have all 3 of mine line up for their turns every night.

The boy cat, then his sister and then the very long haired dog. By the time I'm finished the hair pile is as big as the dog.

They all need to be brushed with all 3 different brushes, paws and face massage, butt scratches, and then a treat.

If I miss a single step, there's genuinely a strop and much sulking.

wow. wish I could massage my kitty's paws! sounds like great bonding time. one day you'll miss it so much it hurts...

Oh what royalty

Leave the fur outside for birbs to take for their nests 🤗

Aww what a demanding little cutie 🥰

have you tried using a slicker brush? i've found it to be the most effective brush type

I see your making a secondary cat

Have you Trumped her? (Trump Your Cat—you brush out some fur and make a ridiculous little toupee. )

“…which she demands”

😂

What brush do you use for the undercoat? I have never brushed that much hair off my cat... like ever!

Wow!!! Your baby is absolutely gorgeous!

FYI you can put the floof outside because birds love it for their nests!

When the hair gets in my eyes, and I have allergies 🤧🤧🤧

Kitty's getting ready for summer.

Wow! You should find someone who is into experimental fiber spinning with all that

I wish my mink ragdoll boy would demand spa time!

Poor thing is matted so bad this year. Usually, we can sporadically snip off one or two at a time over the course of a week or two, but it's the worst I've seen. I have to make an appointment with a groomer for a lion cut. Pricing starts at $100 and goes up from there depending on how difficult he is (I have a friend since childhood that works there and will make sure pricing is on the up-and-up).

One of my Ragdolls whines and bites me when I try to gently brush him.

My sweet Maine Coon isn’t happy unless he’s had at least 3~4 sessions of brushing each and every day, and they better be at LEAST 10-20 minutes long EACH TIME, at a minimum, AND NO PHONE! THERE’S absolutely NO looking at phone, using phone, not even THINKING about phone! If phone interferes in ANY WAY with Brush Time, you better be ready to start all over.

Punishment for NOT brushing as desired, 1st: sweet little tap taps, 2nd: tiny little nibbles on the leg, last & final straw, BITE THE LEG UNTIL HUMAN COMPLIES!

My baby is 17 years old with a number of health issues, so needless to say, sweet boy gets WHATEVER SWEET BOY WANTS. 😻😻😻

looking at your brushes, I recommend getting a desheder like the furminators. you use it less than a normal brush - mainly when the cat is shedding, but it reeeeaaally gets in there and takes so much more than a regular brush. look into it at least, it can be a game changer

I wish my cat loved to be brushed!

I have that same exact comb

Yup

Brushing is so hard 😭

The price you pay for so much gorgeous floof.

Soon you will be able to construct a second cat!

We call it the salon 😂

Wow she is gorgeous!

It’ll get easier eventually

Next hobby- learn to spin yarn

I’ve seen the grooming vacuum. I don’t think it hurts them, but it could make things easier

It is never ending but so worth it💙

I keep brushing out so much fur I feel like he’s going to go bald 😩 maybe it’s just bc summers approaching. But at least no mats 

Is it always like this with ragdolls?

My darling is only 5 months at the moment but doesn't seem to shed any fur. She is fluffier than a normal kitten but not over the top. Does it change as they get older ?

Is it a good idea to start brushing now?

(I'm a newbie so please be kind! Thank you for any advice)

I don't know how it's possible but I brush my boy almost every day and i get maybe a 30th of that amount of hair. He very rarely throws up, and when he does there is almost no hair in there. So maybe he just isn't much of a shedder. And he is a FLUFFY boy.

Wait which ones the cat?

That’s almost a whole ‘nother cat!

This post just reminded me to brush my senior girl who is also a former show cat that loves being brushed (and sheds fur by the pound). Enjoy these moments, their time with us is so short. 🥹

Yes my boy has to decide bit me today somehow ended up with a small matted area on his right flank was not happy with me getting it out but was glad I did it 😑

Omg that’s hilarious 🤣🤣🤣🤣