Flummic
Human Brain EnthusiastIf you have a pet and a carpet or rugs you should have a metal carpet rake for pet hair.
I just removed what seems to be an entire dog from our living room rug.
Basically these rakes use heavy-gauge metal spiral-wound wire to grab on to pet hair, it's kind of magical to see your rug change color lol.
Get one with a long handle so you don't need to bend over.
Note: can't use them on some types of of rugs, like wool or silk; so read the instructions/warnings!
dan 💾@thomasfuchs I had no idea these existed! Sounds like pure magic.
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@europlus @billgoats that's what they want you to think
mathew@thomasfuchs You can get rubber rakes that work nearly as well and are less damaging to rugs.
Leaded Solder@thomasfuchs thanks. I've never heard of such a device. Are you taking up knitting?
@thomasfuchs Just did the same today - the crazy thing: you can do that every other week :D
josh susser@thomasfuchs ever think about how much actual mass a pet sheds in a month? i feed my cat more in the winter because i figure he needs more protein to grow all that fur that he sheds so copiously.
@joshsusser however much it is, it's a lot 😅
🏴🏳⚧🏴☠my cat sheds enough for 3 cats. I've learned to brush any carpeted areas before vacuuming (i'm tired of turning the vacuum over every 3 square feet to pull fur wads out of the roller gears and hose)
Aaron Sawdey, Ph.D.@coolcalmcollected @thomasfuchs Some vacuums definitely cope with this better than others. Or for example my old roomba which was terrible about getting fur in the gearbox for its little brushes. Then I bought a new brush unit which it turned out had been completely redesigned so it never gets fur trapped anywhere but in the brush roller itself. Of course we can't have that kind of thing any more because ... shareholder value!
P.J. Meisch@thomasfuchs I once asked a colleague how many cats he has, the answer was “three. Two at home and one on my clothes”