No, it’s not a remake of the Schwarzenegger classic cast entirely with felines, it a magic brush (well it seems like magic, anyways) that removes a sweater-full of cat hair at each sitting. I thought it had to cut it to do this, but it doesn’t, it just gets to the undercoat and takes of the hair that has already fallen out, but not off. I first read about it on Mary Robinette-Kowal’s blog (spend some time reading it while you’re there - such an interesting person! A writer and a real live puppeteer!!) and she was amazed that it worked just as well as advertised, and it does!

The pictures at the beginning of the post show the actual amount of hair removed in one sitting (from the Furminator website), and you have to check out the video, below. I got mine at Petsmart, by the way

Chuki LOVES this thing and he’s usually hesitant about new things. He rolls on the floor for it and the first time I brushed him with it he sat by the brush all night hoping I would do it again. This is the hair I took off him in one sitting - we could have gone longer, but I got tired. It is supposed to reduce shedding up to 90% and I have already noticed a huge difference. Some cats may not sit still for a long session, but even doing them in bits or just following them around to continue is enough to notice a difference.

Chuki was very proud of his fur-pile and wouldn’t leave it alone for me to take a picture of it. Maybe he wanted it back? Sorry kitty, it is compost-fodder now.

Here’s a tip: if you have a birdhouse, fill it with the hair you get from the cats or dogs and it will be used by birds to help line nests.