Yes, pretty sure it's normal. I have 4 cats, and i have to vacuum at least once in 2 days, which i get a robot vacuum for and it cut down a lot of chores. Then i have to brush my couch regularly, and clean my shirt with a lint roller, and occasionally brush my long haired cat. It still result with having hair all over my shirt and pant if i were to hug them like a baby. Bathing them will help for at least 3 to 4 days, but you can't bath a cat that often, so you're basically required to just live with it.
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I tried bathing my cat once and screamed as if she were at a butcher, and banged on the glass/plastic semi-transparent sliding doors in the bathtub. I didn't wanna get eaten alive so I let her out with barely a rinse in the shower. She now can sense the bathroom and will scream and struggle to get off if I try to carry her in there. I think she got Cat-PTSD and I don't think she has trusted me ever since... ๐ซ
Wonderful cat things...
i took our kitten to the vet after her rescue to dea with worms, now it's been a year and i'm the only one in the family she still doesnt trust lol
If you have a cat in your house: Yes.
If you don't have a cat in your house: No.
If you have a hairless cat in your house: No.
That's not a cat, that's an Eldritch horror.
Its a raw chicken ๐คญ
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A very cuddly one
Still demands your soul, though.
No meal is complete without cat fur. Didn't you read the label before buying?
Cat hair is notorious for floating everywhere, so yes. That said, the heavy duty (extra-fluffy) dry Swiffer sweeper pads are really helpful if you have smooth floors. And a squeegee is effective to remove cat hair from fabric surfaces they sleep on like the sofa and plush mat. Knit clothes and staticky microfiber fabrics love cat hair, smooth woven cotton lets go of it more easily, if you're picking out an outfit for an important meeting.
I made the mistake of cuddling my cat today after doing glue down flooring all day. Now I have hair stuck to places where I didnโt quite get the glue off, which is a lot of places and I hate it.
It helps cut it down if you vacuum at least 3 times a week. When there's not as much floating around there's just less of it to stick to everything. It's impossible to not have some of you have cats, though. We accept it because cats are worth it (and the toxo be plasmosising)
Consider getting some antistatic dryer balls.
... and putting the cat in the dryer?! You're awful!
You're funny but clearly I mean as a way to remove cat hair, already detached from the animal, from clothes.
Have you never left a dryer door open unattended? It will acquire a cat similar to a box...
Then you, specifically you, should never operate a dryer, thanks.
Did I say I closed it or left the cat in it?! Goddamn what kind of monster do you take me for... but they sure do love jumping in there...
It depends on the cat or cats. Some don't or barely shed, and others shed constantly. In that case, it's normal.
Yes, although regular brushing (esp. with a deshedder) and vacuuming helps a lot.