Grooming long haired cat ... especially nether regions

I know what you mean about that SueDonim! I can't believe there's any cat left sometimes. Its winter too yet he seems to moult all the time. Sometimes I look at our pale green carpet and wonder why its a bit grey then realise that there's a fine layer of cat fur all over it. That's despite hoovering with my special Dyson for pets. Think I'd be better hoovering Baz himself!!

We used to have a cat that loved being hoovered, unless he actually saw the hoover, at which point he would freak out like 'Arrrggghhhh, there's a big scary machine that's trying to suck me up!!!!' and then he'd head for the hills.

I am new to Gransnet. I, too, have a long-haired cat, Tito. He is very lazy about grooming (rescue cat, obviously wasn´t taught right by his cat mum), my way is to have several combs around the house and whenever I come upon him in a good mood, I have a few swipes. Hair comes out in tufts, all in, we manage to keep it manageable. He likes to drink water from the tap in the bathroom and that´s when I manage most of the grooming. But yes, hair all over the house, am thinking of investing in Cat and Dog Hoover suggested somewhere on GN..

Oh yes polyester57 that reminds me of one of our previous cats -the sadly missed Buddy- he would only drink from a running tap. It was such a nuisance. Fortunately, our current one drinks from one or other of his 2 bowls!