I have purchased one for 3 different cats and they have all just completely freaked out and loved it. Apparantly cats have really itchy faces so they love having the ability to rub their faces against the metal brush parts to relieve themselves.

I just got one for Ferg (the cat I'm housesitting at my house) and he is completely obsessed with it. He is constantly scratching his back or his face and he is so nuts about it that he even sleeps on it instead of with me which is a little sad for me.

Here is a picture




They are like $14 bucks at Walmart and in my experience it will be priceless compared to the love your cat will have for it.

While I have this cat thread I'm going to post some pictures of Captain Ferguson who is a very handsome and unique looking cat. Me and Fergy are going to have a fun two weeks together

Awwww U two kind of look alike

That is a GORGEOUS cat

I dont have a cat but I'm going to get one for myself.

hehe - that's teh sweetness!

I'll have to check it out.

lovemachine said:

i dont know who's more cuter the cat..or the person with the cat in the picture...but thats another story.....so..here's a stupid question this product won't hurt the cat at all,if it dosen't i want to buy one,were did you get yours..im kinda worried about the cat rubbing its face against side of the wall..so yeah this product is a must.

LOL!

That cat's face puts me in hysterics

My is 2 fat to even fit into one of those things.

Cats have really itchy faces? Puhlease :stupid:

They have scent glands to mark territory with, and some of these glands are in the cat's face, so that's why it rubs against things. Don't worry, you won't feel any smell though.

Teacher said:

oh shit..yeah..i remember cause i took a course well actually i studied about cats..but yeah also appearently when cat rubs against you marks you with its scent..uh..i didnt know cats are terriorial animals..but i know thier even more than dogs..

weepingwall said:

All you gotta do is study them in their natural habitats - both wild cats and wild dogs/wolves are territorial. Hell most animals period are territorial, including humans.

Teacher said:

I haven't seen them over here, and I don't own a cat ... but my cousins all do and if I saw those things I'd definately buy them for them, as from what you're saying they'd love them.

Teacher said:

This post just proves how "stupid" you are. Their is a big difference between the way the cats mark their territory with their faces and the way they scratch their faces against this metal toy. Yes the cats rub against things to mark territory and then they walk up to this device to scratch their faces.. For you to suggest that cats don't get itchy is pretty funny because you never see a cat take it's paw and scratch itself

Sorry you aren't quite the expert that you think you are. You can go back to being depressed and bitchy now.

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Spookymuffin said:

I love his face. To me it looks like he is always surprised. He is a very expensive breed of cat.

Teacher said:

yes..my cat does mark her territory but she aslo has a very itchy face so much that she will find anything to scratch it..my fingernails, a nail file laying around, corners of counters, corners of books. I seriously doubt she is trying to leave her scent on a nail file.

RaspberryWoman said:

Well ,they do. Of course it feels good to be scratched too, like for us to itch a scratch. It does stimulate the glands though, that's just the way it happens. It's a good thing that leads to another good thing, for the cat I mean.

In the wild, animals do very few things that doesn't have a practical use, including peeing and pooping.

Teacher said:

I saw my mom's cat eat it's own fur that it shed..what was the practical use for that?

RaspberryWoman said:

Cleaning the stomach up, all cats get discarded fur down their bellies when they wash. Then some will eat grass and some not, and they regurgitate the fur. Presto, clean stomach! I prefer to just not eat fur, but I'm not a cat. Some of the human-bred breeds like the Holy Birma has problems with their fur though, it's so wispy that it piles up fast and they have a regurgitation problem. It's not nice but there are foods that contain a substance that helps capsule it in the feces and it comes out the kitchen door instead of the attic.

Teacher said:

Leave my thread please. You aren't a expert and nobody really cares what you say.

lovemachine said:

That would be called an expert, and sure, whatever you say

Cute cat! Is that a Scottish Fold? Just wondering because he has those cute little folded ears that a Fold is known for.

I've seen the item pictured in the store, but haven't bought it. I'm seriously thinking of it, since I own 3 cats, and they would undoubtedly love it!

This is probably a stupid question, but is this brush thingy called anything in particular? I mean, what would I ask for when I go to the pet shop, or should I just look around for it?

I don't think they sell that here.. but I can make it myself !
I'm gonna buy a big brush (to clean bottles) and attach it to a piece of wood. Done!!

Ok I just want to go on record here and say that Mountain Dew IS NOT the drink of champions Dean!

See you two in 2!

AnotherLoverToo said:

"Errr, I would like to get one of those board thingies with a bottle brush looking thingy bent and fastened into the board?"

Just looked this item up online. According to the PetSmart website, the item listed above is called a "cat hair magnet".

http://www.petsmart.com/g...4888570676
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OMG, I need one of these STAT

my kitties have been driving me crazy lately at nite, maybe this would occupy them...

That looks so fucked up. To have your kitty all the time wrapped in that thing. "See I have this cool cat? It never leaves its cat magnet."

I think they sell masturbation aids for female dogs too somewhere..