Ashton sheds. She isn’t the biggest cat in our house, or the longest haired, but she seems to shed the most. And here in Florida, shedding season is all year round.
So when I saw the Eazee deshedding tool at Global Pet Expo, I immediately thought of Ashton, and I couldn’t wait to try it out with her.
The deshedding tool I had previously used on Ashton had metal teeth that cut her undercoat. When is was purring and asking for more, it’s hard to stop grooming her. That actually led to me overgrooming her. I went for about six weeks last year not being able to take a photo of her back because a metal deshedding tool thinned even her topcoat, making the black fur of her back look streaky gray from her undercoat showing through.
The Eazee deshedding tool promised to be different. Instead of metal teeth that cut live hair, it has plastic ones that only remove dead hair. If it prevented me from overgrooming Ashton and making gray streaks on her back from cutting her topcoat, this sounded like a great idea.
There are two interchangeable sets of teeth for the brush, one set white and another set black. The white teeth are for daily grooming, and the black teeth are supposedly for more intense grooming. Ashton doesn’t need anything more intense than the white teeth, but maybe they would make a difference or a cat with longer or curly hair.
It’s easy to tell by the way Ashton responds that the Eazee deshedding tool feels good. Ashton leans into it, and you can see her tail is up, a sign of happiness.
This is the hair that came from about ten seconds of brushing. You can see that Ashton has plenty to spare and needs some brushing to remove the loose parts of her undercoat.
The Eazee is made of a static-free plastic, , and it has a thumb switch you can use to retract the teeth. When you retract the teeth, the hair falls right off the deshedding tool’s head.
Ashton: Did all that hair come from me?
The thumb switch for the adjustable head position means you can extend the teeth less for short-haired cats or extend them fully for long-haired cats. It also means that you can fully retract the teeth both for removing hair from the deshedding tool. It also provides a simple way to store the tool. There’s no separate cover for the teeth that you can misplace.
In the animation below, you can see how quickly the deshedding tool pulls hair loose from Ashton. It practically piles up at her hindquarters as I brush her.
I recommend not grooming your cat with this on the sofa like I did! You can see how much of Ashton’s dark fur ended up on the pillow and sofa cover. Pierre is probably hoping he won’t be blamed for the mess!
Speaking of Pierre, I tried the Eazee deshedding tool on Pierre, too. Pierre doesn’t actually like to be brushed. He just wants to rub the scent glands on his cheeks against the brush, especially the glands in the corner of his mouth. The result is what looks like obsessive rubbing against and chewing on the deshedding tool while he drools and purrs.
Pierre has cheerfully rubbed his mouth bloody on other brushes and grooming tools, so he has to be carefully monitored around anything that looks like a brush or any kind. He wasn’t able to injure himself with the Eazee deshedding tool because its teeth are plastic instead of metal and have slightly blunted edges. This extra safety measure is really reassuring. If it can’t injure the delicate tissue around Pierre’s lips, it won’t scratch him anywhere else, either… if he ever lets me brush anything but his cheeks.
Both Ashton and Pierre agree that the Eazee deshedding tool gets enthusiastic paws up for removing their hair so they don’t have to do it by getting a hairball.
Tips for the Deshedding
It’s easy to get gobs of fur off of Ashton, but some cats don’t have the same texture coat she has. For best results when deshedding your cat:
- Make sure your cat is dry. This isn’t a grooming tool meant for cats who you have recently bathed and haven’t completely dried yet.
- For shorter haired cats, only extend the teeth of the comb to the first setting. There is a longer setting for cats with longer coats or thicker undercoats. Ashton’s thicker undercoat really works best with the longer teeth.
- Not only does the Eazee deshedding tool come with there two combs — white for every day deshedding and black for intense grooming — the combs themselves are reversible. One side of the comb is for thicker coats and the other side for thinner coats. If you aren’t getting the results you expect, you can reverse the comb in the handle for better results.
Eazee Deshedding Tool Giveaway
We want you to have a better shedding season, too, so one lucky reader will receive an Eazee deshedding tool so your cat can feel as good as Ashton and Pierre after their grooming.
Just enter via Rafflecopter below. Though prizes only ship to US addresses, readers worldwide are invited to enter. If a winner lives outside the US, they can gift their prize to a friend or shelter in the US. Entries end Wednesday, July 26, 2017, and will be chosen by random drawing.**
**No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Winners will be notified via e-mail. Prize winner must provide Sometimes Cats Herd You with a physical address to which the prize will be mailed within 72 hours. If this information is not received, an alternate winner will be chosen by random drawing.
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We would love to have this tool. We all shed pretty good and while we have the Furminator, it’s a little rough on us. This one looks great.
Felix cat would love this!!
mom may have to look into this….we all could use a good brushing but don’t like the metal ones either
That sounds like a great deshedding tool, softer than the metal ones. Good luck to our US friends ! Purrs
We love how gentle this tool is while still being effective.
Glad it worked so well for you
We currently have three cats and three Treeing Walker Coonhounds (all rescues). I have a large deshedding brush for the dogs (too big to use effectively on the cats). I also have an Oster Shed Monster, which was an absolute must when we still had our Koneko (he was a Maine Coon with very long fur that liked to tangle and mat – we lost him about a year and a half ago). Now, that was the absolutely best brush for his long fur, cutting right through the mats (he loved me using it so much he’d jump up on the counter by it and meow until I used it on him). However, the Shed Monster is for longer fur and does nothing for our current cats, who are all DSH. My oldest, Moko, has been having medical issues and from that and the meds, has been shedding more. The problem is, she grooms herself so much that she’s throwing up fur balls, and she really can’t afford to lose any of the food she’s eating. I’d love to try this brush on her – and the other two, too.
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I have several different brushes but none work well on the short haired fosters I have as all are meant for the longer haired cats that are ours. Would love to try this on the fosters.
My Annabelle isn’t a big fan of being brushed, so I’m always looking for something she might enjoy. This looks like it might just do the trick!
I LOVE the FURminator but after reading this TW wonders if those streaks on my back aren’t the same as what you talked about with Ashton. TW says that when Pop brushes me, he leaves most of that fur that accumulates near my tail and I lick it back up cos it’s funny how I get hairballs right after being FURminated.
This deshedder looks awesome! Boodie could sure use this!
I have the furminator, but one of my boys is getting older with not as much meat on his bones. He does not mind getting brushed, but I feel the furminator might be more painful. This one looks better. My other boy does not like burshing – just bunny kicks the whole time!
We’re very interested in this grooming tool. We have the furminator, but it wasn’t good for our Persian fur and Mom Paula thinks it hurt because be weren’t comfortable with it at all. We wonder if this would be better.
None of us are that crazy about being brushed, but we’ll tolerate it sometimes for awhile if we’re in the right mood.
That looks like a great brush.
This is dream come true! Two of my three are like Pierre, so I need something safe. I have a collection of tools that didn’t make the cut. You name it and I’ve tried it. But I haven’t seen this one! Pick me pick me pick me!!!
Our mom really likes that thumb release feature! Maybe even Elliott would start to like brushing if we had that.
That looks like purrfect gadget for us, even though we don’t have long hair we do shed.
This is so neat! Looks very easy to use! 🙂
My cat Leonardo has the most massive fluffy fur. It gets everywhere!
I’ve wanted one of these since the Conference this year. Ashton’s experience with {I’m assuming} the Furminator – is Bear’s as well. Someone recommended this but I haven’t found it at any local pet stores.
This looks like the solution I have been looking for! Thanks for the chance!
Our cat max is shedding tons of soft little black hairs which float around into my mouth and into my coffee cup and everywhere. I have a slicker brush and brush him daily but he just seems to have more hair on him than I can capture. I like the teeth on this brush and in the video the cat didn’t seem to mind the brushing so I don’t think its harsh for the cat, would like to give it a try.
I really need this for my cat Libby – she always seems to be shedding lately and my son’s girlfriend is allergic…it would really help!
The shedding is crazy in this house! This time of year is rough on my vacuum.
My cat Kai needs a little help with deshedding. He has a few mats that I need to take care of as well. Thanks for the chance to win.
I have 3 fluffy animals this would be fantastic.Thanks for the giveaway and the chance to win!!!!
Our cat Albus loves being brushed, but I think this would do the job a bit better than the brush we use now. He HATES the metal brush for some reason?
My older cat would probably love being brushed with this brush!
As a person with seven very heavy shedding cats, I would LOVE to win this lol. My cats would surely appreciate it as well!
I like that the teeth are plastic. The ones with wire teeth make me nervous to use.
My cat Frank hates to be brushed. I’m always looking for something that he might not mind. I’ll be on the look-out for this!
By the way, I found you by accident on Twitter. I had a Cat hashtag and Catsherdyou came up. I had to click. Frank doesn’t herd anyone, but he has a herding dog. I thought maybe he’d fit in. 🙂
We swept up enough animal hair for a fourth animal, recently. I would love to try this tool!
With two cats, we have lots of hair everywhere! This would be great to try!
Would love to have to give to someone!
I’d love to try this. My cat is a real shedder!
This would be perfect for my cats!
I have long haired and short haired indoor cats who she’d all the time, but it’s so much worse this time of year. Would really love this comb. It looks like a great product
This would be perfect for my long hair cat
Thank you for the chance, I have two furballs that shed everywhere but they are my babies.