Reading the Furminator posts here reminded me of an article I read at ModernCat. (
http://www.moderncat.net/2009/07/29/the ... hairballs/) Use the hair the Furminator removes to roll a toy ball. The hair felts as you roll it in your palms, and it doesn't take long at all to roll it into a firm, swatable ball. Now, I don't have a Furminator, but the idea sounded intriguing. So I used the hair that the dryer filter removes after you wash a throw or blanket that the kitties have been sleeping on. Works great! It made a small ball that the kitties immediately lost under the couch. I think I'll need several wash loads worth to get a large ball (and I can just roll the original little ball into the new supply, making it larger), but with the Furminator...