My Idiot Cat got hut by Uricating Hairs

[Mirandarachnid]

What I have found most effective is a strong surfactant like laundry detergent and a Scotch Brite type dish scrubber. Scrub until you start to glow in the dark. You need to pull those hairs out - just about every single one if a anaphylactic episode is ongoing. Unfortunately, body hair impedes things and shaving is often in order. This is why it's next to impossible to treat animals. Between the shaving and scrubbing a catatonic laid back old hound dog would take offense. And razor blades can cut the hairs off making them much harder to get out. The hard scrubbing works in part by removing the outer skin layers they are embedded in, the surfactant penetrates the skin layers and lubricates the hairs.

Duct tape. The holiest of holies. Also fantastic for removal of fiberglass and prickly pear thorns.

 

[The Snark]

Duct tape. The holiest of holies. Also fantastic for removal of fiberglass and prickly pear thorns.

I've tried that a few times with fiberglass. Always ended up resorting to my knife to get the last little prickles out.

 

[Mirandarachnid]

I've tried that a few times with fiberglass. Always ended up resorting to my knife to get the last little prickles out.

The secret is to pay attention to the angle of penetration. Run your finger over it and find the direction it doesn’t hurt, that’s the direction you want to apply and remove the tape. My husband fabricates HVAC ductwork. Lots of experience with fiberglass over here.

 

[The Snark]

The secret is to pay attention to the angle of penetration. Run your finger over it and find the direction it doesn’t hurt, that’s the direction you want to apply and remove the tape. My husband fabricates HVAC ductwork. Lots of experience with fiberglass over here.

You just explained something that has escaped me for years. I have almost zero light touch sensation in my hands and can't possibly feel something that small. My first wife watching me trying to thread a needle getting fed up and exclaiming "GIVE ME THAT! You're doing that just to aggravate me!"
Hubby has my sympathies.
Uncomfortable memories of installing security systems in homes in Palm Springs. Crawling on my belly in attics and crawl spaces over fiberglass insulation with the bonus those attics in summer get up around 200 degrees. 10 minutes in an attic running wires and 20 minutes downstairs chugging a gallon or two of water and pouring it over myself. Wash, rinse repeat. And mega itch to take home in the evening.

 

[Mirandarachnid]

You just explained something that has escaped me for years. I have almost zero light touch sensation in my hands and can't possibly feel something that small.
Hubby has my sympathies.
Uncomfortable memories of installing security systems in homes in Palm Springs. Crawling on my belly in attics and crawl spaces over fiberglass insulation with the bonus those attics in summer get up around 200 degrees. 10 minutes in an attic running wires and 20 minutes downstairs chugging a gallon or two of water and pouring it over myself. Wash, rinse repeat. And mega itch to take home in the evening.

Attics in the summer are punishing. We are in the Texas panhandle so we know heat as well. There were some times his insulin pump would alarm from the heat and he’d have to switch out for fresh insulin. Luckily he’s foreman for the fabrication shop now, so he rarely has to deal with the itchy himself, and almost never has to do installs. I still have a dedicated laundry basket for his work clothes though.

 

[The Snark]

@Mirandarachnid I'm glad he is keeping his condition under strict control.