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Cat Dryer
Having just been sat on by a very [cold] soggy kitty-cat. | |
As soon as the cat comes through the cat flap, it activates a warm
breeze that goes at least some way towards drying your cat. In warm
weather, it can be switched off.
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Can't you just turn the hair dryer on the cat? (I used to have a cat that loved that. The current one would run a mile, but she doesn't go outside.) |
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***pictures Dr.Curry once having had hair, with hairdryer in one hand and long bloody skrrrratches across his now tattered scalp.*** |
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An airblade catflap would work better than a "warm breeze", I
think, given the lack of time it takes a cat to get through the
catflap. |
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Or you could have a cat flap on your microwave. |
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Howabout the leaf blower? |
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I'm sure 8th would prefer the hand-crank wringer version... |
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On the contrary; [MB]'s "airblade" suggestion has given us an idea. It is the "blade" element that we find most congenial. |
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Our own initial concept involved spraying the damp feline liberally with microcrystalline pyrophoric metallic sodium.,,, the cat would be dry before you could shout, "FOUR-ALARM FIRE !" |
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I know I'll probably get flamed for this, but I towel dry
Claire in the "dogs" utility room when she comes
in.
She smooshes her body down low to the floor, and
sorta talks to me when I do it. (meowing of course). |
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It's a sickness. More deserving of pity than condemnation. |
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Maybe if the flap was extended into a tunnel? |
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my problem is with other people's dogs who like to swim in the pond and then want to play with me as though I was their newest bessie mate... |
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I think the most complex (and therefore most attractive)
solution is to be found in extremely high voltages. If the
cat can be charged up to a few tens of kV (on a suitably
insulated platform, obviously), then all of its fur will stand
on end, and the ends of the hairs will act as electrospray
tips. Basically, the entire cat (and all of the water on its
fur) will be so highly charged that it wants to get away
from itself. Water will spray as a fine mist from the tips of
each hair and, before you can say Van der Ggrraaff, you will
have a dry, tangle-free and fluffy feline. |
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You will need to find some convenient way to discharge
the cat afterwards without creating a stinging spark, but
this is a soluble problem. |
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Hmm. Why not a cat-sized indoor skydiving tube ? This could double-up as a fun game for the cat, surely they like to fly. The goggles might take a bit of getting used to though. |
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A short, sharp decompression to within a small percentage of atmospheric pressure should allow for the conversion of most of the water to cold steam. Followed by a recompression-decompression cycle to mitigate the bends, and kitty will be dry and healthy. Of course this may take some time. But any minute away from a cat is a minute well spent, in my books. |
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Surely the problem is the fur ? The fur holds the water; if the fur were removed, it would take the water with it. The cat could then have its skin dried by a rapid blast of hot, dehumidified air. |
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So what is actually needed here is an automatic cat-shaving machine. |
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I don't think this would help at all, since a door is so narrow the cat wouldn"t be in the breeze long enough to get any benefit. But something that might work is, instead of having the cat flap in the door, put one in the wall and have a cat-sized, 3-ft long wind tunnel the cat must walk through. |
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Isn't this what their tails are for? |
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Just a quick spin cycle's all you need. |
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I thought you were a nice guy, fries...on our side...all
sweet and cuddly. |
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We have turned him to the Dark Side ..... he has given in to his hate. |
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Maybe they'd have to worm their way through a nest of
blankets to get in... ? |
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//I thought you were a nice guy, fries...// |
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<shrugs>
I just assumed that they liked it and that that's why they keep jumping on my lap when they're wet...
: ' |
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...'cept for Manxy.
He seemed to prefer the old tumble dry. |
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