lanesharon
New member
I was doing TNR (trap, neuter, return) volunteer work in my immediate community and did this for over 110 cats. I would trap them, keep them until they were old enough to get their first shots and spay/neuter and then find them homes. I had a few older vacuum cleaners when I first 'rescued' them. And, I found out that cleaning up litter can create a whole lot of problems for cleaners. I went through a number including Kirby, Shop Vac, Shark, and now I am using a very old Fairfax and a new Stanley shop vac. Cleaning up kitty litter from the floor can destroy some, regardless of how often you change bags and clean them out. I got the Fairfax at a garage sale, decades ago, and always just stored it because I had a number of others working during those years. That was before my cat volunteer rescue actions. Once I started doing that, my other machines broke and I would fix when I could, I have cleaned up my neighborhood and all cats have homes, now. But, somehow during that work, 3 wound up living with me (smile). The latest was just 2 days old and by the time I bottle fed him and rocked him to sleep, I got really attached to him, so, I got 'an extra'. I got down to the Fairfax and just now put it into action as a last resort and found out that the suction on it is fantastic. Even better than my older Kirby's. I want to care for the Fairfax properly, so I am looking for a manual that tells me what filters need to be replaced from time to time. It seems to have several, from what I have seen while looking for parts.