Chatgora /working title; wip/

It's effectively just a way to deal with the massive amount of shedding all Masuge do, considering their seasonal coats. The fur is collected and given to craftspeople who process it (clean it, brush the fibers), and either spin it into yarn or felt it.

The yarn, fabric, and other pieces are a major mundane export of the Masuge, considering the sheer amount that they shed and the relatively few good options for how to deal with that when one lives in a building. Masuge do tend to keep/use/have some of the more practical items (blankets, bags, etc; though it’s common practice to use ones own/ones close friends/family fur for things like blankets), but the clothing items are really not popular (since they really don’t need such warm garments, though most have one or two pieces they’ve accumulated somehow; and why wear fur over more fur). These goods are very popular wherever they’re in circulation, since they’re really, really warm and quite soft. The only big drawback is that they do not take to mundane dye particularly well.

due to the pure abundance, it is customary for all children to learn at least one fiber craft (similar to how most children irl learn an instrument), though most never actually master any. It’s actually quite a difficult skillset for masuge due to their claws, and many dedicated craftspeople file their claws into rounded nubs to avoid damaging thieir work (in 'current' times, it’s more common to employ claw guards and only older/old-fashioned crafters continue to file).

It's just about as reusable as any other fiber. Technically it can be reclaimed from older garments or pieces (though it is predisposed to tangling, so that wouldn't be a particularly smooth process), and obviously reused in any way one could think to use a textile (e.g. stuffing for a pillow or toy, rags, repurposed fabric, etc).

When a piece has reached the end of its life, it's traditional to burn it, similar to Masuge funerary rites. This is partially due to some lingering spirituality around pieces of a person being used and discarded, and partially because it's flammable (and there's no sense in wasting material, nor in clogging up the environment with decaying textiles). Of course, this is not necessarily how all communities with access discard them, but it is how communities with strong ties to Masuge do it (e.g. rethi, oni, jhra'xarajh, etc).