The invention relates to a method for treating a fibre cable for the production of stacked fibres and to a device for carrying out said method. The fibre cable is drawn in a drawing zone before being cut into stacked fibres, wherein the fibre cable is treated with a fluid prior to the drawing process. After drawing, the fibre cable undergoes a thermal treatment in order to immobilize the fibre material, the fluid contained in the fibre cable before the thermal treatment is reduced by pinching the fibre cable. In order to adjust the fluid content in the fibre cable to the respective treatment stages, the fibre cable is already pinched within the drawing zone over its width to such an extent that an evenly distributed proportion of weight of