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now it's hairballs........
First it's that spot on her nose, which i will keep an eye on, but now
it's hairballs. Mischief and Imp, being shorthairs have never EVER had hairballs. The only horking i would hear would be from Mischief, horking up food after eating it too fast. Mayhem is a medium/long haired kitty and she's been in my home for about six months now, and last week i found some kitty vomit with a lot of hair in it. Now today i come home and find another one, again with hair in it. My conclusion is I've seen my very first hairball. Bear in mind too, these three are my first kitties so i've never had to deal with hairballs before. And it's got to be Mayhem since she is the fluffiest and furriest and also I've never seen a hairball until now. I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi |
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now it's hairballs........
"Mischief" wrote in message ups.com... First it's that spot on her nose, which i will keep an eye on, but now it's hairballs. Mischief and Imp, being shorthairs have never EVER had hairballs. The only horking i would hear would be from Mischief, horking up food after eating it too fast. Mayhem is a medium/long haired kitty and she's been in my home for about six months now, and last week i found some kitty vomit with a lot of hair in it. Now today i come home and find another one, again with hair in it. My conclusion is I've seen my very first hairball. I have only experienced one hairball from my cats. It was the shape of my middle finger and there was no vomit with it. There it was on the rug front of the fire when I got home so I posted to the group for advice. It was confirmed as my very first (and up till now, last) hairball. Bear in mind too, these three are my first kitties so i've never had to deal with hairballs before. And it's got to be Mayhem since she is the fluffiest and furriest and also I've never seen a hairball until now. I am not an experienced cat owner, but the one hairball my cats upchucked was not accompanied by vomit, so it would be good if the more experienced ones here had something to say about whether it's normal or not. I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? I've heard that putting Vaseline - petroleum jelly - on your cats paws so they lick it off works just as well as expensive hairball remedies. I don't know, I'm not recommending it, just something I heard would work. My cats don't seem to have a hairball problem, so I've never tried it. If they did, I would give it a go. Tweed |
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Mischief wrote: I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi Yes I used to give Rusty hairball remedy. It is flavoured and Rusty likes its. I think it is mainly petroleum jelly. I read that it can interfere with absorption of nutrients, so don't give too much of it to your cats. I read in a vet column that a teaspoon of canned pumpkin (NOT the pumpkin pie filling) a day will also helps with hairball. Rusty loves pumpkin, but lately he has not been very enthuisastic about it. He still eats it. I mix it with his canned food. The vet also told me fresh squeezed pineapple juice is good for hairballs. On google, I found somebody reported that a vet school also uses pineapple juice on cats. I think its the enzyme in the pinapple that helps with digestion of ingested hair. Whenever I eat fresh pineapple, I save the juice for Rusty. Hope this helps. Winnie |
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Mischief wrote: I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi Yes I used to give Rusty hairball remedy. It is flavoured and Rusty likes its. I think it is mainly petroleum jelly. I read that it can interfere with absorption of nutrients, so don't give too much of it to your cats. I read in a vet column that a teaspoon of canned pumpkin (NOT the pumpkin pie filling) a day will also helps with hairball. Rusty loves pumpkin, but lately he has not been very enthuisastic about it. He still eats it. I mix it with his canned food. The vet also told me fresh squeezed pineapple juice is good for hairballs. On google, I found somebody reported that a vet school also uses pineapple juice on cats. I think its the enzyme in the pinapple that helps with digestion of ingested hair. Whenever I eat fresh pineapple, I save the juice for Rusty. Hope this helps. Winnie |
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I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi We use Laxatone. Kinda greases things up so they pass on through the digestive tract. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe |
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"Sam" wrote in message ... I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi We use Laxatone. Kinda greases things up so they pass on through the digestive tract. -- Sam, closely supervised by Mistletoe Three words: 1. Cod 2. Liver 3. Oil Or use Max's remedy: Fresh baby rabbits. Catatonic.... H. |
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now it's hairballs........
Mischief wrote: First it's that spot on her nose, which i will keep an eye on, but now it's hairballs. Mischief and Imp, being shorthairs have never EVER had hairballs. The only horking i would hear would be from Mischief, horking up food after eating it too fast. Mayhem is a medium/long haired kitty and she's been in my home for about six months now, and last week i found some kitty vomit with a lot of hair in it. Now today i come home and find another one, again with hair in it. My conclusion is I've seen my very first hairball. Bear in mind too, these three are my first kitties so i've never had to deal with hairballs before. And it's got to be Mayhem since she is the fluffiest and furriest and also I've never seen a hairball until now. I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Trouble with most hairball remedies is that you can't always get the cat who needs it to cooperate. (Although a friend of mine had a cat who was "addicted" to Petromalt - he'd sit under the drawer where she kept it and cough suggestively!) Albertson's sells a dry food for indoor cats called Atta-Cat, which is supposed to help deal with hairballs, and both of mine seem to like it. It IS the "season" though - the other day I came home to find TWO rather large pieces of sausage-shaped grey felt on the carpet - courtesy of Melisande, who's the long-haired one. (Poor baby - with all that in her little stomach, it's a wonder she had room for food!) Kristi |
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Winnie wrote: Mischief wrote: I think there's something called Hairball Remedy, right? It's like a cream or paste you feed to your cat? I know there are a bunch of products out there, can anyone reccommend one? Kristi Yes I used to give Rusty hairball remedy. It is flavoured and Rusty likes its. I think it is mainly petroleum jelly. I read that it can interfere with absorption of nutrients, so don't give too much of it to your cats. I read in a vet column that a teaspoon of canned pumpkin (NOT the pumpkin pie filling) a day will also helps with hairball. Rusty loves pumpkin, but lately he has not been very enthuisastic about it. He still eats it. I mix it with his canned food. The vet also told me fresh squeezed pineapple juice is good for hairballs. On google, I found somebody reported that a vet school also uses pineapple juice on cats. I think its the enzyme in the pinapple that helps with digestion of ingested hair. Whenever I eat fresh pineapple, I save the juice for Rusty. How on earth do you get a cat to DRINK pineapple juice? Mine want nothing to do with anything sweet. (I might try pumpkin, but it comes in rather large cans, doesn't keep forever, and what would I do with the resst of it?) Hope this helps. Winnie |
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EvelynVogtGamble(Divamanque) wrote: How on earth do you get a cat to DRINK pineapple juice? Mine want nothing to do with anything sweet. (I might try pumpkin, but it comes in rather large cans, doesn't keep forever, and what would I do with the resst of it?) I used an eye dropper to give Rusty the pineapple juice. Only about 3 ml. each time. Another way is to mix it with the canned cat food. As for the canned pumpkin, I divided the contents of a large can into smaller portions for freezing. I also used it with my pancake mix to make pumpkin pancakes. Pumpkin has a lot of fibre so it is good for me too. If you bake, you can use it make pumpkin pie. Winnie |
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