sj, ugh, what a crappy thing to come home to! I hope you guys can find a great new apartment. I couldn't quite tell from your post, but they didn't throw a brick through *your* window, did they?
Thanks. But if they're being evicted maybe we don't have to. We were planning on looking to buy in the Spring.
My cat is often urpy for a while both before and after a hairball, so that may be all it was.
As are both of mine. Oh, the joys of cat ownership.
My cat is often urpy for a while both before and after a hairball, so that may be all it was.
As are both of mine. Oh, the joys of cat ownership.
Yeah, Slinky has a multi-stage hairball procedure. Step 1: small urp. Step 2: large hairball. Step 3: small urp. These are all generally done in different locations of the house, but within 5 minutes of each other.
Toke, bless her heart, just makes one humongous gnarly hairball and is done with it.
Oh, the joys of cat ownership.
My DH is right there with you. He was mocking my love of cats (and frequent complaints that we need a new kitten) by pointing out that I was cleaning up hairballs and combing out cat coats this morning. But now I'm sitting here with my little old kitty curled up next to me and I have to say it's pretty perfect.
Neither of my cats have ever produced hair balls. Are they doing something wrong? They are both shorthairs, so I'm assuming that is the difference. Not that I want to deal with hair balls. I'm babbling now. Back to work.
Max is the only cat we've ever had hairball problems with. He's also one of only two long-hairs we've had. On the ohter hand, we include hairball control dry food in their diet regularly.
On the ohter hand, we include hairball control dry food in their diet regularly.
That's what we feed ours. I think maybe our cats read the bag wrong and decided it's hairball-enhancing kibble.
I think long haired cats are much more likely to have them, and we have two long hairs right now. When I was a kid most of our cats were short haired and hairballs were not a problem.
You can also add a small bit of butter to their food every once in a while. It also gives them a shiny coat.
There are some flavored petroleum jelly-based remedies you can add weekly.
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For those aware of "Mark Watches" reviews, Mark also does "Mark Reads". Today he started reading and reacting to chapter one of "The Hobbit."
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Posting here because there are a lot of Tolkein readers here.