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.
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Scrappy - Oct 24, 2011 8:14:11 am PDT #1615 of 30001
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Steph L. - Oct 24, 2011 8:17:49 am PDT #1616 of 30001
I look more rad than Lutheranism
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.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2011 8:19:37 am PDT #1617 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
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.
SuziQ - Oct 24, 2011 8:22:48 am PDT #1618 of 30001
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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.
Fred Pete - Oct 24, 2011 8:33:35 am PDT #1619 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
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.
Steph L. - Oct 24, 2011 8:35:11 am PDT #1620 of 30001
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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.
Burrell - Oct 24, 2011 8:42:09 am PDT #1621 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
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.
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2011 10:26:22 am PDT #1622 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
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.
DCJensen - Oct 24, 2011 10:27:14 am PDT #1623 of 30001
All is well that ends in pizza.
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Atropa - Oct 24, 2011 10:47:32 am PDT #1624 of 30001
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Hey, has anyone gotten Deena's current address? I want to join in on whatever we end up doing for them, but I also want to send Kara a little present, too.