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30th April 2012, 06:15 PM #1Elite Cat
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Hairballs?
Hi just looking for some advice/opinions please.
Moonlight's had a couple of hairballs in the last few months and had sicked them up fine (
well you know what I mean). I think Shadow had or has hairball trouble. She's been sick a couple of times - sorry this is horrible - and it's been sausage shaped with some hair (although not as much as I've experienced with other cats). And she has the runs. She was a bit off colour after the first sick episode on Saturday but was fine on Sun and today - apart from more sausage sick and the runs still. Do you think I should take her to the vets or do I try a hairball remedy? Like I say she's absolutely fine in herself and I don't want to drag her to the vets unnecessarily....
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30th April 2012, 06:53 PM #2Top Cat
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The thing is, hairball remedies are mostly laxatives. So if she has the runs as well I'd take her to the vet first before giving her something for the hairballs. (Mind you, it *is* hairball season at the moment... they're shedding their winter coats.)
HTH and good luck.
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30th April 2012, 08:05 PM #3Elite Cat
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Laxative- yeah that's what I thought - don;t want to make it worse! Think I'll watch her the next 24hrs then it's off to the vet. Hadn't thought about a 'hairball season' but that makes sense. Thanks
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30th April 2012, 08:16 PM #4Über Cat
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love coming home and finding a 'sausage ' waiting for me ......
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30th April 2012, 08:36 PM #5Moderator
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When one of mine has hairballs & vomits them up it really knocks him out for two to three days but as long as they are still going the other way,even if its runny,phew,then its not causing any blockages. I give mine the RC hairball & it doesn't eliminate them but does seem to knit them together & make them easier to get rid of,my daughter uses the equivalant of Katalax & has good results with that.At any time when they change coats they are more susceptible to the jolly things,I know when one of mine starts the others will follow but they can never do it all at once so its spread over a period of several days,the one thing I do though after grooming them when there is a lot of loose hair is just rub down with a bit of damp kitchen roll,surprising how much comes off & all of that would have been licked & ingested by the cat in their clean up....x
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1st May 2012, 07:48 AM #6Elite Cat
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Thanks - I hadn't thought of it happening to them altogether before. Only one of my old 2 moggies (shorthair) ever had them so it's quite a shock! Yes, at least they're going even if they do get filthy bloomers! Thanks for the tip about wiping them down - I've got some orange pet head wipes that'll do the trick. Feels like I've got a multitide of 'beauty products' to use on them now....the look they give me when I appear with the comb, the wipes, the dry shampoo.....
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