Cat Hairballs

Cat hairballs are not a pretty sight. I'm sorry about the picture to the right but I thought it was necessary to show what one actually looked like. As you can see it is not a perfect ball and is shaped more like a hair sausage.

For my cat's, hairballs become more of an issue during the heavy shedding months of spring and fall.

Depending on your breed of cat this could be an issue all year long. What spurred me to write this article is that we have ran out of the treatment that I use for this condition.

We use this stuff called Cat Lax that I will explain further below. I didn't realize how well this stuff worked until we ran out of it and were besieged with lots of vomiting of hairballs.

Cat hairball treatment

It is recommended on the packaging that for hair ball removal in average weight adult cats, to administer once daily. For smaller cats, vary the amount accordingly.

To prevent hairballs in cats try administering two or three times per week. Your veterinarian may give different and more specific directions for treatment, in which case follow veterinarian's instructions.

In case your interested the contents are to follow. Cod liver oil, caramel, lecithin, malt syrup, white petrolatum, 0.1% sodium benzoate (preservative), vitamin E (dl-alpha tocopheryl acetate equivalent to 0.033 mg/g d-alpha tocopherol) (antioxidant), and purified water.

Hairballs in cats is no fun

According to my vet cat hairballs are one of the leading causes for felines to vomit. For one it's not good for my carpet.

If you don't get to the vomit right away the stomach acid that is mixed in can cause damage and discoloration to carpets and take the finish off of hardwood floors.

The second issue for me is that my cats seem to get very upset after they cough up their hairballs. In most cases the hairballs are quite large and take lots of effort to expel.

This process usually takes several minutes and can be very upsetting to your feline friend and the whole family. The treatment for cat hairballs I explained above helps dissolve the hairs and therefore lets your cat digest it.

Much better than collecting in a giant lump in their stomach. The cat lax that we purchase has a tuna or fishy flavor that my cats truly enjoy. But the biggest benefit is that they don't have to suffer with hacking up the giant hairballs.

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For more information on what else can cause stomach issues in felines visit my page about a cat not eating


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