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I have thrown up 3 hairballs in the past 2 weeks. I've thrown up the last 2 of them within 24 hours. I used to get backed up with hairballs, so throwing them up is a good thing. Could I be throwing them up too much lately though? Mommy basically thinks that as long as it's hairballs that I'm throwing up, this is great. Isn't 3 in 2 weeks a bit much though? If it were you doing this, what would your Mommy & Daddy do?
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Twinkle
on Jan 26th 2012
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Cali, as usual, is right. Delilah and Lizzie are long-haired kitties and both pass hairball from both ends pretty frequently. Izzie does also, but as he's not as long-haired as his sister, it's only once every few weeks. I like to think that feading them a half a small can of wet food each day (1/4 in AM, 1/4 in PM) helped keep things moving inside them. All 3 are also on a hairball formula food. I brush all 3 daily. You can also feed them potted catgrass. In the summer, I grow my own and in the winter, if it looks fresh, I will purchase it at a big box pet store. My cats all LOVE it although I can no longer can have live houseplants since they don't distinguish between. Be prepared, though. It does auto-reverse in about 5-10 minutes. I know you are probably concerned b/c when Twink starts to vomit, it probably sounds like she's dying. Izzie does. But, hairballs are part of being owned by a cat! If Twink seems lethargic,starts hiding or stops eating, then it's time to call her vet.
Izadore (Izzie) answered on Jan 26th.
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I wouldn't say it's "great" -throwing up is never much fun, even if it's just a hair ball. But, she is right in thinking that if it's definitely clumps of hair you're throwing up it's not as big of a deal as if you were throwing up food or fluids. With you being such a fabulously long haired cat a hairball here and there is somewhat unavoidable. Have your mommy try to groom you more (hopefully you're better with that than my long haired brother Scooby is!) and mention it to your vet next time you go see them. Have your mommy keep track of how often you get hairballs and let your vet decide if they think you need to look into changing your diet or taking a supplement to help. Likely the biggest help is just that extra grooming. If you get a lot of tangles that make combing and brushing painful you can go to a professional groomer in the spring and get an all-over trim which can make you easier to detangle without drastically changing your appearance.
Cali
answered on 1/26/12.
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Allie will get several hairballs a week if I do not give them food with enough fiber in it. I need to use 5% fiber or more but even then she gets them from time to time because she is a crazy self groomer and ingests a lot of hair no matter how much I brush her. I have 10 with long hair and it's mostly just her who has this problem. I was wondering what was going on again recently with Allie when I realized I bought the wrong formula of their food. The "Adult" version of my brand doesn't have as much fiber as the "Indoor" and Mom messed up this time. I am not sure what you feed (wet or dry?) but I would look into adding fiber to her diet. I have heard that canned pumpkin (plain not pie filling) provides fiber but mine will not touch it.
Allie
answered on 1/28/12.
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