"Gloria" wrote in message
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A vet told my parents to give the cat a little "mineral oil" once a week
(I don't remember how much, a tsp or 1/2 tsp?)......anyway he said if
you do that the cat will never have hairballs again......we did that,
and my persian lived 22 years. The first vet who saw him.....told us
that he had hairballs so bad, that he should be "put to sleep", I was
about 6 yrs old then, and started to cry, so my dad took him to this
other vet, who saved his life, with the mineral oil. Today most vets
won't recommend using mineral oil????? What do you think of it? By the
way the vet that wanted to put my cat "to sleep", the cat out-lived that
vet by about 20 yrs. :-)


Mineral oil should not be used on cats. It can actually be effective, but
it is also possible for fumes to cause lung damage or even pneumonia.

MaryL