Hairball

"Adrian" wrote in message
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Christina Websell wrote:
Well, wasn't I boasting the other day that my cats had never hawked
up a hairball? And indeed they hadn't, for years I'd never seen one
at all, ever.
I was out most of the day today sharing meals with relatives.
I came home, lit the woodburner, sat on the rug in front of it to
feed it and...I put my left hand down flat on the rug and felt
something wet underneath it.
It was something about as big as my middle finger, damp. It looked
like wet compressed hair.
This was a hairball, right?
I wonder whose it was?
Serves me right, eh? g
Do I need to groom them more?

Tweed

I'm sure you were being punished for leaving them all day. Figaro, the
cat I grew up with, would often deposit a hairball if she was annoyed
about something.


Oh, please don't say that. In only a few weeks I'll be going back to work,
and will leave them 8.15 until 4. Does that mean I'll get a lot of
hairballs?

I don't know why they're called hairballs, has anyone
ever seen one that's ball shaped?

This is what made be ask if it really *was* a hairball. I expected one to
be ball shaped, not long and exactly the size and shape of my middle finger.
Marina said it might be to do with their winter coat coming in. That seems
very sensible. Thanks, Marina. They are definitely getting their winter
coats. Kitty's now stands out from her body - her winter coat always does.

Tweed


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Adrian (Owned by Snoopy & Bagheera)
A house is not a home, without a cat.