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"O J" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Oct, Tweed wrote: 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? Oh yes! First one ever :-( I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Once again, cats have made a liar out of their human. It's part of their job. Apparently, yours take their duties very seriously. g Do I need to groom them more? Yours are short-hairs, right? Yes. An occasional combing is a welcome treat for most of mine and helps with the hairball problem. For some of mine, a combing is pure torture and they let me know it in no uncertain terms. If it feels good (to the cats), do it! I have a brush that they don't seem to mind if I sometimes smooth it across them. I combed Kitty a while ago to get her underhair out and she hated it. She wasn't taking proper care of herself so I had to do it. Firstly, she growled for me to stop and when I continued she slashed me quite seriously. It didn't stop me though. I kept on until she had a lovely black coat again and now she seems to be able to deal with her coat herself. First hairball I ever saw today! Kitty or Boyfriend? I think Kitty, she's taking care of her coat more than she has for years. I wish I could get for myself whatever the vet gave her, she was springing round the house this morning, chair to table, carpet, outside, inside, onto worktops and off like she was crazy. They say she's 18. I think not. Or maybe that injection did the trick. Tweed Tweed |
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"O J" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Oct, Tweed wrote: 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? Oh yes! First one ever :-( I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Once again, cats have made a liar out of their human. It's part of their job. Apparently, yours take their duties very seriously. g Do I need to groom them more? Yours are short-hairs, right? Yes. An occasional combing is a welcome treat for most of mine and helps with the hairball problem. For some of mine, a combing is pure torture and they let me know it in no uncertain terms. If it feels good (to the cats), do it! I have a brush that they don't seem to mind if I sometimes smooth it across them. I combed Kitty a while ago to get her underhair out and she hated it. She wasn't taking proper care of herself so I had to do it. Firstly, she growled for me to stop and when I continued she slashed me quite seriously. It didn't stop me though. I kept on until she had a lovely black coat again and now she seems to be able to deal with her coat herself. First hairball I ever saw today! Kitty or Boyfriend? I think Kitty, she's taking care of her coat more than she has for years. I wish I could get for myself whatever the vet gave her, she was springing round the house this morning, chair to table, carpet, outside, inside, onto worktops and off like she was crazy. They say she's 18. I think not. Or maybe that injection did the trick. Tweed Tweed |
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"O J" wrote in message ... On Sun, 17 Oct, Tweed wrote: 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? Oh yes! First one ever :-( I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Once again, cats have made a liar out of their human. It's part of their job. Apparently, yours take their duties very seriously. g Do I need to groom them more? Yours are short-hairs, right? Yes. An occasional combing is a welcome treat for most of mine and helps with the hairball problem. For some of mine, a combing is pure torture and they let me know it in no uncertain terms. If it feels good (to the cats), do it! I have a brush that they don't seem to mind if I sometimes smooth it across them. I combed Kitty a while ago to get her underhair out and she hated it. She wasn't taking proper care of herself so I had to do it. Firstly, she growled for me to stop and when I continued she slashed me quite seriously. It didn't stop me though. I kept on until she had a lovely black coat again and now she seems to be able to deal with her coat herself. First hairball I ever saw today! Kitty or Boyfriend? I think Kitty, she's taking care of her coat more than she has for years. I wish I could get for myself whatever the vet gave her, she was springing round the house this morning, chair to table, carpet, outside, inside, onto worktops and off like she was crazy. They say she's 18. I think not. Or maybe that injection did the trick. Tweed Tweed |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Why don't I just keep my big mouth shut about my cats not hawking up hairballs? They never fail to surprise me, they never did it before, honest. Just don't say that your cats have never attacked a human before... Joyce |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Why don't I just keep my big mouth shut about my cats not hawking up hairballs? They never fail to surprise me, they never did it before, honest. Just don't say that your cats have never attacked a human before... Joyce |
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Christina Websell wrote:
Why don't I just keep my big mouth shut about my cats not hawking up hairballs? They never fail to surprise me, they never did it before, honest. Just don't say that your cats have never attacked a human before... Joyce |
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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? Oh, yes, that was a hairball. ) I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Do I need to groom them more? Shorthaired cats seem to take care of that pretty well themselves, but some do need a little help. This time of year they're shedding a lot and changing into their winter coats, so may be getting more hair into their system than usual. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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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? Oh, yes, that was a hairball. ) I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Do I need to groom them more? Shorthaired cats seem to take care of that pretty well themselves, but some do need a little help. This time of year they're shedding a lot and changing into their winter coats, so may be getting more hair into their system than usual. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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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? Oh, yes, that was a hairball. ) I wonder whose it was? Serves me right, eh? g Do I need to groom them more? Shorthaired cats seem to take care of that pretty well themselves, but some do need a little help. This time of year they're shedding a lot and changing into their winter coats, so may be getting more hair into their system than usual. -- Marina, Frank and Nikki marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/frankiennikki/ and http://community.webshots.com/user/frankiennikki |
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"Christina Websell" had some very
interesting things to say about Hairball: It was something about as big as my middle finger, damp. It looked like wet compressed hair. This was a hairball, right? Yep, that's a hairball. :-) Thanks, Seanette. Why don't I just keep my big mouth shut about my cats not hawking up hairballs? They never fail to surprise me, they never did it before, honest. Not in all these years. I think they must be reading the group. Wouldn't surprise me :-). Reminds me of the scanner I have to fight with on my current temp assignment. Every time I say to someone else, "it's working pretty well tonight", it starts acting up. -- "The universe is quite robust in design and appears to be doing just fine on its own, incompetent support staff notwithstanding. :-)" - the Dennis formerly known as (evil), MCFL |
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