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Hairballs: Persia doesn't feel good ?
A few times in the last week she's coughed up hairballs. She's normally
right here with me when I'm online, but now she's curled up on the bed. She chatters at me when I walk into the bedroom. And she purrs contentedly when I stroke her. But she's content to stay there and just snooze. I've got her on hairball formula cat food (Purina ONE) which she likes. Wondering if I should take her to the vet. It's not like she's overtly sick. She plays and sits in the window watching the squirrels and the birds. Oh, she loves the new kitty sock I got for her! She is active most of the time. Does hairball formula food make them regurgitate the hairballs they already have? 2 years later, I'm still new to this cat experience BTW, she's a short hair and I brush her at least once a week. She adores being brushed. Jill |
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We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats
and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. -- Victor M. Martinez http://www.che.utexas.edu/~martiv |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 15:08:04 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: A few times in the last week she's coughed up hairballs. She's normally right here with me when I'm online, but now she's curled up on the bed. She chatters at me when I walk into the bedroom. And she purrs contentedly when I stroke her. But she's content to stay there and just snooze. I've got her on hairball formula cat food (Purina ONE) which she likes. Wondering if I should take her to the vet. It's not like she's overtly sick. She plays and sits in the window watching the squirrels and the birds. Oh, she loves the new kitty sock I got for her! She is active most of the time. Does hairball formula food make them regurgitate the hairballs they already have? 2 years later, I'm still new to this cat experience BTW, she's a short hair and I brush her at least once a week. She adores being brushed. Jill I groom TuTu everyday and she still coughs up hairballs. She also is a shorthair. I give her a malt hairball remedy that acts as a lubricant (available at any store) and also the food that is for hairballs. Even after all these years I still learn something new about cats. MLB |
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Victor M. Martinez wrote:
We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down and dose her with some medicine (although I had to do that with my dog - Pepto Bysmol! and I do have an implement for dosing). Jill |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:58:13 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: Victor M. Martinez wrote: We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down and dose her with some medicine (although I had to do that with my dog - Pepto Bysmol! and I do have an implement for dosing). Jill Petromalt comes in a tube (like toothpaste) I squeeze a little out and let my cat lick it off the end of the tube. I try to get her to take in about an inch. If she won't do this, put some on the top of her paws so she can like it off -- There are other brands" Femalt, Lactonen(I believe that is the name). Grocery stors usually carry Petromalt and Vets carry others/ Petco and Petsmart also carry it. After TuTu licks it off the tube, I hold the end under running hot water to clean it. Good luck. |
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m. L. Briggs wrote:
On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:58:13 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: Victor M. Martinez wrote: We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down (snip) Petromalt comes in a tube (like toothpaste) I squeeze a little out and let my cat lick it off the end of the tube. I try to get her to take in about an inch. After TuTu licks it off the tube, I hold the end under running hot water to clean it. Good luck. (snip) Tomorrow I'm off to PetCo to look for this stuff! Thanks! Jill |
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Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:13:17 -0600, m. L. Briggs wrote: On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:58:13 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: Victor M. Martinez wrote: We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down and dose her with some medicine (although I had to do that with my dog - Pepto Bysmol! and I do have an implement for dosing). Jill Petromalt comes in a tube (like toothpaste) I squeeze a little out and let my cat lick it off the end of the tube. I try to get her to take in about an inch. If she won't do this, put some on the top of her paws so she can like it off -- There are other brands" Femalt, Lactonen(I believe that is the name). Grocery stors usually carry Petromalt and Vets carry others/ Petco and Petsmart also carry it. After TuTu licks it off the tube, I hold the end under running hot water to clean it. Good luck. These various brands of anti-hairball goop are basically flavored petruleum jelly. They encourage the hair to pass on through and end up in the litterbox, as opposed to being thrown up as a hairball. I have tried both malt-flavored and tuna-flavored varieties with Katie, but she doesn't care for either. Fortunately, her hairball production is getting less frequent now that the weather is starting to cool off, and I am going to try brushing her frequently to get rid of as much loose hair as possible. Cinders, my other adoptee, still won't let me touch her, but at least she can now sometimes see me across the room without running for cover. Fortunately, she doesn't seem as hairball-prone as is Katie. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBP3YrbzMYPge5L34aEQJYewCcCyRAPWZWEjVeEjG3Ou3gTh UfxuwAoPaK GdswArB1THyPQw4DD1Oxa7eM =cd5z -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- John F. Eldredge -- PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria |
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"m. L. Briggs" wrote in message ... On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:58:13 -0500, "jmcquown" wrote: Victor M. Martinez wrote: We don't get hairballs that often (I have no idea why, with so many cats and Xoxo being longhaired), but when we do we just give everybody a dose of petromalt and it takes care of it. Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down and dose her with some medicine (although I had to do that with my dog - Pepto Bysmol! and I do have an implement for dosing). Jill Petromalt comes in a tube (like toothpaste) I squeeze a little out and let my cat lick it off the end of the tube. I try to get her to take in about an inch. If she won't do this, put some on the top of her paws so she can like it off -- There are other brands" Femalt, Lactonen(I believe that is the name). Grocery stors usually carry Petromalt and Vets carry others/ Petco and Petsmart also carry it. After TuTu licks it off the tube, I hold the end under running hot water to clean it. Good luck. I squeeze it onto my finger, and my cats lick up every last speck of it. Brenda |
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On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 17:58:13 -0500, "jmcquown"
wrote: Okay, what is petromalt? A liquid? Do you mix it in the food? I can just see me trying to hold Persia down and dose her with some medicine (although I had to do that with my dog - Pepto Bysmol! and I do have an implement for dosing). Petromalt is a mixture of malt syrup, petroleum jelly and other ingredients. Some cats will lick it from a spoon or your finger. If the cat is less cooperative you can smear a dab on its whisker pads and it will lick the Petromalt off. The petroleum jelly acts as a lubricant to move swallowed hair through the digestive system. Plain petroleum jelly also works as a hairball remedy. Some of the commercial products include vitamin supplements on the idea that the petroleum jelly removes some lipid soluble vitamins that need to be replaced. My thought is that if you don't overdo the hairball remedy and the cat gets an adequate diet you don't have anything to worry about. |
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