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Emily had a messy case of hairballs the past few weeks. After trying other
things I finally gave her three one-teaspoon daily doses of Laxatone which seems to have cleared it up. The package says to follow up with two or three 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. doses every week. This seems like a lot of laxative! Anyone do this? Ken -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Ken asked:
The package says to follow up with two or three 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. doses every week. This seems like a lot of laxative! Anyone do this? I wouldn't do it. The Laxatone could interfere with nutrients being absorbed. Instead, why don't you grow some oat grass for Emily to nibble on. ---MIKE--- In the White Mountains of New Hampshire (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') |
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On Jun 3, 12:17*pm, KenK wrote:
Emily had a messy case of hairballs the past few weeks. After trying other things I finally gave her three one-teaspoon daily doses of Laxatone which seems to have cleared it up. The package says to follow up with two or three 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. doses every week. This seems like a lot of laxative! Anyone do this? If one of our cats has a hairball, I will give the remedy two consecutive days, then see what "output" I find. Usually that's enough to solve the problem. Unfortunately, 'tis the season for hairballs with shedding season in full force. |
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Rene wrote in
: On Jun 3, 12:17*pm, KenK wrote: Emily had a messy case of hairballs the past few weeks. After trying othe r things I finally gave her three one-teaspoon daily doses of Laxatone whic h seems to have cleared it up. The package says to follow up with two or three 1/4 to 1/2 tsp. doses every week. This seems like a lot of laxative ! Anyone do this? If one of our cats has a hairball, I will give the remedy two consecutive days, then see what "output" I find. Usually that's enough to solve the problem. Unfortunately, 'tis the season for hairballs with shedding season in full force. The hairballs returned last night - twice. I gave her another 1/2 tsp of Laxatone last night, and will give her another this evening, then wait and see. I gave her a teaspoon of pumpkin Wednesday, and fiber for several days earlier in the week that evidently didn't help prevent a reoccurance. Daily grooming all her life isn't helping either. Laxatone is the only thing I have tried that helps - so far. I'm researching adding a bit of oil to her food. Strange - previously she's only had hairballs once a year or so - but then I had her on canned and dry food until early last year, now only Wellness canned. Her hairballs started when I switched her to Wellness. Seems she's getting everything bad this past year - diarrhea, dental problems, now hairballs. I fix one thing and that causes another problem. sigh Ken -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Strange - previously she's only had hairballs once a year or so - but then I had her on canned and dry food until early last year, now only Wellness canned. Her hairballs started when I switched her to Wellness. Seems she's getting everything bad this past year - diarrhea, dental problems, now hairballs. I fix one thing and that causes another problem. sigh I've had the opposite experience with Wellness. Ours rarely have hairballs since I've had them on Wellness and some Evo. Try and space the Laxatone doses and feeding, since it prevents some nutrient absorbtion. Have you thought about giving her a little butter a couple of times per week instead of oil? |
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Rene wrote in
: Strange - previously she's only had hairballs once a year or so - but then I had her on canned and dry food until early last year, now only Wellness canned. Her hairballs started when I switched her to Wellness. Seems she's getting everything bad this past year - diarrhea, dental problems, now hairballs. I fix one thing and that causes another problem. sigh I've had the opposite experience with Wellness. Ours rarely have hairballs since I've had them on Wellness and some Evo. Try and space the Laxatone doses and feeding, since it prevents some nutrient absorbtion. I do that. Have you thought about giving her a little butter a couple of times per week instead of oil? Well, I gave her a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Laxatone yesterday evening, a second small dose. I also started putting 1/4 tsp. olive oil in each of her three meals, which she doesn't seem to mind. No vomitimg last might. I'll stop the Laxatone for now and continue the oil. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. From what I found with Google it seems some cats' hairball problems respond well to this. If the olive oil works for a few weeks I'll think about butter. But AFAIK olive oil is healthy. At least it is for people. Maybe cut the olive oil to once or twice a day. I'll see. Poor Emily! -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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Suddenly, without warning, KenK exclaimed (6/5/2010 10:05 AM):
Rene wrote in : Strange - previously she's only had hairballs once a year or so - but then I had her on canned and dry food until early last year, now only Wellness canned. Her hairballs started when I switched her to Wellness. Seems she's getting everything bad this past year - diarrhea, dental problems, now hairballs. I fix one thing and that causes another problem. sigh I've had the opposite experience with Wellness. Ours rarely have hairballs since I've had them on Wellness and some Evo. Try and space the Laxatone doses and feeding, since it prevents some nutrient absorbtion. I do that. Have you thought about giving her a little butter a couple of times per week instead of oil? Well, I gave her a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Laxatone yesterday evening, a second small dose. I also started putting 1/4 tsp. olive oil in each of her three meals, which she doesn't seem to mind. No vomitimg last might. I'll stop the Laxatone for now and continue the oil. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. From what I found with Google it seems some cats' hairball problems respond well to this. If the olive oil works for a few weeks I'll think about butter. But AFAIK olive oil is healthy. At least it is for people. Maybe cut the olive oil to once or twice a day. I'll see. Poor Emily! I might try the olive oil for Meep. I have a salmon oil spritz I got in one of those expensive pet specialty stores (not the big ones, local place). I've been mixing her laculose with it, but about out of lactulose and I think the vet said it's hard to get these days. Olive oil isn't - it's the only cooking oil we use, so it's not like I'll ever run out.. and it'll stretch that expensive salmon oil a good bit more. The salmon oil thing was to try to tempt her to eat more. Seems to help. jmc |
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jmc wrote in
: Suddenly, without warning, KenK exclaimed (6/5/2010 10:05 AM): Rene wrote in : Strange - previously she's only had hairballs once a year or so - but then I had her on canned and dry food until early last year, now only Wellness canned. Her hairballs started when I switched her to Wellness. Seems she's getting everything bad this past year - diarrhea, dental problems, now hairballs. I fix one thing and that causes another problem. sigh I've had the opposite experience with Wellness. Ours rarely have hairballs since I've had them on Wellness and some Evo. Try and space the Laxatone doses and feeding, since it prevents some nutrient absorbtion. I do that. Have you thought about giving her a little butter a couple of times per week instead of oil? Well, I gave her a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Laxatone yesterday evening, a second small dose. I also started putting 1/4 tsp. olive oil in each of her three meals, which she doesn't seem to mind. No vomitimg last might. I'll stop the Laxatone for now and continue the oil. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. From what I found with Google it seems some cats' hairball problems respond well to this. If the olive oil works for a few weeks I'll think about butter. But AFAIK olive oil is healthy. At least it is for people. Maybe cut the olive oil to once or twice a day. I'll see. Poor Emily! I might try the olive oil for Meep. I have a salmon oil spritz I got in one of those expensive pet specialty stores (not the big ones, local place). I've been mixing her laculose with it, but about out of lactulose and I think the vet said it's hard to get these days. Olive oil isn't - it's the only cooking oil we use, so it's not like I'll ever run out.. and it'll stretch that expensive salmon oil a good bit more. The salmon oil thing was to try to tempt her to eat more. Seems to help. jmc I'm not too sure the olive oil will tempt her. Emily eats it, but I get the impression she is just tolerating it, not because she particularly likes it. Fortunately, she will eat many things. However, Meep's preferences may well be different. Good luck! BTW, FWIW I also use olive oil for cooking. -- "When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil." - Max Lerner |
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"KenK" wrote
jmc wrote Well, I gave her a 1/4 - 1/2 tsp. Laxatone yesterday evening, a second small dose. I also started putting 1/4 tsp. olive oil in each of her three meals, which she doesn't seem to mind. No vomitimg last might. I'll stop the Laxatone for now and continue the oil. I'm keeping my fingers crossed. From what I found with Google it seems some cats' hairball problems respond well to this. If the olive oil works for a few weeks I'll think about butter. But AFAIK olive oil is healthy. At least it is for people. Maybe cut the olive oil to once or twice a day. I'll see. BTW, thats probably at least partly from me (grin). I started adding various fats to my cat's diets to improve coat issues and found out it helps alot with furballs as well. At least, that has been my own experience. I might try the olive oil for Meep. I have a salmon oil spritz I got Olive oil isn't - it's the only cooking oil we use, so it's not like I'm not too sure the olive oil will tempt her. Emily eats it, but I get the impression she is just tolerating it, not because she particularly likes it. Fortunately, she will eat many things. However, Meep's preferences may well be different. Good luck! BTW, FWIW I also use olive oil for cooking. It's worth a try at least! Here's some of the other fats I've found useful (some cats liked one more than others) - Butter, usually melted and the solids left out (ghee, clarified butter). Has a mild laxitive effect on some kitties but more gentle than the laxitone etc sorts. - Pork fat (all types but watch the salt with bacon/sausge sorts) - Beef fat - Duck and Chicken fat - Rapeseed oil (cannola) Ones not highly suggested but some cats tolerate them well. These may cause allergic responses in *some* pets. Do not use if the pet is allergic prone. - Corn oil - palm oil - soy based oils |
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