Update on Miss Puddy:
The vet here was right, my cat is doing good now after the week of 1 tsp. Vaseline daily for 7 days, and then the store bought stuff once every 4 days. She will still upchuck a hairball here and there but she doesn't cry with it anymore, she just hickups and out it comes...
I know, but we have to get her over this and get the build up of hairballs out! And then get her diet set up for her to go from here with her digestion.
I really think that the raw diet is best for her, I really do.
She is just clogged somewhat and we have to get her cleaned out to begin anew...
I got with the vet yesterday and he seems to think it is just her same old same old issue, just hairballs, slightly blocking her small intestines, but not completely which is a good thing.
He wants me to give her 1 tsp of Vaseline daily for one week, then follow up with the liquid...
I agree with you totally and have just hesitated on changing her diet. You read so much online on cat diets that it makes one afraid of doing so fearing that you will cause the cat to lack full nutrition in the new diet.
With her tummy issues I have noticed that even a tad of change causes her...
When I brush her, I actually get out what I call a couple of hairballs. One thing about her is that she never stops shedding.
She seems to shed year round on a non-stop basis. I tell everyone that she sheds so much and constant that it's a wonder she isn't bald, LOL!
I see what you are saying.
This is the brush I use on her:
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She will not eat the Petro Malt on anything, I have tried it on everything I know that she loves to eat but she just won't eat it.
That's why I have keep her on all there is for indoor hairball control foods/diet but the so called preventative is pretty much a joke, it has never stopped her...
I have tried all that you are saying here but for my cat it just hasn't worked. The vet says the dry and the can that she gets is hairball indoor cat, you can actually see what looks like spinach in it. I have also fed her fish packed in oil and she doesn't like that, she is truly finicky. I...
Well, I have been searching for a remedy that my cat would allow me to give her. She can be a real pain when it comes to getting something down her throat, LOL!
She has always had a hairball issue and she is just a medium haired mixed breed. I had always thought this was only the long hairs but...