Increased frequency of hairballs

My cat Mikey has been vomiting up tiny hairballs a few times a week.
I am going to call the vet in a couple of days and get some petroleum jelly. I have already begun brushing him more.

But I'm posting to see if anyone else has experience with the increase in frequency of the hairballs. It used to be a once a month kind of thing...and they were larger. Now, it's almost every other day and the hairballs are about 1 square cm.

Thanks.

It's not uncommon for the frequency of hairballs to increase during shedding season, which typically starts in early spring. The brushing should help.

Brushing , possible hairball goop, a bit of butter

It's probably just the time of year. It's getting warmer out, cats are shedding more and grooming more. I know my cat Matilda is, she has a lot more hairballs than she used to and she is shedding a lot more than she did over the fall/winter. (Despite the fact that she doesn't ever go outside).

I like the natural hairball gels instead of petroleum products. I forget the name of mine but I bought it at PetSmart and I just mix it in her wet food. Some dry foods have ingredients in them to help prevent hairballs. When Matilda was eating Nutro Natural Indoor dry, she never had a hairball. I would consider finding a food that has something in it for cats prone to hairballs.

My cat has always had hairball problems, because her system has trouble digesting the hair that she ingests during grooming (even during non-shedding seasons). It's alleviated by necessary frequent grooming and hairball remedy (Petromalt, which she absolutely loves).