Cat Food for Hairballs

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A couple of my cats have been getting really nasty hairballs. We have the hairball paste and usually when I give it I end up wearing most of it. Is there a specific food that anyone has had luck with at reducing hairballs?
 

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High fiber foods... I add a fiber supplement to my cat who has a hairball problem, and works like a charm - the name is Vetasyl...
 

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How often are the hairballs?

What are you feeding( oddly enough too much fiber or too little can both cause this issue)?

What type of hairball goop are you using>?

I personally use butter
 

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Hairball problems in cats are unpleasant for both the cat and the cat owner. Cat owners know well the foreboding moment of stillness, followed by the awful sounds as the cat lurches, heaving and choking before projecting a smelly, wet mass of hair onto the floor (as unpleasant as this is for us, imagine how the cat feels).


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Originally Posted by Britt0285

A couple of my cats have been getting really nasty hairballs. We have the hairball paste and usually when I give it I end up wearing most of it. Is there a specific food that anyone has had luck with at reducing hairballs?
I will be accused of telling untruths but here is the truth. Neither one of my cats has ever had a single hairball in the four years that we have had them, including the very longhaired cat who spends a lot of time grooming himself. Is it the food I feed them? I don't know but I will never change their food despite the negative comments I have seen about the food I feed them 24/7 (Iams Original). Alley never gets anything else simply because she is not interested in treats. Persi dines with me every night and loves chicken, hamburger and ice cream. And cheese, that's his favorite. Neither cat gets any supplements nor anything to prevent hairballs. I know this is very unusual and I do not have an answer as to why I have been so lucky. Good luck with solving your problem!
 

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Originally Posted by Persi & Alley

I will be accused of telling untruths but here is the truth. Neither one of my cats has ever had a single hairball in the four years that we have had them, including the very longhaired cat who spends a lot of time grooming himself. Is it the food I feed them? I don't know but I will never change their food despite the negative comments I have seen about the food I feed them 24/7 (Iams Original). Alley never gets anything else simply because she is not interested in treats. Persi dines with me every night and loves chicken, hamburger and ice cream. And cheese, that's his favorite. Neither cat gets any supplements nor anything to prevent hairballs. I know this is very unusual and I do not have an answer as to why I have been so lucky. Good luck with solving your problem!
No untruths in that statement... RB Kandie did not have a hair ball for her first 15 years... Some cats do , some do not
 
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How much canned pumpkin? I am trying to pick a new food for my cats now. I have adult cats and kittens. I have just been feeding kitten wet food because my adult cats who are about 2 and 3 will not stay out of the kitten food! So far they did not like the science diet, but they did eat up the nutro natural choice kitten.
 

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Originally Posted by Britt0285

How much canned pumpkin? I am trying to pick a new food for my cats now. I have adult cats and kittens. I have just been feeding kitten wet food because my adult cats who are about 2 and 3 will not stay out of the kitten food! So far they did not like the science diet, but they did eat up the nutro natural choice kitten.
at two or three they are still okay unless overweight to eat kitten food...

start with a teaspoon
 
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Do you do a teaspoon every day or just when you start to realize they are having a hairball problem?
 

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Originally Posted by Britt0285

Do you do a teaspoon every day or just when you start to realize they are having a hairball problem?
daily till it gets under control then a few times a week
 
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Thank you! I am definitely going to try this!
 
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