Hairballs

Okay I bought some catlax for Pixie and I cannot get her to take it I tried putting it on my finger and in her bowl and she will not touch it I even tried dipping the edge of her favorite toy in it and she refuses. And she is having trouble with hairballs, as you all might know Pixie has medium long hair. And I brush her but I don't know what else to do since she won't even taste of the catlax. Any suggestions?

The easiest way that I've come up with is just open the mouth and rub it on the tongue, quickly. After I do that Hurley is more willing to lick it off my finger.

You can put it on their front paw, they will lick it off- but honestly, easier is just to buy some loose leaf organic (be sure it is organic) cat nip and give her a small pile. Lots of fiber in that small pile, they love the taste of the catnip and if they rub in it and don't eat it, then just add it to their food. If you have multiple cats be careful because it can cause aggression. Another good thing is the dry food from Professional for hairballs. I am having great luck with that. If they didn't have the barbs on their tongue, they wouldn't have to swallow so much hair, but once something gets stuck there, they have no choice but to swallow it until it is gone. Even short-hair kitties get hairballs because of the barbed tongues.

We are just starting the Petromalt with Pounce. I put about 1 cm on my finger and shove it into her little mouth. Make sure it sticks to her tongue or the roof of her mouth, then hold her mouth mostly closed for a second or two (so when she shakes her head, it doesn't fly out!
We tried it on her front paw and she totally ignored it, but became really irritated, shaking that paw, etc. The vet also tried putting it on her nose, smearing it across her mouth - she just shook it off and got angrier! She definitely wouldn't eat it off a plate or even mixed with the food.
Good luck!

I just put cats in holding position, (kneel on floor with feet crossed behind, hold cat between knees facing out) open the mouth and swipe the blob in. I swipe it toward the side of the mouth, then gently hold the mouth closed until I see or hear a swallow.

Be careful with cat lax, it should not be used too often as it is high in vitamin A, which could cause a toxicity in your cat. No more than once or twice a week.

I use a rotation of hair ball remedies: Cat Lax, Petromalt and Tomlyn brand laxatone, so they only get the cat lax once every two weeks or so.

Jack just takes it off my finger, but Rosie and Sophie have it smeared on their front paws

Originally Posted by Rosiemac

Jack just takes it off my finger, but Rosie and Sophie have it smeared on their front paws

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I used to do the smear method with Mazy, and felt quite smug about it. Until I discovered something:

Mazy learned that if she sat still for a few minutes the stuff smeared in a thin coat on her foreleg and paw would gradually all slide down into a lump on the foot, which was easily flicked off.

I discovered this secret of hers one day while cleaning downstairs, which is where she runs after I put the stuff on her. I found about 10 different blobs down there, in various corners, so she was found out.

Now she has to take it shoved in her mouth like the rest of them.