I've been able to feed Ruby regularly at lunchtime the past few weeks and during this time she has vomited hairballs 3 times. Prior to this she'd had 2 hairballs in the 7 months I've had her. Yesterday was the first time I was around when she had a hairball and it was rather disturbing for me, probably more so than her, but now that it's rather frequent I need to figure out how to stop them. She's around 3 years old.
She does have a sensitive stomach and I have prior posts about her vomiting clear liquid between meals, but the food change to just hypo-allergenic canned food solved that problem.
Prior to the new lunch time feeding, she was getting 1/4 can at 6 am and another 1/4 at 7:30 am, a few treats around 8 am, then nothing until at least 6 pm, when she got another 1/4 can and finally the last 1/4 around 8 pm and a few treats around 10 pm. On weekends she did get a part of the canned food at lunch time, and didn't have any hairball issues. And since when I eat, she wants to eat, I started giving her part of the canned food at lunch time weekdays as well.
Because I read in another post that if a cat's stomach doesn't get completely empty between meals it can cause hairballs, and since the frequent hairballs started at the same time as her regular lunch feeding started, I can't help but wonder if it is just a coincidence or not.
I'm considering skipping her lunch feeding for a while to see if that makes a difference. But she will still want food when I eat. Would a few treats be better than a spoonful of wet food?
Any comments or suggestions would be great.
She does have a sensitive stomach and I have prior posts about her vomiting clear liquid between meals, but the food change to just hypo-allergenic canned food solved that problem.
Prior to the new lunch time feeding, she was getting 1/4 can at 6 am and another 1/4 at 7:30 am, a few treats around 8 am, then nothing until at least 6 pm, when she got another 1/4 can and finally the last 1/4 around 8 pm and a few treats around 10 pm. On weekends she did get a part of the canned food at lunch time, and didn't have any hairball issues. And since when I eat, she wants to eat, I started giving her part of the canned food at lunch time weekdays as well.
Because I read in another post that if a cat's stomach doesn't get completely empty between meals it can cause hairballs, and since the frequent hairballs started at the same time as her regular lunch feeding started, I can't help but wonder if it is just a coincidence or not.
I'm considering skipping her lunch feeding for a while to see if that makes a difference. But she will still want food when I eat. Would a few treats be better than a spoonful of wet food?
Any comments or suggestions would be great.