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SPECIFICALLY, I am asking about commercial preps, not pumpkin, mineral oil, fish oil, SEB, etc. What do you give and does your cat like it? Looking for recs.
I totally agree! I found a good one at Pet Smart. It's by GNC Pets, & is petrolatum free. A small tube is about $7.00 I think, & is chicken flavored.http://www.thecatsite.com/t/250653/egg-lecithin-for-hairballs
I use egg yolk, egg yolk lecithin, and if I have to, Vet's Best Hairball treats (with digestive enzymes, slippery elm, marshmallow root and some psyllium as the main active ingredients).
I prefer to avoid anything with vaseline (petrolatum) or mineral oil in it when possible.
I will use pure vaseline in an emergency - when a hairball is blocking passage of food.
Poor girl. Please make sure she doesn't go too long w/out eating, or that will be another bad issue. You may have to really water down some food, & syringe feed her, w/ tiny bits in her cheek at a time.
i just bought a tube of tomlyn laxatone maple flavored for samantha. she had been vomiting periodically, sometimes hours after meals, and we had been completely unable to link it to food. one of my friends mentioned that her cat sometimes vomited when she had a hairball she couldn't pass. i have been having trouble getting samantha to eat it though; i'm literally shoving it in her mouth. (she has no sense of smell so it's hard to get her interested in things).
today was bad - she's only eaten once, about 13 hours ago, and she's thrown up all her breakfast and three other times she's just thrown up bile or foam. i was able to get some more tomlyn in her, but was happy to read about coconut oil and the vet's best option. if she throws up again tomorrow, i might try coconut oil.
Soybean Oil, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Oil, Cod Liver Oil, Flaxseed Oil, Chicken Flavor, Vitamin E, Lecithin, Soy Protein, Sorbitol, Beeswax, Maple Flavor, Methylcellulose, and Chamomile.
LTS3, are you concerned about what laxatone is made of? does your cat like it?
They've only begun to classify what's in a cat's guts. Any probiotic marketed as being more species-specific for a cat or dog is just that - marketing.Hi there! I have no experience with Fortiflora, so I can't say if Proviable DC is better. From what I've read, Fortiflora has only one strain of bacteria plus a lot of other stuff. Proviable DC has more strains, so it may come closer to matching a cat's intestinal environment. Additionally, the other ingredients are super minimal and just enough to keep the bacteria alive. We initially purchased Proviable DC from our holistic veterinarian, and still buy from her on occasion, but I usually purchase through Amazon or Chewy.