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My cat won't eat hairball preparations
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You can try mixing it into some wet food for him or wipe it on his paw and he will lick it off.
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1 tablespoon of pure pumpkin split between three canned meals a day, every day. It's a 'miracle cure'. 
You might have to start with tiny amounts, to get kitty used to the taste of it in the food. Gradually work up to the one full tablespoon, but not all in one meal, most effective in three meals a day.
Freeze 1 tablespoon size servings in ice cube trays. When the servings are frozen remove them from the trays and store them in a freezer bag, in the freezer. Take one serving out every night, stored in a little glass jar in the refrigerator, for the next day. Add 1/3 of the serving to a small serving of canned food (I serve canned meals in .75 ounce servings), blend well, then place the dish in another dish of hot water, to warm it slightly before feeding, do that for three meals.
For instance Mazy gets 7 canned meals a day of .75 ounces per meal. Her second, fourth and sixth meal of the day has 1/3 tablespoon of pumpkin. Mazy has been to the emergency vet for impacted hairballs, and had had to take hairball remedy every other day for all her 7 years of life, until I started the pumpkin. Now she takes NO hair ball gunk at all, ever.
Canned diet is important, also. A properly hydrated cat makes a big difference
He is not the cat from hell. He just doesn't appreciate being forced to ingest something he thinks is disgusting. I've met only one cat in my long life with cats who likes the stuff.
You might have to start with tiny amounts, to get kitty used to the taste of it in the food. Gradually work up to the one full tablespoon, but not all in one meal, most effective in three meals a day.
Freeze 1 tablespoon size servings in ice cube trays. When the servings are frozen remove them from the trays and store them in a freezer bag, in the freezer. Take one serving out every night, stored in a little glass jar in the refrigerator, for the next day. Add 1/3 of the serving to a small serving of canned food (I serve canned meals in .75 ounce servings), blend well, then place the dish in another dish of hot water, to warm it slightly before feeding, do that for three meals.
For instance Mazy gets 7 canned meals a day of .75 ounces per meal. Her second, fourth and sixth meal of the day has 1/3 tablespoon of pumpkin. Mazy has been to the emergency vet for impacted hairballs, and had had to take hairball remedy every other day for all her 7 years of life, until I started the pumpkin. Now she takes NO hair ball gunk at all, ever.
Canned diet is important, also. A properly hydrated cat makes a big difference
He is not the cat from hell. He just doesn't appreciate being forced to ingest something he thinks is disgusting. I've met only one cat in my long life with cats who likes the stuff.
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