A Michael Broad Blog
Introduction I hope you find this page useful. It has been updated. One of the difficulties for a good cat caregiver is to know whether there cat is genuinely ill if and when they vomit. Domestic cats are good at vomiting. But sometimes it’s just a day-to-day matter; something not to concern a good …
An infographic on an often-discussed cat caregiving topic. All the information contained therein is from veterinary sources primarily Dr Bruce Fogle DVM and Drs Eldredge DVM, Carlson DVM, Carlson DVM and Giffin MD. I hope you find it useful. I have focused on some essential tips. Below are some more articles on hairballs:
The stomach of cats is designed to accept hair. It has to be as a lot of hair is ingested during grooming. Sometimes too much for longhaired cats. Medical – mainly a longhaired cat problem Longhaired cats accumulate hair in the stomach as hairballs. They can be regurgitated rather than passing through the digestive …
The final straw was when a hairball was vomited up on the woman’s bed at which point she locked her cat outside permanently.
By Madison I was remiss in not brushing my short hair cat. He never had hairballs and for ten years he was fine. I regularly brush his brother, a long haired cat prone to hairballs, and was perplexed when Toby, the short hair, stopped eating and the X-rays showed a mass stuck in duodenum. …
Intro by Michael: this is an article by Jude, a visitor to this site. Thanks Jude, much appreciated. Hairballs are natural for a cat. The issue that humans have is that we want to avoid hairballs being vomited. Cats vomiting hairballs is also normal but humans would rather prevent it. So when we use …
Miralax hairball treatment for cats is something people suggest but Miralax is a treatment for human constipation and hairballs are not exactly constipation. As we know hairballs are often thrown up after eating grass or they are defecated. Miralax is not recommended by me or as far as I am aware by veterinarians. It …
