How do you treat a bad case of hairballs in cat. she throws them up all the time and doesn't eat much now.?

Question

she is an indoor cat and is bathed once a week and brushed. she doesn't shed much.

Answer 1

You don't really need to clean your cat once a week, they mostly clean themselves. They have hairball medicine at the store that you squeeze out of a tube for them to eat, usually they like it. I know someone with a cat who obsessively licked herself and threw up hairballs, and she had this colossal hairball building up in her stomach, so she felt full all the time and didn't eat much. Take your cat to the vet to make sure it's not that, or just email your vet if you don't want to go. and while  you're there get a hairball medicine recommendation.

Answer 2

You may want to try Perr-fect Hairball Solution and the Brush with polypropylene bristles.  They worked for my pet and she is a long haired cat. I found them at:  http://grandpawspets.shopshurepets.com.

Good luck.

Answer 3

You should use this special food which will most likely decrease the amount of hairballs your cat throws up. --> http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h...

Answer 4

Are you sure there is hair in the vomit? I only ask because you say she doesn't shed much. I wouldn't bathe her so much.( unless recommended by a veterinarian ) She may over groom herself after all the baths to dry herself off in turn she swallows a lot of hair. Brushing is the best thing you can do. The Furminator is a very good shedding tool you can get a pet-smart. Also try something like Laxatone I think you can get it at the pet store or your vet. It helps lubricate the stomach and intestines and keep the fur ball from forming.

Answer 5

Brush her much more often. Does she shed and eat the hair off the floor or something? Vacuum!

Answer 6

  Have you considered adding a drop or two of olive or veg. oil yo her food.?  My aunt used to offer her cat a small pat of butter to l**k.

Answer 7

can you access to a grass area? the grass does wonders. Special dry food. Some vege oil added to wet food.

Answer 8

It may not be hair balls from her. check your blankets and furniture or stuffed animals for thin spots. Feed her some hairball remedy available at most stores according to the directions but if she is still off her food take her to the vet she may have a intestinal stoppage that needs medical treatment

Answer 9

Age of your cat, weight, how long this has been going on and what she eats is important.

You could begin by changing her food gradually to one that contains hairball control.

Short-cutting everything and assuming she is in good health with no obstructions you can give her, safely, 1/2 teaspoon of olive oil mixed in her food, or she may l**k it off a spoon once a week.  I don't like to see anyone put oil in a syringe and give it to an animal that way as it could be easily inhaled and cause inhalation pneumonia.  If you opt for a syringe you need to go very, very slowly giving 2-3 drops at a time and let the animal swallow before proceeding with any more.