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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:03:53 PM EDT
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Is she drinking water?
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:05:30 PM EDT
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How long has she been on the hairball meds?
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:17:48 PM EDT
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Age?
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:21:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Is she drinking water? There's a big bowl available for all the cats, away from their food. It has some calming medicine in it, as this cat is an enemy of all the others. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:22:23 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: How long has she been on the hairball meds? 2-3 months now. Before that I was giving it to her twice a week. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:22:50 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Age? 8? She was a foundling, somewhat feral, when she adopted us. eta She is fixed. She was about 1 1/2 years old when we found her, that was just before we got married 7 years ago. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:23:22 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 2-3 months now. Before that I was giving it to her twice a week. Perhaps try dialing back on the meds and see what happens? |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:24:09 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Perhaps try dialing back on the meds and see what happens? I will try that. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:29:42 PM EDT
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Serious solution: Shave it.
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:30:48 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted:There's a big bowl available for all the cats My cat has a bowl, too. But she doesn't drink from it. She prefers the bathroom sink and any water glasses left lying around 
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:44:52 PM EDT
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Evaluate for food allergies. A lot of cats develop fish allergies. It's very hard to find cat food with no fish product at all. PM me if you want to explore this.
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Posted: 1/26/2021 3:57:42 PM EDT
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Aside from hairballs, try to do things like separate quiet and secure feeding area. Rest and relaxation after eating (feed, then lap time alone with no other cats).
Some cats get spun up and puke over stress or other stimulus in the home, and the hairballs may have been the "going to go out the back way" variety but since puking happened they come up the front. I.e. they may be incidental and just due to the puking for other reasons. I always had good luck with the food with soy lectins in it, like the Purina Indoor (green bag) kibble. That keeps the proteins that make hairballs sticky from forming around the hair and it comes out the back a little bit every day. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 4:03:02 PM EDT
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My cats a puker. I feed her small amounts at a time and no more puking. She just eats too fast. Try that. Also in before the shave your cat post shows up.
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Posted: 1/26/2021 4:03:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My cat has a bowl, too. But she doesn't drink from it. She prefers the bathroom sink and any water glasses left lying around Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted:There's a big bowl available for all the cats My cat has a bowl, too. But she doesn't drink from it. She prefers the bathroom sink and any water glasses left lying around Sounds like one of our cats.. If the water has Whiskey in it,,,, that's an added bonus.. Darned cat loves the Jameson.. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 4:05:44 PM EDT
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When one of our cats, long-haired mutt, started barfing regularly, we just assumed it was furr balls. It was cancer.
 Just an FYI. A trip to the vet might not be a bad idea. |
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Posted: 1/26/2021 7:14:02 PM EDT
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Shaving is out of the question. She was almost feral when she adopted us, and still has quite a temper... she'll be perfectly contented at night sitting on my lap or shoulder, then gets grumpy, so I have to put her down on the floor.
It's for this reason that she is isolated at night. She doesn't get along with any of hte other cats, and even started getting possessive of my wife's pillow! I put her in my office and feed her there. It's possible that she may not be getting watered at night, which User55645 suggested may be a contributing factor. |
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Posted: 4/15/2021 8:34:38 AM EDT
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Had the same thing with my cat. Turned out to be a chicken byproduct allergy. He can eat raw chicken just fine but byproduct is no go.
Switched to raw/ venison or fish diet and he’s like a new cat. He’s 14 years old. |
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Posted: 4/15/2021 11:48:25 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Shaving is out of the question. She was almost feral when she adopted us, and still has quite a temper... she'll be perfectly contented at night sitting on my lap or shoulder, then gets grumpy, so I have to put her down on the floor. It's for this reason that she is isolated at night. She doesn't get along with any of hte other cats, and even started getting possessive of my wife's pillow! I put her in my office and feed her there. It's possible that she may not be getting watered at night, which User55645 suggested may be a contributing factor. Cat's doing fine now, we're not confining her so closely. And she's got fresh water every night! They prefer fresh water, and this one especially will die of dehydration instead of drinking water from yesterday. It's also spring, and she's blowing her coat BIG TIME. I brush her 2x/day now and that has the hairballs under control. She also gets hairball medication 2x per week. |
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