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Fiona - 21 Mar 2004 22:29 GMT

We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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JoJo - 22 Mar 2004 00:07 GMT

go to the pet store or your vet - there is something called Laxatone, or
similiar - it's for hairballs. Some cats like the taste, others don't.

> We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making
herself
> sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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Ken Oaf - 22 Mar 2004 02:11 GMT

> We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
> sick. Any ideaas what to do?

Brush the cat daily to remove the loose fur.

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Ronee - 23 Mar 2004 21:17 GMT

My mother has a long hair, and the only thing they were able to do is change
his diet to a hairball variety of cat food. Plus they have some kind of
cream in a tube that you can give the cat that will make it easier to
'digest' the hairballs so they aren't throwing them up.

> We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
> sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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fusQuanto - 24 Mar 2004 13:29 GMT

ive had very good experience with purina one special care hairball food, one
barf in 3 months of switching to the food for my longhaired one. and ive had
very bad experience with the overpriced science diet hairball control food. one
barf every 2 weeks. i brush him at least every three days. and my other obese
boy, science diet diet catfood did nothing for him either. ive totally boycotted
the over priced under achieving science diet brand food for my cats. thats my
two cents:)

> My mother has a long hair, and the only thing they were able to do is change
> his diet to a hairball variety of cat food. Plus they have some kind of
> cream in a tube that you can give the cat that will make it easier to
> 'digest' the hairballs so they aren't throwing them up.
> > We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
> > sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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Marie Anderson - 25 Mar 2004 01:36 GMT

I also have a longhaired kitty and also had great results with the Purina
One hairball formula. It's the only thing that I have given my cat that
actually helps the hairball problem.

As for the pricey foods (Iams or Science Diet), I tried those on my cat and
she won't eat them. She doesn't like them at all, just sticks her nose up
at them and lets them sit in her bowl. I don't even waste my time on them
any more.

> ive had very good experience with purina one special care hairball food, one
> barf in 3 months of switching to the food for my longhaired one. and ive had
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> > > We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
> > > sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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Alain - 25 Mar 2004 11:57 GMT

Hello Fiona,

My cat used to do that all the time. How bad are the symptoms? Is s/he just
throwing up hair balls or is it worse?

Please let me know.

Cheers,

Alain

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> We have a long haired cat who is always swallowing fur and making herself
> sick. Any ideaas what to do?

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