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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / July 2006OK now it's official....
Two weeks ago, my Lily presented me with her first ever hairball. She just now gave me her 2nd one. In both instances, she did not warble prior to horking it up, which means, that awful noise is reserved for when her horking is due to nausea. I can very much relate to that! What I've learned from this is that cats don't really mind getting rid of hairballs via the mouth, but when they vomit for any other reason, they feel pretty rotten just beforehand. > What I've learned from this is that cats don't really mind getting > rid of hairballs via the mouth, but when they vomit for any other > reason, they feel pretty rotten just beforehand. I seem to recall some posts in the past indicating that really bad hairballs also make them feel pretty bad. I've never noticed Oscar feeling bad at all before horking one up, but it's pretty rare and they're fairly small.  Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >Two weeks ago, my Lily presented me with her first ever hairball. She just >now gave me her 2nd one. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >hairballs via the mouth, but when they vomit for any other reason, they feel >pretty rotten just beforehand. LILY HOW DO YOO LIKE MAKIN THE HAIRBALL!!?? ITS SO EXCITING! EVRYBODDY PAYS ATTENSHUN! LOVE DANTE Theresa Stinky Pictures: http://community.webshots.com/album/125591586JWEFwh Make Levees, Not War > LILY HOW DO YOO LIKE MAKIN THE HAIRBALL!!?? ITS SO EXCITING! > EVRYBODDY PAYS ATTENSHUN! > > LOVE DANTE Dante, Ima so speshul everyone pays attenshun to me allwaze! Dey loves me an I loves dem back. Yoo wood loves me, too, Dante, cuz Ima real speshul catt. mmMAch! kiss yoo! frum Lilypad > Two weeks ago, my Lily presented me with her first ever hairball. She just > now gave me her 2nd one. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > hairballs via the mouth, but when they vomit for any other reason, they > feel pretty rotten just beforehand. Maybe you are only finding them now because your cats are now indoors and they horked them up outside before. This is the only explanation I can think of as to why I have only ever seen *one* hairball here in all these years. They seems to be a feature of almost everyone's life here, but not mine. I haven't seen any outside but my two have a pretty large area to roam in so maybe they are depositing them in the fields at the bottom of the garden? KFC almost never goes out now, except for toilet duties, but still no hairballs in the house. Although, maybe as she doesn't groom herself much now that is to be expected! She had a thoroughly good groom the other day when my friend June came over. She held her firmly (with leather gloves on..) with a towel at the ready to cover her head if necessary and I managed to groom her *almost* all over down to the skin. That sorted out her matty thighs and she now looks much better, like she has a home and is not neglected. Under the tummy is out of the question but it seems smooth anyway. We decided to leave clipping her claws until another day as her language became vile and very abusive ;-) and she started to struggle to get away. She looks posh now! Tweed >> Two weeks ago, my Lily presented me with her first ever hairball. She >> just now gave me her 2nd one. [quoted text clipped - 31 lines] > > Tweed My little cat Herbie is tan and white and Poppet is black however Herbie always has black fur balls bless it shows they can't be fighting all the time lol Slinkytigs > Maybe you are only finding them now because your cats are now indoors and > they horked them up outside before. This is the only explanation I can > think of as to why I have only ever seen *one* hairball here in all these > years. Maybe, but mine always seemed to make a point of coming inside to do their horking! >> Maybe you are only finding them now because your cats are now indoors and >> they horked them up outside before. This is the only explanation I can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Maybe, but mine always seemed to make a point of coming inside to do their > horking! LOL! Tweed > > Maybe you are only finding them now because your cats are now indoors and > > they horked them up outside before. This is the only explanation I can [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > Maybe, but mine always seemed to make a point of coming inside to do their > horking! Oh, but of course. Frank is very ceremonial about it. He waits until he's not only in the house, but usually after we go to bed, and sits on the cedar chest at the foot of the bed to hark up a hairball. Almost every time. I don't know what he's thinking. Maybe he thinks he might need some help, or maybe he just wants an audience, I don't know. Sherry > Maybe, but mine always seemed to make a point of coming inside to do their > horking! Fugazi (RB) was a past mistress at the delicate art of horking up the hairball, by our bedroom door about 5 minutes before one of us got up.... We used to think she maybe wanted us not to get cold feet but standing on a freshly puked hairball first thing in the morning and barefoot is not my idea of fun! She used to watch us do it and no-one can tell me she wasn't grinning at the time! Lesley Slave of the Fabulous Furballs >> Maybe, but mine always seemed to make a point of coming inside to do their >> horking! [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >not my idea of fun! She used to watch us do it and no-one can tell me >she wasn't grinning at the time! What is even less fun is what I did one time: I stepped in a fresh hairball while still half-asleep and had my foot slide out from under me. I ended up with a bruised knee from hitting the door frame on the way down, a bruised hip from hitting the floor, and a mix of cat hair and semi-digested cat food on both my sock and my pajama pants. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > I ended up with a bruised knee from hitting the door frame on the > way down, a bruised hip from hitting the floor, and a mix of cat hair > and semi-digested cat food on both my sock and my pajama pants. That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! >> I ended up with a bruised knee from hitting the door frame on the >> way down, a bruised hip from hitting the floor, and a mix of cat hair >> and semi-digested cat food on both my sock and my pajama pants. > >That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! It was the middle of winter, and I dislike being awakened by cold feet. I don't wear socks in bed in warm weather. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! What's with the sock hating? No matter how hot it is, if I don't wear socks to bed I feel weird all night and can't sleep well. I think it has more to do with the pressure than the temperature, actually. Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > night and can't sleep well. I think it has more to do with the > pressure than the temperature, actually. I'm the oposite, I can't sleep if I wear anything in bed it doesn't matter what the temperature is. SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk THAT WAS MORE INFORMATION THAN WE NEEDED TO KNOW ;-) >>> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I'm the oposite, I can't sleep if I wear anything in bed it doesn't matter > what the temperature is. THAT WAS MORE INFORMATION THAN WE NEEDED TO KNOW ;-) > Adrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) > Cats leave pawprints on your heart. > http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk > THAT WAS MORE INFORMATION THAN WE NEEDED TO KNOW ;-) >>>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > THAT WAS MORE INFORMATION THAN WE NEEDED TO KNOW ;-) At least you don't have to see me. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >>>That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! >> [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > I'm the oposite, I can't sleep if I wear anything in bed it doesn't matter > what the temperature is. OOOOOOHHHH, JPEGS!!! Pam S. laughing >>>> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! >>> [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Pam S. laughing Thankfully, there's no one around to take them. ;-) SignatureAdrian (Owned by Snoopy and Bagheera) Cats leave pawprints on your heart. http://community.webshots.com/user/clowderuk >> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! > > What's with the sock hating? Well that's certainly an oddball spin on what I said! >>> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! >> >> What's with the sock hating? > > Well that's certainly an oddball spin on what I said! Maybe so, maybe so. I've been teased a lot for wearing socks to bed ... Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca >> That's what you get for wearing socks to bed! > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > night and can't sleep well. I think it has more to do with the > pressure than the temperature, actually. I cannot sleep unless at least one foot is free. Bare and out from under the covers. Jo > I cannot sleep unless at least one foot is free. Bare and out from > under the covers. DH also does that. It's pretty cute =) Signaturemonique, who spoils Oscar unmercifully pictures: http://www.bounceswoosh.org/rpca |
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