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Pat - 06 Apr 2007 19:24 GMT

If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change it to
'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her hairballs.
For the last week or so, she has been producing a humongous one *every day*.
I mean, a 5-6" long, 3/4" diameter blockbuster of solid hair. Amazingly, she
has no bald spots whatsoever; in fact her coat doesn't even look like it's
any thinner.

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dberry@mitre.org - 06 Apr 2007 21:40 GMT

My Patience comes pretty close. She is a long haired black kitty that
leaves
tufts of black hair everywhere, and I brush her a couple of times a
week, and
she still throws up giant hairballs about once a week. I'm surprised
she isn't
bald, but she seems to still have more than enough hair!

Debbie

> If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change it to
> 'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her hairballs.
> For the last week or so, she has been producing a humongous one *every day*.
> I mean, a 5-6" long, 3/4" diameter blockbuster of solid hair. Amazingly, she
> has no bald spots whatsoever; in fact her coat doesn't even look like it's
> any thinner.

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mlbriggs - 06 Apr 2007 22:06 GMT

Could that be a hairpoo rather than a hairball. IMHO that much hairball
could be fatal. Correct me if I am wrong. MLB

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Pat - 06 Apr 2007 23:39 GMT

| > If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change it to
| > 'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her hairballs.
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| Could that be a hairpoo rather than a hairball. IMHO that much hairball
| could be fatal. Correct me if I am wrong. MLB

I assume 'hairpoo' means a hairball that came out of the back end of the cat
instead of from the mouth, but I've never seen such a thing. Baby Eyes
always horks hers up. I am usually around when it happens and I see it
coming and run over with a piece of paper and catch it rather than letting
it land on the carpet or something. I'd be more worried if she stopped
vomiting them.

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Debra - 08 Apr 2007 00:36 GMT

>I assume 'hairpoo' means a hairball that came out of the back end of the cat
>instead of from the mouth, but I've never seen such a thing.

I have seen a hairpoo. More than once. They are only partially hair,
but rather odd looking.
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Debra - 08 Apr 2007 00:25 GMT

>> If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change it to
>> 'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her hairballs.
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>Could that be a hairpoo rather than a hairball. IMHO that much hairball
>could be fatal. Correct me if I am wrong. MLB

A hairpoo comes out the other end.
Debra in VA
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Chakolate - 07 Apr 2007 02:26 GMT

> If we all didn't like Baby Eyes' name so much, I would have to change
> it to 'Ms. Hairball' because she could probably take 1st Prize for her
> hairballs. For the last week or so, she has been producing a humongous
> one *every day*. I mean, a 5-6" long, 3/4" diameter blockbuster of
> solid hair. Amazingly, she has no bald spots whatsoever; in fact her
> coat doesn't even look like it's any thinner.

The first spring I had cats I brushed them every day for an hour or so,
vacuumed each day, and *still* I had tumbleweeds. It was a wonderment to
me that they weren't bald.

Chak

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mlbriggs - 08 Apr 2007 05:28 GMT

Do you ever brush and comb her? MLB

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Pat - 08 Apr 2007 14:21 GMT

| On Fri, 06 Apr 2007 13:24:50 -0500, Pat wrote:
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| Do you ever brush and comb her? MLB

I do, but only because she enjoys it so much. She doesn't shed like the
others. I guess she doesn't want me to have to vaccuum.

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