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Ok I really need recs. I have a 15 year old Mensa cat (highly intelligent). short haired, and has thrown hairballs frequently most of his life. REcently this has increased. I have tried every hairball remedy in the book, and finally brought him in for a geriatric check up, CBC and chem panel. Nothing alarming, but the vet pointed out a small bald patch on his belly and said he was overgrooming himself and suspected allergies, hence the overgrooming and the hairballs. Well, OK, Fast forward, I now have a different vet, my old vet who came out of retirement and concurs with the other vet but thinks Obi may have some Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Which is possible, as a result or as a cause of the hairball upchucking (no food just hairballs).
So I changed his food, and he is being treated with a low dose of prednisalone, metaclopramide and pepcid. Two hairballs this week. : (
My thoughts: even though I am feeding him a very high quality food, it has carageenan in it, which I have long suspected could be problematic, and there is some evidence on line that it is a factor in IBD. Is this all too technical, or have others had this issue with your felines, and if so, what have you done? BTW, pumpkin, fish oil, petromalt products, fiber and harball treats - none work.
So I changed his food, and he is being treated with a low dose of prednisalone, metaclopramide and pepcid. Two hairballs this week. : (
My thoughts: even though I am feeding him a very high quality food, it has carageenan in it, which I have long suspected could be problematic, and there is some evidence on line that it is a factor in IBD. Is this all too technical, or have others had this issue with your felines, and if so, what have you done? BTW, pumpkin, fish oil, petromalt products, fiber and harball treats - none work.