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My cat I recently adopted has trouble getting up hairballs, his stools are wrapped in hair and very hard.
He gets lots of canned food and water which I thought would help loosen the hair internally. I offer fresh cat nip and cat grass daily I grew but he won’t eat them. I’ve tried hairballs treats, gel wrapped in tuna, even hairballs dry food and treats, but he won’t eat anything for it.
I know he has a hairballs because he tries to eat plastic bags and cords and string ( I stop him) and he coughs after but nothing comes up and he eats less those days. I don’t know his past living situation but he never seemed to learn to eat grass like my other cats did and the shelter confirmed his odd habits.
I’m clueless what to do. I even tried growing the grass really long and slowly pulling it in front of him to trigger him to “catch” it hoping he will try to eat it like he would with string, but he won’t fall for it.
He gets lots of canned food and water which I thought would help loosen the hair internally. I offer fresh cat nip and cat grass daily I grew but he won’t eat them. I’ve tried hairballs treats, gel wrapped in tuna, even hairballs dry food and treats, but he won’t eat anything for it.
I know he has a hairballs because he tries to eat plastic bags and cords and string ( I stop him) and he coughs after but nothing comes up and he eats less those days. I don’t know his past living situation but he never seemed to learn to eat grass like my other cats did and the shelter confirmed his odd habits.
I’m clueless what to do. I even tried growing the grass really long and slowly pulling it in front of him to trigger him to “catch” it hoping he will try to eat it like he would with string, but he won’t fall for it.