It's been a very long time since I had to administer hairball treatment to a cat. I remember that none of them ever wanted it, in fact they all balked at it completely.
Cocoabean had 2 bouts of throwing up this past weekend, rather severely and we found a pretty big hairball in one of the puddles. She's not prone to having health issues in general - been pretty healthy overall for a now-senior since we've had her. She's also been having some odd eating patterns - asking for food a lot but not eating a lot at once - she's eat maybe an ounce and that is it. We wind up feeding her like 4-5 times a day because of this.
The vet did an x-ray to see if anything showed up, gave her Cerenia to help her queasy tummy and some fluids. We both felt there was no need to draw blood yet since she's due for her yearly in a couple of months and we'd wait on anything more until the she had a radiologist read the x-ray - but she did notice some inflammation of the stomach and saw what she felt probably was a hairball inside her. Possibly, she's not able to bring it up but again wanted to double check before prescribing anything and to rule out other potential problems such as pancreatitis for instance.
The radiologist concurred it's most likely a hairball based on the small mass he saw in her stomach and symptoms so the vet prescribed Laxatone - which I assumed she would. Well. Cocoabean is SO angry with me right now holy smokes. As expected, she ran off with the gel on her foot, flinging it everywhere. Tried putting it on her nose instead after I caught her, and that went even worse. Man, she gave me some serious stink eye. Got more on her foot, squished in but good and she ran under our bed. I assume she must have licked that off eventually. Avoided me for hours.
I do not know how we're going to get this into her. Supposedly you can't mix it with food and even if you could she's not the best of eaters so that won't work. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a syringe and squeeze it into her mouth? I have a few here but not sure if they are the right kinds or not.
FYI - we groom her a lot. Like nearly every day because she loves it so clearly it's not for lack of fur removal. And she's not an over-groomer either, nor is she grooming Luna. Vet feels it's a motility issue.
Any tips or tricks would be highly appreciated. I'm supposed to give her about 1/2 - 1 teaspoon a day for 3 days and then continue with smaller amounts afterward. At minimum I'd really like to get those 3 days into her.
Cocoabean had 2 bouts of throwing up this past weekend, rather severely and we found a pretty big hairball in one of the puddles. She's not prone to having health issues in general - been pretty healthy overall for a now-senior since we've had her. She's also been having some odd eating patterns - asking for food a lot but not eating a lot at once - she's eat maybe an ounce and that is it. We wind up feeding her like 4-5 times a day because of this.
The vet did an x-ray to see if anything showed up, gave her Cerenia to help her queasy tummy and some fluids. We both felt there was no need to draw blood yet since she's due for her yearly in a couple of months and we'd wait on anything more until the she had a radiologist read the x-ray - but she did notice some inflammation of the stomach and saw what she felt probably was a hairball inside her. Possibly, she's not able to bring it up but again wanted to double check before prescribing anything and to rule out other potential problems such as pancreatitis for instance.
The radiologist concurred it's most likely a hairball based on the small mass he saw in her stomach and symptoms so the vet prescribed Laxatone - which I assumed she would. Well. Cocoabean is SO angry with me right now holy smokes. As expected, she ran off with the gel on her foot, flinging it everywhere. Tried putting it on her nose instead after I caught her, and that went even worse. Man, she gave me some serious stink eye. Got more on her foot, squished in but good and she ran under our bed. I assume she must have licked that off eventually. Avoided me for hours.
I do not know how we're going to get this into her. Supposedly you can't mix it with food and even if you could she's not the best of eaters so that won't work. I'm wondering if it's possible to use a syringe and squeeze it into her mouth? I have a few here but not sure if they are the right kinds or not.
FYI - we groom her a lot. Like nearly every day because she loves it so clearly it's not for lack of fur removal. And she's not an over-groomer either, nor is she grooming Luna. Vet feels it's a motility issue.
Any tips or tricks would be highly appreciated. I'm supposed to give her about 1/2 - 1 teaspoon a day for 3 days and then continue with smaller amounts afterward. At minimum I'd really like to get those 3 days into her.
