Pumpkin for hairballs...?

myrnafaye

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How often should pumpkin be given - and how much - for hairball prevention? Is it too much to give 1/4 tsp daily?
 

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1/4tsp daily is fine. The best prevention though is a high moisture diet. Pumpkin won’t necessarily prevent all hairballs. Raw egg yolks are also great.
 
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I used to give egg yolk lecithin. Both my cats are on ID. Mostly canned.
 

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Odd as it sounds, our cats came running when I opened the Vaseline. Just a bit every once in a while has to keep everyone nicely hairball free.
 
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I have heard that some cats love it. Mine does not. But one loves pumpkin and will lick it off my fingers, and the other will eat it mixed into her food.
 
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