What do you use for furballs?

MrsE_2

What do you use for furballs?

I've used that Kittymalt, but I don't think its all that.

I use Royal Canin Persian food - as it has stuff for furballs.

But lately I think he's been reaching more with them.

Any better preps than Kittymalt?

Thank you

Tao81

Sorry don't know what kittymalt is .
Can your cat only eat Royal Canine Persian food?
The reason I ask is because having previously fed my two Birmans from birth on dry I Ams cat food, they were constantly sicking up furballs.
I tried the I Ams food with furball control within it but, found this to be useless and just accepted the passing of these furballs was normal, assumed that all cats did this to a degree, and the high incidence of mine passing furballs so annoyingly regularly was probably due to the fact that they are semi-long haired and so where swallowing considerably more fur than an average cat and not being able to pass all of this through their gut meant that it inevitably had to land on my floors.

However, last year I lost one Birman and the male I have left who is 14 years old sadly had to have a lot of his teeth removed a few months ago. Due to this I started to regularly feed him wet cat food alongside his normal dry 'I Ams' meals so he could choose for himself which he found easier to eat.

I notice that he still chooses to eat plenty of the dry food but also takes in approx. one pouch (80g) of wet food and now is very rarely sick! Obviously the wet food is allowing him to pass all the furballs via his faeces which is great!.........as I can't remember the last time I had to get down on my hands and knees to clean and scrub my carpets like a woman possessed!

Just a thought! ...HTH Good Luck and hope you find a solution.

MrsE_2

He will only eat Royal Canin.

But it is a good quality food, probably the best.

He's always suffered from furballs.

Been reading about this one, I think I should try it, Katalax.

splishsplash

I've had cats for years, but never had a problem with furballs until a few weeks ago. Our middle cat had been scrapping, and ended up with a range of cuts and scrapes. As the scabs were healing, she was licking them and ingesting the hair.
I got a tube of stuff called defurr-um from the vet. I don't know if that's the 'kittymalt' you mean. This stuff has malt syrup and glycerin and petrolatum in it. I just squeezed about an inch of it on her paw on three consecutive days, and once a week since then. She licks it off, and doesn't seem to mind the taste. She seems much improved, no coughing or retching, no problems since. FWIW, I feed her wet food with biscuits on top, and she drinks a lot of cat milk and a little water.

shykins

i used to give my long hair cat a bit of oil in some milk that seemed to do the trick
cant remember who told me to do that, a vet or from a book i think
HTH

sleepymy

The vet gives me peridale granules MrsE, the seem to work well for my wee man. They increase his fibre intake and he's usually able to poop the hair out which is much better than barfing it up. Be careful of the hairball pastes, apparently they can cause tummy upsets.

MrsE_2

sleepymy wrote: »

The vet gives me peridale granules MrsE, the seem to work well for my wee man. They increase his fibre intake and he's usually able to poop the hair out which is much better than barfing it up. Be careful of the hairball pastes, apparently they can cause tummy upsets.

I suspose you put them in wet foot?

Ted won't eat wet food.

I could put them in a mullerice yogurt I suspose?

EDITED because he doesn't like mullerlights (only likes full fat), but loves Mullerice.

sleepymy

Yeah, if you think he's not lactose intolerant you could put some in a dollop of yoghurt or butter.

princess_loki

MrsE wrote: »

He will only eat Royal Canin.

But it is a good quality food, probably the best.

He's always suffered from furballs.

Been reading about this one, I think I should try it, Katalax.

i would recommend katalax (or similar). it is very expensive from the vets but now i buy around 3 tubes at a time when i stock up on frontline from either petremedies or petmeds websites. you just put it on one of their paws and they lick it off - but be careful not to leave it in a lump as then they can shake it off and it sticks to walls and makes marks!

missbargain

In addition to quality wet food for breakfast and dinner, I give my boy Science Hill Hairball Controll dry food. He absolutelly adores it, and since I have started on this (4 months ago), he has never had one hairball. It is widely available in Pet Shops and over the Internet.

I feed him half a can of wet food morning/evening, and give him 2x half cup of Hairball Control, once during the day, and once later in the evening. I dose it, as it is quite high in calories, so I measure it with measuring cups to prevent overfeeding him.
Not only it totally prevents hairballs, it is easy to administer because he absolutely adores it. I think that they put something addictive in it, as he does stop meowing until he gets his portion of Hairball bickies.

rita-rabbit

Brush regurlarly
grow some cat grass &/or cat mint
daily defurr-um - it's sold in packets of treats - I give the `sufferer' 1 per day

for some reason only indoor cat seemed to get hairballs but I do try to brush both cats regularly.