Hair ball prevention?

I have a medium hair cat and a short hair cat. I would like to know the best medicine I can give to prevent hairballs. I do not want to change there food and I have tried the petrolomate paste and the long hair cat is scared of it.

Hair ball prevention?

Have you tried brushing? I would not trust any medication you can buy without a vet's advice or approval.

Brushing your cats at least 3 times a week will help with the hairballs, more brushing may be needed in shedding season. I use a comb of my cats that are medium too short hair. One has very dense hair and the comb gets out handfuls of hair every time. You will want to use a special brush on the long hair.

Make sure there is plenty of fresh water, replace water several times a day.

Your vet is a great source for advice, and phone calls are free :)

Hair ball prevention?

hairball treats frompet shop

Hair ball prevention?

One word- FIBER. If your kittie has adequate fiber in her diet, hairballs should be a problem of the past. There are things you can add: pumpkin, kelp, quinoa, and Missing Link for cats. (my #1 would be Missing Link) good fiber content help eliminate them by lessening the hair consumption and helping to pass it out the other end. Also, if she is indoors, I would reccomend watching her protien levels since she is less active then an outdoor cat, this will help with shedding.

Hair ball prevention?

So you dont want to change food? maybe you should get a grooming set. I have one. It works for dogs and cats and it gentle. it brushes their hair and 'pull' it out but very little, its almost like rubber. In my country i bought it at a homemark store.

Hair ball prevention?

Brush her twice a day. then all her loose fur will come out and she won't need to keep licking her self and getting all the fur in her mouth so she won't have hairballs

Hair ball prevention?

Kitty malt........ its a cream that smells like fish! cats love it....if your doesn't, just put a little on his nose or his paw and he will have no choice but to lick it off....

Also there is something called "vita gravy" (or something like that), it's a "gravy" that you put it over his food and it prevents hairballs and has vitamins....they sell it at PetsMart.

Good luck!!

Hair ball prevention?

The best method is frequent brushing. Daily if possible. The more hair you get off the less they take in.

My vet also recommended fish oils. In addition to other benefits, she said it helps with hairballs. I'm not sure exactly how - I didn't pay attention because we don't have a problem.

I'm not crazy about those hairball treatments, and I would never recommend hairball food. Just stick with the brushing and try the fish oil. That's probably all you'd need.

Hair ball prevention?

I had to change my cats' food because of all the coughing/hairballs. They now eat Iams Indoor Weight %26amp; Hairball Care (+ Wellness canned food). Sometimes we have to do what's best for the cats, whether we want to or not. Good luck.