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Post by val2525 on Apr 11, 2016 22:43:42 GMT
I give Hootie the Temptations hairball treats, they work pretty good for him.
Well, now it appears little Trixie may have a hair ball. The Temptations package says not to give to kittens under 6 months. She's 5 months. She grooms Hootie and he's shedding like crazy, which is why she might have a hairball (she was trying to cough it up this morning). Would it hurt to give her some a month short of their suggested age?
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Post by kritter on Apr 11, 2016 22:47:20 GMT
It will be fine to give her one. Those are mainly guidelines and not set in stone. Its not like her body somehow changes at 6 months so she can tolerate something that she couldn't at 5 months. She will be fine.  |
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Post by val2525 on Apr 11, 2016 22:52:16 GMT
I'll give her some today but I think I'll look for better hairball treats for both of them. I just read a whole bunch of bad stuff about Temptations, a lot of it current. Yikes!
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Post by val2525 on Apr 11, 2016 22:52:41 GMT
On the bright side, she likes being brushed now!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 2:00:00 GMT
I'll give her some today but I think I'll look for better hairball treats for both of them. I just read a whole bunch of bad stuff about Temptations, a lot of it current. Yikes! Do they really put kittie crack in that stuff? My guys sure act like it. |
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Apr 12, 2016 2:18:17 GMT
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Post by kritter on Apr 12, 2016 2:32:25 GMT
It has gotten to the point that there is something bad on the internet about almost every product on the market.
When the recall is issued, that is when I start paying attention.
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Post by val2525 on Apr 12, 2016 3:46:09 GMT
It's more all the filler products in the treats that bothered me. I may check out some other brands. TBH, hootie doesn't get all that much, just during his peak shedding seasons.
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Apr 12, 2016 3:54:27 GMT
You could just shave him during shedding seasons and then not have to even think about hairballs. Of course you would have to invest in a lot of band-aids.  |
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Post by kat on Apr 12, 2016 4:00:15 GMT
I would assume that the hairball control treats just have more fiber than the others, like hairball food. She should be ok as long as you don't give her too many.
My cats are crazy about temptations. They get two or three when i make coffee in the morning and again at night before I wash my face.
If I have coffee or use my face wash at any other time, they are under my feet immediately.
I don't feel bad at all treating them. They don't eat people food and they are healthy.
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Post by val2525 on Apr 12, 2016 4:26:03 GMT
You could just shave him during shedding seasons and then not have to even think about hairballs. Of course you would have to invest in a lot of band-aids. I'd let a groomer do it. But he has short fur, it's just really thick like it should be long but it's not. Trixie's fur is totally different. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 12, 2016 11:02:16 GMT
When I got Lydia Bubby groomed her like mad and got a ferocious hairball. She stopped eating and drinking, started crying in the litterbox and actually dragged her bum along the floor. All that happened over the course of a day! The vet squished her tummy and could FEEL that she was constipated. I got some stuff called Cat Lax. It's brown paste in a tube, made of natural stuff like beeswax and linseed oil (maybe not that exactly, but very simple ingredients). You put a dab on their paw and they'll groom it off even if they don't feel like eating. Bubby used to like it straight from the tube, though.  If they even ignore the Cat Lax I give them a teensy bit of cod liver oil. I take a capsule daily, so it's easy to break one open and give them a drop. Beware diarrhoea, though. The whole thing with Bubby was horrifying. She made a terrible sound when she was actually passing the hairball and there was a stench like you wouldn't believe. Never again. They get Purina or Optimum Hairball dry food (not treats) now, and lots of brushing/patting. Kewpie's the only one really at risk now because she has SO MUCH fur that constantly sheds. It's only short, too. |
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Post by kritter on Apr 12, 2016 15:40:41 GMT
Laxatone is a similar product here.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 0:03:27 GMT
Whoever thought up the idea of giving them stuff that they'll be compelled to groom off, even if they don't feel like eating, is a genius. Except it doesn't work for Lamington because he's a grot and doesn't mind walking around with a dirty foot.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 13, 2016 22:11:40 GMT
I had a cat who would do that too - he'd leave the hairball gunk on his paw for days. Until he figured out how to wipe it on the curtains & the furniture.
I switched to the hairball formula of Iams years ago. I've been feeding it to my cats ever since. I know it's not considered on the top of the cat food chain anymore - but all of my cats have done fabulous on it. I actually tried to switch once & within a couple of weeks it was hairball city. Ughhh - never again!
The cats I have now won't touch cat treats. Not a one - isn't that weird?
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