Upchucking!! I'm fairly certain now it is hairballs causing it. She absolutely HATES to be brushed, so it is an ordeal for everyone involved, usually involving her drawing blood on me, so it's not my favorite activity:shock: . She is short haired, I've tried the OTC hairball remedies, the hairball food, etc. Anyone got any home remedies I could try? :?: :?: :?: Or advice on how to get her to enjoy being brushed? The other cat loves it, so I don't think I am doing it "wrong".
I have a short hair cat and I never brush him and he rarely upchucks! Maybe its something else? food or something?
Been down that road with the vet, they can't find anything. I've tried many different foods including the more expensive brands, but none seem to make a difference. I split one can of wet food between the two in addition to their regular dry at night, and she never used to throw that up, but has started with that too. I feel sorry for her.............but sorrier for me to have to keep cleaning it up!
:shock: Never had that problem with Mattie (Long Haired) thank god. My friends cats puke all the time and they are short haired? Hmmm. Make brushing fun for the cat? Instead of holding her/him down, when it comes by you have the brush ready instead of touching him/her with your hand, do it with the brush?? I'm lucky Mattie likes to be brushed and she likes a bath, I know she's weird. I swear she's a human.
Had a friend whose cat puked up 5 lb hairballs. She used to add a tablespoon of pineapple juice (from canned pineapples not juicy juice). No idea where she got the idea or how it was supposed to work. Just know he was much less of a nuisance to cat sit once she started that regime!
I've used a teaspoon of veg. oil before and it helped. Just let kitty lap it right up. The pineapple juice thing is very interesting. Wonder what makes it work. Have to remember that one.
I'm willing to try just about anything at this point. She has no discretion what so ever about where she does it. :shock: Stepping in it in the middle of the night is NO fun. :x
The cat from...... The last, and I mean LAST time I tried to bathe a cat was about 16 years ago. I had two cats then, male and a female. The male was a big, sweet, goofy Maine Coon - wouldn't hurt a flea. The female was the cat from h-e-double L. We could give the male a bath and he just meowed this horrible, low, deep down, meow.:-( But he took it well for the most part. The female had a bad habit of peeing on things. If I'd had kids back then, she'd have been living elsewhere. If she got mad at me, she would go pee on something of mine. She got mad at DH one night and he woke up to her peeing on his chest in bed. :shock: :evil: I still can't believe DH didn't choke her for that.:? My point is, this cat was tough. Sooooo....we decide she has just got to have a bath. I knew she was going to fight like crazy. We lived in a tiny apartment back then with the tiniest bathroom I've ever seen. I taped over her paws with duct tape to keep her from shredding us. Then I had DH close the bathroom door and help me bathe her while we took turns holding her. Well, she got ONE claw loose and that was all she needed. I had a scar for years where she slit my forearm open. I lost my grip then and dropped her. So then, it's me and DH and cat from ---- all together in the teenie, tiny bathroom.:shock: I'm screaming for DH to catch her. DH is screaming for me to catch her. I'm bleeding all over the place and the cat is bouncing off the walls and all over us trying to find a way out. Finally, I told DH to just open the door and let her out while I got in a corner. The door opened and out she flew. And THAT ended my cat bathing plans for life.:mrgreen: My cat now is a female and she is a good cat, but a bit touchy at times. If you try to pet her on her tummy, you might draw back a nub. NO WAY am I gonna try bathing her.:lol: You've got one special kitty there Harley:mrgreen: .....and now....back to the ongoing discussion over barfed up hairballs:lol:
kdc: I had this problem with my cat George - the 8 year old. He was XRayed a couple of times and all the hairball stuff tried and still he vomited after every meal, no matter if he had a full bowl placed before him, or just a tablespoon. He was like that when we first adopted him. He ruined carpets. . .he ruined meals and he ruined mornings. . .:evil: I was feeling awful about thoughts I had about putting him down - it was driving me crazy - literally. Because neither of my cats travel well, in 2005 I had Dr. Lash come and meet him - I was up for one last opinion - She prescribed Metoclopramide tablets for him. I filled the Rx and right away he cut down getting sick to about once a day. A couple of days later, it stopped. I ceased giving him the medication after the first Rx was finished (I had 3 refills available) George didn't vomit again for almost two years - except one or two hairballs a year - he IS long haired. Dr. Lash said maybe he needed time for his esophliguus(sp) to heal - and that possible from getting sick all of the time he automatically got sick when he ate as a reflex thing (like bulimics do after a period of regular purging) Anyway - he started new nasty habits these past 3 months - intentional too -pooping outside of a CLEAN litter box and then going in it to pee....it could be worse and be the other way around. . .he will use the box to poop in occasionally, but there's no guarantee and what kills me is he'll go 2 feet from the darn box! Grrrrr....I don't know what I'm going to do with him - my 'problem child'
The visual I have from this has me in stitches!! Lord have mercy! Thank you for sharing that. I have bathed both of mine, the hairball spewing one, once when she was just a couple months old because I knocked a bottle of Teriyaki sauce out of the fridge and it splashed all over her. That went OK, but she was smaller and easier to handle. I wouldn't DARE try it now, I'd probably be hospitalized. The other one I bathed when I rescued her, she was full grown, but she wasn't feeling well and didn't seem to mind the bath. I tried it again a couple months ago, because she's white and had gotten into some grease in the garage........................let's just say it didn't so so well, and the scars are starting to fade now............................:lol:
Good to know I'm not the only one.................the first time DH steps in it, I don't even want to think about it! My son calls it "puke patrol" when we've been out of town, and we have to sweep the house when we come back home to check for her "gifts." :lol: I'll mention that RX to her vet the next time we go, we are due for shots now, so I have my fingers crossed. I've jokingly called her bulimic, but maybe your on to something there, she's just so used to it after she eats, maybe it's just a habit. She's kinda skinny too, I'm sure that's why. Good luck on the poo thing, that is very frustrating too.
He is very sleepy, still. Expect that to revert back to normal in about a week. Thanks for asking! Side note - They rang first thing this morning to check on us!
Try giving the cat some butter, mayo, or shortening (crisco). I have heard it helps with the digestion of the hairballs (I have done it before and it did help). Cats also like to eat grass but I'm not sure if that is a remedy for hairballs. Also, I think I bought something in the grocery store that came in a tube for hairballs....favored so the cat just licks a little off your finger. Give according to the directions....hope it works.
We used the stuff in the tube for our cats. It was basically petroleum jelly with a stinky smell that the cat loved! It did work wonders, and eased their hairballs.
