SnowyShiloh
Well-Known Member
Hi everyone! My gosh, I don't even have Rory home yet and I'm already worried about him getting a hairball. I wonder how I'll be when I have human children!
Cinnabun had two bouts of hairballs during his life. One of the times he was 6 years old and the vet gave him a 50 percent chance of surviving. Thank goodness he did... Cinny was fed lots and lots of timothy hay and got a stripe of the kitty hairball preventer every week, but he still got the 2 hairballs. I bought Rory a tube of cat Petromalt today, but read in one thread here from a while back that maybe it's not so good for them. I've also read about feeding them pumpkin, but do you only do it if they're having problems? I've also read about the pineapple and papaya, but I've been under the impression for years that those enzyme things don't really work.
So, could someone please help ease my concerns? What can I do to lessen the chances of Rory getting a hairball? I bought him timothy hay, orchard grass and alfalfa hay today in addition to the Petromalt and a double sided brush to keep down on the excess loose hairs. He has a lot of fur, too...
Thank you!
Cinnabun had two bouts of hairballs during his life. One of the times he was 6 years old and the vet gave him a 50 percent chance of surviving. Thank goodness he did... Cinny was fed lots and lots of timothy hay and got a stripe of the kitty hairball preventer every week, but he still got the 2 hairballs. I bought Rory a tube of cat Petromalt today, but read in one thread here from a while back that maybe it's not so good for them. I've also read about feeding them pumpkin, but do you only do it if they're having problems? I've also read about the pineapple and papaya, but I've been under the impression for years that those enzyme things don't really work.
So, could someone please help ease my concerns? What can I do to lessen the chances of Rory getting a hairball? I bought him timothy hay, orchard grass and alfalfa hay today in addition to the Petromalt and a double sided brush to keep down on the excess loose hairs. He has a lot of fur, too...
Thank you!