Ruffle Snuffle's Life with Pets
Pet enrichment experts, since 1996
Ruffle Snuffle's Life with Pets
Pet enrichment experts, since 1996
While hairballs aren’t much fun to deal with, it is important to pay more attention to their frequency and the response of your cat. Weekly hairball production is normal. Excessive hairball production is manageable with dietary, grooming, and psychological aids. Impacted hairballs (trichobezoar) need immediate treatment.
Hairballs are a naturally occurring part of your cat’s life, and unpleasant and potentially dangerous as they are, there are natural ways you can help your cat to pass hairballs with ease. According to the SPCA your cat will spend 5 hours a day grooming which is a behaviour they learn as a kitten from their mother. All this licking with their rough tongues pulls hairs and debris into their stomach which is then later regurgitated as a rather unpleasant hairball. A hairball a week is fairly normal, but more than this and it could be a problem. It can’t …