Lynn B
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OK, we cat lovers have discussed pretty much everything about cat care, but if we have THOROUGHLY EXPLORED and DISSECTED (in true PS style)
the issues of shedding and hairballs, I''ve missed it.
And I need HELP!
Buster is a card-carrying SHEDMEISTER, oy! He has ALWAYS shed like crazy. I can fill a brush up with his hair 3 times a day, I swear. He is one year old, and otherwise seems very healthy and active. I don''t think it''s a health issue, I think it''s just the way he is. (There were 6 kittens in his litter, 3 long-haired and 3 short-haired; we chose a short-hair specifically for what we thought would be less shedding. Well, all 3 short-hairs shed like CRAZY and none of the long-hairs shed a BIT! You can barely PULL a hair off those guys!!!
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Anyway, I brush and comb him every day, and even use a lint roller on him (the sticky kind). But even with all that, sometimes he still gets a hairball. The vet recommended Cat-Lax, which I tried, and Buster HATES IT! I put some down on a plate for him and he looked at me like I was CRAZY! ("You want me to eat WHAT?!") So I put some on his front paw (like the vet suggested)... ohmyword, you''d have thought I SHOT him, he TORE through the house like a WILDMAN, and the greasy CatLax ended up all over my livingroom!
SO, I mail-ordered 2 different kinds of a similar product, "TUNA flavored" and "SALMON flavored". I mixed some in with his food and he would not go NEAR it. He didn''t eat ALL DAY or ALL NIGHT. Finally I couldn''t stand it any more, so I gave him his regular food back (I knew he had to be hungry!).
I feel like I am out of options! I was just going to buy him the (dry) Purina Catfood that says for help with hairballs, but now (since the other threads on cat food) I don''t want to feed him Purina anymore, I plan to switch him to Innova.
SO, does anyone have any shedding or hairball prevention tricks up their sleeves? (Buster and I) THANK YOU!
Buster is a card-carrying SHEDMEISTER, oy! He has ALWAYS shed like crazy. I can fill a brush up with his hair 3 times a day, I swear. He is one year old, and otherwise seems very healthy and active. I don''t think it''s a health issue, I think it''s just the way he is. (There were 6 kittens in his litter, 3 long-haired and 3 short-haired; we chose a short-hair specifically for what we thought would be less shedding. Well, all 3 short-hairs shed like CRAZY and none of the long-hairs shed a BIT! You can barely PULL a hair off those guys!!!
Anyway, I brush and comb him every day, and even use a lint roller on him (the sticky kind). But even with all that, sometimes he still gets a hairball. The vet recommended Cat-Lax, which I tried, and Buster HATES IT! I put some down on a plate for him and he looked at me like I was CRAZY! ("You want me to eat WHAT?!") So I put some on his front paw (like the vet suggested)... ohmyword, you''d have thought I SHOT him, he TORE through the house like a WILDMAN, and the greasy CatLax ended up all over my livingroom!
SO, I mail-ordered 2 different kinds of a similar product, "TUNA flavored" and "SALMON flavored". I mixed some in with his food and he would not go NEAR it. He didn''t eat ALL DAY or ALL NIGHT. Finally I couldn''t stand it any more, so I gave him his regular food back (I knew he had to be hungry!).
I feel like I am out of options! I was just going to buy him the (dry) Purina Catfood that says for help with hairballs, but now (since the other threads on cat food) I don''t want to feed him Purina anymore, I plan to switch him to Innova.
SO, does anyone have any shedding or hairball prevention tricks up their sleeves? (Buster and I) THANK YOU!