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Actually, it’s a day to raise awareness of what causes hairballs (ingesting hair while grooming) the problems hairballs can cause (blockages in the esophagus or intestines), and what can be done to prevent them (brushing your cat, giving hairball remedy or food formulated to reduce hairballs).
If your cat gags more than a day or suffers from diarrhea or constipation, please contact your vet.
For more information, check out this ASPCA Fact Sheet on Hairballs.
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Happy Hairball Day!
Uh, somehow that doesn’t sound too good, does it?
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Very important message pal.
I can’t imagine how annoying it must be to get hairballs!
Great to promote this. Our Ginger Ninja suffered an almost fatal hairball problem when he took himself off to die. I spent a day trying to find him and in the end had to climb down the well and bring him up. The vet put him on a drip and he eventually vommed what the vet says was the biggest hairball she’s ever seen. He gets brushed more often now and has special hairball food.
Hehe – I guess it doesn’t sound too good. Very good for people to know though!
Happy Hairball Day! We’re each going to try to hork up a nice one today!!
The Florida Furkids
Mom brushes my cats really well once a week and so far they rarely have hairballs. Past cats have had more hairball issues and have had to eat some paste stuff to loosen things up. Funny thing is that my cousin Lena the Lab likes to lick my gramma’s cat and Lena actually got a hairball from doing that! I don’t like my cats…don’t need hairballs 😉
We used the hairball remedy once as I hat ad lot of stuffing from a plush-guy inside me… fortunately it was working..
No hairballs in the house here.. but we do brushing 1-3 times a week depending on who sits with me.
Thank you dear Rumpy, it is so nice to share with us. I give hairball food to my cat… We love you ALL, have a nice weekend, love, nia
Mom sometimes neglect brushing our kitties, so after reading this post, she started feeling that she should brush them more often.
Thank you very much for reminding her about hairballs!
Happy hairball day! *Oops!*
thank you for this reminder.. sometimes i really forget to brush the kitties.. gotta do this regularly..
Really? Are you making this up?
Afraid not!
There is a day for just about everything. I have never had a hair ball. Guess that’s a good thing.
Blessings,
Goose
Our cat Kosmo has long hair and vomits up hairballs now and then. They look just like turds except they smell better!
~Ryker
very good advice!
Great Advice with Your wonderful sense of humour added in for good measure – love the furries 🙂 xo C xx
Rumpydog – you are now Sam Cat’s favorite public service announcer. He said any dog that would take up and promote a cat cause should win the Nobel Peace prize.
I sneak in a bit of mineral oil once a week into Sam’s food, but please don’t tell him. It helps him with those nasty hairballs.
We need to get the mom to furminate us so we don’t hork up a hairball!
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With 5 cats, we seem to have hairball day more often than I care to have! I’m going to try increasing the brushing. Thx for all the suggestions.
Oh My Cod! Me missed hairball day! Me is going to fire my assistant (if me can find another!)
And me is just now catching up with yous!
kisses
Nellie
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Thank you so much!!!!!
Very important information, thanks for sharing!
🙂 It’s never a happy hairball day!