Cats clean their hair every day, but when a large amount of hair accumulates in the cat's gastrointestinal tract, it can cause hairballs, which may cause the cat to vomit yellow water. Hair removal cream is a good choice for the treatment of hair balls. Hair removal cream can help cats eliminate hair balls smoothly. But many people don’t know what they need to pay attention to when using hair removal cream.

01. When did you first use hair removal cream

Cats do not groom themselves as soon as they are born, and cats shed very little hair when they are young. There is no need for hair removal cream in the kitten stage. Generally speaking, cats do not learn how to spit out hair balls until they are eight months old (some professional competitions will also Cats that are 8 months old are classified into the adult cat category).

Therefore, it is more appropriate to use hair removal cream when the cat grows to 8 months old. When a cat reaches the age of 8 months, it needs to take hair removal cream as soon as it enters the shedding season.

02. How often should you use hair removal cream?

During the shedding season, do cats need to eat hair removal cream every day? Of course not. The dosage and frequency of hair removal cream are related to the length of hair and the amount of hair loss. The moulting season is generally in the spring and autumn of each year, from March to May, and from September to November.

During the shedding season: Long-haired cats eat 1 to 2 times a week, and short-haired cats eat once every two weeks. Of course, there are also individual cats with particularly severe hair loss that can be appropriately increased.

Non-moulting season: Long-haired cats eat once every two weeks, short-haired cats once a month.

03. Things to note

The popular hair removal creams currently on the market add mineral oil to them in order to pursue one-sided effects. Because mineral oil cannot be absorbed by the intestinal tract, it has the best effect on expelling hair balls. However, because the non-absorbable nature of mineral oil can easily hinder the absorption of fat-soluble vitamins, long-term intake can lead to a deficiency of fat-soluble vitamins.

The editor reminds everyone that when choosing hair removal cream, you must first pay attention to the ingredients. Pay more attention to silicone oil containing mineral oil. It is recommended to choose mineral oil that is not refined from silicone oil or petroleum.

With the development of the pet market and the advancement of science and technology, there are now some hair removal creams that use vegetable oil. The main ingredients are vegetable petroleum jelly, vegetable cellulose, catnip and wheatgrass essence, etc., which are beneficial to the health of pets, especially cats. Generally speaking, these plant ingredients not only allow cats to expel hair balls healthily and smoothly, but also have no irritating side effects on the gastrointestinal tract.

04. Other methods of removing hair balls

1) Comb hair frequently, clean up in time and reduce hair loss.

2) Don’t feed your cat pure meat-based cat food. Give your cat some cellulose cat food.

3) Often give cats some cat grass, grass grown from barley seeds.