Hairball syndrome means that the hair licked into the stomach when the cat licks its hair cannot be digested by the stomach and cannot be vomited out. The hair balls form in the cat's stomach and block the digestive tract, causing the cat to show vomiting, loss of appetite, indigestion, Symptoms such as constipation and lack of energy. Generally speaking, since spring and autumn are the seasons when cats moult, cats will have more frequent licking habits. At this time, cats will also eat more hair than usual, making them more likely to suffer from hair ball disease. Additionally, long-haired cats are more susceptible to hairballs than short-haired cats.

Grooming your cat

Grooming your cat regularly can reduce the amount of cat hair entering the body to a great extent. Combing your cat's hair every day can help you tidy up your cat's hair, prevent cat skin diseases, and remove excess old hair. You can also take this opportunity to check your cat's physical condition. In addition, through this kind of intimate behavior with your cat, your cat will learn more about how you care for it and love it, making you and your cat closer and happier.

Feeding hair removal products

Hair removal cream is a product that helps cats remove accumulated hair from the body. Most hair removal products contain mineral oil as the main ingredient, and add some trace elements. Trace elements can make the cat's hair healthier and brighter. At the same time, in order to increase the cat's willingness to eat, there will be several flavors to choose from, so that picky cats can also accept it.

However, because mineral oil is not absorbed by the gastrointestinal tract, as a lubricant in the gastrointestinal tract, it can achieve a certain degree of effectiveness in eliminating hair balls. However, if consumed for a long time, the body may not be able to absorb the nutrients of fat-soluble vitamins. In addition, in order to increase the palatability, maltose syrup, corn syrup, and lactose powder are often added to the products. Excessive consumption may cause obesity or tooth decay in cats, so special care must be taken. Just feed one centimeter at a time.

Feed cat grass or catnip

In addition to promoting gastrointestinal motility and vomiting hair balls, eating more cat grass can also help with digestion, relieve flatulence, provide nutrients from plant vitamins, relieve stress, and other benefits.

Common grasses that cats like to eat include barley grass, wheatgrass, foxtail grass, catnip, etc. When a cat feels uncomfortable in its stomach, especially when there are hairballs accumulated in the stomach, it will nibble on the tips of grass. The ingested grass tips will stimulate the gastric mucosa and cause vomiting. In this way, the cat can vomit out the hairballs smoothly and keep it healthy. Gastrointestinal health. In addition, hairballs can cause constipation, and ingested cat grass fiber can also help relieve constipation.

Change to hairball-free cat food

Professional hair ball removal cat food contains plant and crude fiber ingredients, which can effectively prevent hair balls from gathering in the digestive tract and help hair balls be excreted from the body. Especially for long-haired cats during the shedding season, hair balls are absolutelyYes, I recommend switching to hairball-free cat food. The key point of this method is to pay attention to the method of changing food, and don’t rush to get it right at once to avoid the cat not adapting.