? Acting wierd!!

[Barri & Sonny]

Hi All! So...Sonny's BG has been between 129-204...all pretty good. He eats Friskies Supreme Supper or Mariners Catch. Anyway....the past few days i have noticed that he is grooming all the time and he is vomiting up hairballs!! Tonight he did not eat his whole dinner either...any ideas?? And is there anything i can do for the hairballs? I do brush him everyday. They arent "balls" either....more like "tubes" of hair.. gross...i know!! Thanks!!

 

[Chris & China (GA)]

Tis the season!!

A little coconut oil can help

 

[LaraB]

If you're in the northern hemisphere where we are entering Spring and warmer weather, cats are starting to shed those winter coats. Every single one of our cats have been hacking up more hairballs this past month in particular.

Is Sonny showing any other signs of stress? Excessive grooming is common in cats who might be stressed over something. We have a cat who is prone to this behavior. In his worst "attack," he practically licked and chewed off all the fur on his belly and hind-quarters. We have never pin-pointed a physical cause, so we always suspected it to be stress induced.

 

[ja9390]

Put vaseline on the top of his paw for him to lick off and it will help keep hairballs from forming

 

[Barri & Sonny]

Ughhh....NOW he ate a little of his 1030 am feeding....stopped...went in the litterbox and had liquid diarrhea!!

 

[Lilian]

Every day during the summer I bring grass in the flat. https://www.google.ee/search?q=raud...689#tbm=isch&q=orashein&imgrc=fqkEgE1v7m3YKM:
This is the type of grass. Just 4-5 pieces and he eats them. They do not digest it. They use it to make themselves puke. During the winter people use cat grass which you can buy from the pet shop, but my cats do not eat cat grass that I buy from the shop. So during the winter I buy special hairball gel from the pet shop and I put it on their coats and they lick it. I have been told by the vets that special hairball foods do not work. It must be the special gel.

 

[Anitafrnhamer]

Ughhh....NOW he ate a little of his 1030 am feeding....stopped...went in the litterbox and had liquid diarrhea!!

Lack of appetite, watery stool, and vomiting (with shedding season it's hard to tell) can all be symptoms of pancreatitis. Be aware of hydration level as pancreatitis can make them dehydrate.