hairball question

[knolet]

One of the cats has been hacking up hairballs recently. Yesterday morning, I thought it was Zeus the FD... but now I think it might be Smokey, the civie. I hadn't really thought much about it until I found another one today. It was kind of tightly wound, and almost looked like a fecal deposit until I picked it up with the paper towel. Since I'm not really sure who it is, would it be bad to put a little vaseline on both cats paws? Or could this be more serious and require a trip to the Vet? We didn't used to have hairballs here, and now there's been 3 or 4 in the last month. Smokey (the senior) is due for a 6 month exam & shots anyway... and I wouldn't mind bringing Zeus along for a quick DM checkup (cause I'm a worrier).

On a side note - Zeus' BG this morning was 308. I thought it might be higher with no shot yesterday morning.

 

[squeem3]

Vaseline won't hurt either cat :smile: You can give it a try for a couple days and see if that helps. One of my civies had a hairball the other day and left a huge mess everywhere ohmygod_smile Not sure if he was walking as he threw up brown goo or what but it was a huge mess to clean up @-) I wasn't home at the time but I figured out who made the mess because one civie didn't want to eat dinner.

 

[knolet]

Thanks squeem3... I'm going to try the vaseline. I really think it's Smokey, but I don't know for sure.