Petromalt alternative?

[jeniblue]

I have been giving my cat Petromalt regularly (like once every week) to help with his hairballs. Now that he has been diagnosed diabetic, however, I am reading ingredients on everything and I see it is basically high fructose corn syrup and petroleum.

Does anyone have a good suggestion for another product that I can give him. He has cat grass that he munches on, but that doesn't always do the trick. I looked at the pet store and didn't see anything that did not have corn syrup as the number one ingredient!

 

[squeem3]

You can use plain old Vaseline (petroleum jelly). Some people use unsalted butter instead.

 

[rhiannon and shadow (GA)]

It's not likely your cat will lick up the vaseline like he did with the petromalt.

You'll have to put some on your finger and put it in his mouth ( like putting toothpaste on a toothbrush) and

use his palate to pull it off your finger. Just an 1/2 inch or less should do it.

The other thing that helps minimize hairballs is brushing.
My cat hates being brushed so all I can do is the hairball treatment ( now vaseline).