HAIRBALLS in CATS - Symptoms and Treatment Options
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- Опубліковано 6 чер 2024
- Do you want to know all about HAIRBALLS in CATS? In this new video from AnimalWised we explain how to avoid hairballs in cats, why a hairball can form blockages in the stomach of cats and what are the symptoms of hairballs in cats. We also show you hairball treatment options. Visit the original article on CAT HAIRBALLS 👉 www.animalwised.com/hairballs...
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Nearly had to take mine to the vet. He is very food motivated yet wasn't eating anymore. He just lay on the bed barely moving. He was gagging for 2 days yet nothing came up. Gave him the mineral oil from the petstore and he coughed up the hairball within hours. I was so relieved. I did not have the money for emergency vet treatments because of the pandemic.
how did you get him to take the mineral oil?
@@paulgleason7535 well, he'll literally try to eat everything so I opened a can of wet food and mixed the oil with the juice. He's now convinced it's a treat and takes it straight
Coconut oil does the same thing and it's healthier, plus they like it. Also, nattokinase or other enzymes will breakup the hairball so it can pass easily.
What is the mineral oil called and what store is it located at.
I’m going through the same situation I’m so worried ! I’m getting the mineral oil right now my cat has been continuously gagging and attempting to throw up but she can’t. 😢 I hope this is the issue and I can help her!
What REALLY works great. Twice a week, flick a click of butter on the floor. The butter lubricates the digestive tract and the hair ball is passed. Besides, that spot is the cleanest and shiniest spot in the house. After a while, you can get kitty to come to you, just call "butter" and he/she will come running.
@@JuiceBox22….
After a hairball situation my cat stop eating and drinking. I took him to an emergency hospital, where they did a complete physical and blood work. The results show he was a little dehydrated, and they gave him some fluid under his skin. They told me to follow up with his doctor if I don't see any improvement.
2 days later I contact his doctor just to be cautious and get a second opinion. His doctor review the sheet the hospital fax over to and everything was fine.
He base his decision on the test results the emergency hospital gave him.
Several days went by and I took my cat back to him because he didn't improve. The doctor gave him another fluid injection shot and told me he was a little dehydrated. Even though I explain to him my cat stop eating and drinking. He gave me a syringe to feed my cat. When I fed him by syringe he was eating it which gave me hope. 3 days later my cat die, under my bed.
I went to my vet 3 times less than 8 days for help, and I didn't get it. Iam very disappointed
Im so sorry about your cat :(
Thank you, My cat was only 3 years old.
Very sorry about your loss...
Honestly u have a good reason to sue... misdiagnosis isn’t just a major law case in regular hospitals, but veterinarian hospitals as well. It would also (hopefully) take the doctor who caused more harm to be taken out of the career in general to help save other animals from misdiagnosis. I’m sorry for your loss though :( ❤️
I’m so sorry for your loss. That almost happened to my baby. You’re probably had an obstruction. I had to fight and take my boy to a new vet bc the other one kept saying he was fine... a little dehydrated but fine. He wasn’t fine. He started throwing up brown bloody bile and was so sick. He had to have surgery to get the hairball out of his intestines and if it wasn’t for his new vet, he would have died. I’m really sorry your vet failed you and your cat.
Why am I watching this.
I don't even have a cat😂
Have one. Are magnificent
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I have 2 cats. One female shorthair, who loves being brushed. And one male longhair, who despises being brushed. My little man, Nico, for the first 3 years of his life, didn’t even like to be stroked! I got him as a 4 month old from a rescue centre and I believe he was a wild cat or a farm cat, simply not very used to humans. Unfortunately he became very unwell, lethargic, wouldn’t eat etc. After a couple of days of this and seeing that he was getting worse, not better, I brought him to a vet, who after examining him, said he had an obstruction in his intestines and that he was becoming hypothermic, sent me to the emergency animal hospital. He had to be operated on to have this hair ball surgically removed, immediately. He had always previously vomited them up before. Plus I gave him wet and dry food especially for hair balls.
Because he had been so unwell and didn’t come round from surgery the way that they had expected, he had to stay in an oxygenated chamber in their ICU for a few days. Then discovered to have a heart condition that would probably only give him 3 more years to live. He was only 3 at the time and this only happened about 8 months ago.
Anyway, after being in hospital for 4 days, he came home, still quite unwell, but recovering. He finally allowed me to give him some TLC! Unfortunately however, he only improved for 3-4 days and then he began to get unwell again. This time I could also feel that he had a fever, he was so hot to the touch. So I brought him back to my regular vet, who told me that he was extremely unwell again, and that he also had a new obstruction! So, I had to bring him back to the emergency animal hospital for the 2nd time in about a week.
They had to do a second surgery on him for exactly the same reason, it was done at about 2am and they called me before they brought him round from the anaesthetic, to ask for my permission to shave him completely! Of course I said yes, even though I loved how beautiful he was as he had the most beautiful coat. But him being alive is way more important to me.
So after a couple more days at the hospital and a $15,000 bill for both surgeries and treatments, stays at the ICU, I finally got to take home a very skinny, bald cat, that looked nothing like my boy Nico!!
He has recovered thankfully, I also have pet insurance, again thankfully! And his fur has now completely grown back.
I have been stirring the hair ball paste into his wet food every night, as he doesn’t like the taste of it. But I have been able to see that his poos are a lot more fur filled!!
I will have to get him shaved again very soon, as where I live, it is coming into the hotter months again, so the shedding will be so much worse and I can’t allow my baby boy to ever go through that again.
However, I will say that the hair ball paste is wonderful and really does work. I highly recommend it.
My goodness your furbaby has been through such a lot! I hope he's doing well now. 🐾🐈
K.
U did alot ..now a days ppl r not rushing for humans ..well done 👍🏻
Thank you for caring for your cat. May you both be blessed...
Oh god poor cat 💔
I hope he is doing fine
Thank you for taking care of him you are such sweet and habe good soul
Wish you the best luck
And god bless U 💕
My cat spits out a hairball once or twice a month. But luckily he’s able to continue to eat normal and drink water and do other activities. But sometimes I do get worried though.
I just recently used coconut oil to help a semi-feral cat I feed to vomit a big furball. She was retching/coughing but nothing would come out. I smeared about half a teaspoon of coconut oil on the top of her paws every day for a week, and she eventually vomited the furball out. Other websites say olive oil or even vaseline or petroleum jelly will work also.
Hi. During the week you were giving the cat the oil before seeing her/him vomit the furball, how did you feed him/her?
i miss my cheerful baby boy :( he was just fine and healthy the other days, until mom took him to bath and forgot to dry him off that he keeps grooming. he barely had hairball issues, this probably the serious one. he looks so thin that i feel like to tear up, but im pretty glad at least he keeps his body hydrated. hopefully i can find the solution tmr at petstore (can't afford vet)
00:42 looks like a payback revenge moment. Lol
My little 6 month old kitten is passing his first hairball and has a hard time with it🥺 i really hope it won't develop into something more serious
He vomited a few times today and with each vomiting sesh he seems to be getting better
Any progress???
@@tripleogexclusive3008 *death*
But seriously i hope he's OK
@@nathanmceneny2633 you’re fuxked dude
How long does it usually take for cat to remove hairball? My cat is on 2 days so far I'm getting anxious.
Update: ok it took my cat a few days. The vet gave him hairball removal gel and one day I saw a juicy hairball on floor I almost stepped on 😂 so my cat is good now
What behaviour was your cat showing? I have a long hair part manecoon and hes stopped eating and drinking slightly. He looks tired but is still purring when smoothed???
@@katelouisepritchard6787 yes my cat was like that too and my vet said it's because he was struggling to remove a hairball and when that happens it can make it uncomfortable for them sometimes. My cat was actually throwing up a few times and not eating much too. But the safest thing to do is take them to the vet if in a few days your cat doesn't get better. I hope you and your cat the best of luck!
@@a_chosenGeneration thank you! I've taken him to the vet. They think it might be a stomach bug or something similar
@@katelouisepritchard6787 aww hope your cat feels better soon!
@@katelouisepritchard6787 did they give him anything? I just got a maincoon mix and he is eating and I am giving him antibiotics as he came home with sneezing from adoption place. (They gave me the meds) but he keeps trying to get rid of a hair ball. Although he is pooping, peeing and eating and playing. Calling vet now :)
Fun fact: The voice of Gollum on the Lord of the Rings was inspired by Andy Serkis' cat coughing/choking on hairball.
Not used to the comments moved at the top and I have o get used to it
Me too I hate it
It is such a pain
Rashid Handuleh innit
OMG same it’s so confusing 😖
ehh i like it
Could you do an asthma v hairball video?
I raised 2 cats and they never had hairballs. now my new kitten seems to have one! I'm so scared and feel un prepared. I'll ask her vet about malt paste asap !
My cat has a grooming habit, mowing, and usually she is able to expel hairballs without issue. Right now, she is retching a lot, not constantly, but she retches, swallows and moves on. Then I see her retching again. I brush her daily, she loves that. She is a happy cat and gets exercize, play time with me and with siblings, and is allowed out on the screened in back porch where she lays around or watches birds. I don't know why she mows...but this hairball is stuck. I am going to try malt paste, thank you, @AnimalWised
Coconut oil, and Vaseline also help
What is the best brush? My bats hate being brushed and both have a hair ball
What REALLY works great. Twice a week, flick a click of butter on the floor. The butter lubricates the digestive tract and the hair ball is passed. Besides, that spot is the cleanest and shiniest spot in the house. After a while, you can get kitty to come to you, just call "butter" and he/she will come running.
@@meliatortilla4625 how much and how frequent have you used the coconut oil successfully?
Mine is a girl, 7yrs old. She having what I think maybe a hair ball but she actually has a physical reaction. She has a desire to eat but you can tell she is afraid to. After she has the reaction she normally sits in bed most of the past. She has lost weight, but she is not actually vomiting. I have to take her to the vet again to have bloodwork and ultrasound done, but every time I show I professional I video of her episode they are always puzzled at to what it might be. I was told that it could be a bad tooth as well, or maybe even neurological. She cleans herself, but I haven’t visually seen her spit up a hair ball, though during her episodes she sometimes chews and tilts her head to the side.
Hey, how is she now?
One of my cats started having bad hair balls about a year ago, he gets them about once every 2 months. After the ball comes out he falls over as if he was to faint and can’t stand up for a few seconds (those seconds feel like like hours every time). We took him to the vet after the first time and after the second time but both times we were told he’s absolutely fine and that there’s nothing to worry about which is obviously rather hard. Anyway, has anyone had any similar experiences of cats “fainting” after passing a ball?
NEVER, and I would get a second opinion !
Well, our cats eat grass and regurgitate it later.
I find hair in my mouth a lot
Same-
Have you been lickin some pussycat lately? Pun intended.
Both of my cats shed so much fur and one of my cats grooms both himself and his brother so he's usually the one to cough up hairballs most
Watched this straight after cleaning up a semi hairball with a few half digested cad biscuits. I think she had just eaten before thinking she’d get rid of her hairball. Silly cat.
My cat throws up hairballs once every 2 to 3 weeks, but hates being brushed. So far, he has also hated every kind of hairball treat or gel I've tried. Any suggestions?
What REALLY works great. Twice a week, flick a click of butter on the floor. The butter lubricates the digestive tract and the hair ball is passed. Besides, that spot is the cleanest and shiniest spot in the house. After a while, you can get kitty to come to you, just call "butter" and he/she will come running.
Butter on the floor? So the butter get sucked up into his paws?
Update I put the butter on his front paws he is licking them so hopefully this is what u meant
@@misaelaguirre1701any updates? My cat is having hairball symptoms too so i want to try.
@@misaelaguirre1701any update?
My cat gets constipated seems like every 3-4 months, he’s 2 years old and Siamese is thus normal he will throw up and it’s just dry food I see,
Our kitty just had his first hairball and it was so sad.
how long did it take him my 2 month kitten has been trying for a few days now , should i be worried ?
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Does anyone know or have experienced their cat have hairball blockage to cause blood in stool? Or mucus/green stool? I suspect my cat have hairball blockage, Thanks
What REALLY works great. Twice a week, flick a click of butter on the floor. The butter lubricates the digestive tract and the hair ball is passed. Besides, that spot is the cleanest and shiniest spot in the house. After a while, you can get kitty to come to you, just call "butter" and he/she will come running.
Stupidass covid. My cat has been gagging for 3 days now and everyday his voice gets worse. He still eats and drinks but he's not acting like usual, he's calmer (sadder) than usual. Usually he'd go outside to play with his cat friend but now he's just staying at home and laying down on spots he doesn't usually sleep on.
Did he improve?
Id he get better?
I suspect my cat has a hairball he is struggling to bring up. Can anyone tell me if their kitty seems to swallow " 3:30 hard" to get their food down while in this process? He has been vomiting and gagging, eating grass, but is active and eating.
I never had a cat, I didn’t know anything about hair balls, this was a stray that I couldn’t stand to her to starve,
I don’t want the cat but I can’t afford to take her to the vet. A friend took her to get fixed.but I worry about her, I can’t just leave her out alone. She also had shots. She was short haired, then it got so thick and long, she’s
Pretty too. I’m just not a cat person, I’ve got hair every where,👍😃
So this is strange but my cat is heaving as if he's going to regurgitate but nothing comes out... He's been doing this for 2 days yet he's eating, drinking, he went potty, played with the kitten and wants to go out so I can't really understand whats going on amidst these mixed signals. He spent half the day sleeping and seemed lethargic at one point. Took him to the vet and even he couldn't really tell me what was up, gave him an X-ray, told me there was no intestinal blockage and nothing that seemed out of the ordinary. He suspects a large hairball since my cat rarely ever spits up hairballs, he's done it maybe twice. I've given him the hairball removal paste the vet gave me, pineapple juice but I haven't seen him spit out a hairball. Should I be worried...?
I asked my vet a similar question and he told me that I should be worried in such a situation because obviously there has to be a hairball thats not being expelled from the body. It might cause blockade. How is your cat doing now btw?
@@mehrozzafar7368 He's fine. Apparently, it was a large hairball. Thank you for asking!
@@buckmctriggerson9074 Mine threw up a huge hairball a few days later and never did it again since then, it was human hair 🤦🏻♀️ maybe he was having trouble getting it out
@@mehrozzafar7368 has your cat excreted the hairball?
My cat now vomited the hair ball but he ia very tired , I never heard about the hair ball situation before so I was confused, he is chewing plastic and having trouble with #2, I was giving him water in injection and message him , he is having pain in the urine keeps licking#1 part. I called most vets are closed and the Only emergency hospital said they won’t take him . It’s very expensive but every vet need appointment, it’s always complicated in the US to take urgent treatment even for kids, I cannot imagine how it’s for pets! I feel sorry for him he is in pain, and I couldn’t find any kind of pain Killers in the stores , it’s so annoying ! Why ?
did you book a vet appointment. Also why won't the emergency clinic take him seems poor on their part!
How can I get the thumbnail picture?
Declan edit it in UA-cam studio
😊 beside the space pad...
At what age should you start malt paste? GREAT VIDEO!!!
Over 4 weeks of age.
What REALLY works great. Twice a week, flick a click of butter on the floor. The butter lubricates the digestive tract and the hair ball is passed. Besides, that spot is the cleanest and shiniest spot in the house. After a while, you can get kitty to come to you, just call "butter" and he/she will come running.
@@fredalkent omg ty I'm a new cat momma :)
I love it so much I'm now a foster momma. Butter added on grocery list tysmmm again
@@fredalkentwhat's the amount of the click of butter?
My cat has eaten less food over the past weeks. It vomited, and it has a slight change of personality......
What's the status? Was it a hsirball that was blocked?
Funny why dogs don't seem to have this problem? My dog groom himself all the time but never have any issue.
My cat just regurgitate three huge hairballs....
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I have hair balls myself
I think I do too😄
I would think that letting the cats eat leafy greens as ruffage would help.
Someone please tell me why my cat won’t spit up her hair ball and it’s been months.. she doesn’t seem sick or anything but I give her hair all remedy all the time and she still doesn’t spit it up.. She still plays and eats and stuff she just won’t spit up her hairball and always choking on it
She has likely passed them through her feces.
Wow that's wierd
Hi did your kitty end up ok? Mine is the same, it has been a week and a couple of times a day he gags but is absolutely fine otherwise
@@christierichards oh she’s good she still does it tho sadly. We’ve been giving her respiratory cat medicine and it helps but she does it again when we don’t give her the medicine almost like we have to give her it every day. It May be cuz me and my mom are inconsistent at giving it to her daily or because she likes all human food but she’s been doing it for a while. I’d still get your car checked just in case. the vet said nothings wrong with my cat but idk it’s been a while since she’s started this. I really hope everything works out well for your cat 🙏🏾
My cat keeps gagging and throwing up
what happened to your cat?
What are you doing?
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Firstly, why would any one want to husband a cat??? Otherwise, cats cough up mouth turds.
And this is why I hate cats:
Because they have somthing they cant control?🙄🙄🙄
I like cats and dogs BUT OH MY GOD DOG LOVERS ARE MUCH MORE RUDE
Aubrey Pizarro clearly they are 🙄
@@xChaiima ikr
Stackz24ss and because they don’t do shit all they do is sleep all mf day.
Eh, they deserve it..
Mario Trujillo they dont
Itz_ Tokez They do.
Mario idiot if you dont like cats get the f... out of here
Imagine someone shoving relentless amount of human hair down your throat.Won't be a pleasant sight.
Why are you even here? F you man
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