are there any home remedies for hairball treatment for cats?

Question

I get medicine from the vet but in some cases its hard to
afford in between pay day. Any home remedy solutions?

Answer 1

Use mineral oil. It will ease vomiting or it will pass out with the feces. 1 tsp. daily should wok.

Answer 2

Hairball Remedy For Cats

Answer 3

Hairball Treatment

Answer 4

I use several different items. I bought hairball cookies and Purina One has a food that is made to help with hairballs. This seems to be working for me. Its been a long time since my cat has had one. Also, there is a otc hairball remedy that is like caramel. My cat just licks it off of my finger. I know these aren't exactly home remedies, but they may be less expensive than the meds from the vet and they will last a lot longer even if you only use them when you can't get the meds from the vet.

Answer 5

The absolute best way to get rid of hairballs is not an answer most people want to hear. It's comb the cat. Yes, tedious, yes, some cats hate it...but it is the #1 stopper of hairballs.

Cats get hairballs due to the hooks on their tongue pulling the loose hair out of their coat, which they then swallow. This builds up as hair is very resiliant to the juices that break normal food down. Eventually they hack it back up when it's too much and becomes uncomfortable for them.

Yes, you can buy hairball remedies which do somewhat help by providing oils to make the hair go further along in the digestive track, however, that doesn't solve the real issue. The real issue is your cats eating hair.

Go buy a "slicking" comb for cats. These are the combs with little tiny metal prongs. These are designed to pull those loose hairs out of the coat. You will have to do this for a few days before you'll notice results, however, you _will_ get rid of hairballs.


I use to get about 3 hairballs a week with my short haired cat. After trying the normal hairball solutions, I called my vet and asked him what he recommends. He said comb the cat. I called my one friend who is going to school to become a vet...they said the same thing. So I did it. Now I don't get any hairballs...literally. It's been over 8 months since I've had a hairball...and that's when I started combing the cat.



Side note, I see somebody mentioning Vasaline...don't do this to your cat, Petroleum is harmful to cats, dogs, and humans. Don't go there. That's like using clorox bleach to clean your car...yeah, it works, but not good.

Answer 6

home remedies hairball treatment cats

Answer 7

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Answer 8

They sell a hair ball remedy gel/paste/liquid concoction at the grocery store or pet supply store. It runs around 5 $ and it should be in the cat toy and shampoo aisle in your grocery store. I can imagine that it is very expensive at the vets because there is plenty of things I have to buy there.

Answer 9

I hear ya on the between pay day thing...
You can use vaseline... but I do not want anything of mine eating petrolium. If you go to Wal-mart in the pet dept. they have a tube called hairball rememdy ( malt or fish flavored) cost under $5.00 and once per week feed the cat a little on your finger,

My cats used to yowel in delight everytime I showed them the tube.

the first time I gave it to them..I put a little vanilla ice cream on my finger then spread it on ( gross I know) but they LOVED it.
after that it was nothing to get them to eat it.
do not spread it on the leg like the tube says
your finger is clean and hairless.....


Good luck!!!!

Answer 10

Tips
-if you can, wash hair every other day or every two days-it just depends how oily your hair gets.
-leave conditioner on for 10 minutes at least and don't put it on roots.
-drink lots of water and eat a lot of protein such as meat and peanut butter cause your hair is made from protein.
-always use a leave in conditioner for split ends.
-trim hair once a month since split ends stops hair growth.
-use heat protection every time.
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Answer 11

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Get some of those craft/ pastoral looking twig brooms. My Stimpy will chew up a piece of one now and then. So long as they go in the litter-box, she can have all she wants. I'll remember the other answers as well. When it comes to your pets health you need every trick in Merlin's bag.