she has been hackin all afternoon so how can we help her?
2006-11-15 11:39:44 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Cats
If she has been hacking "all afternoon", you might want to take her in to see your vet. Cats usually can expel their hairballs fairly easily. She could have a respiratory problem that needs attention. Only your vet can make that determination. If it is a hairball, they can give you some medication to help her.
2006-11-15 11:48:28 · answer #1 · answered by bugged 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One thing no one suggested, although they were very helpful up to a point--is that your cat may have a hairball she CANNOT barf up. When she grooms herself, the hair can accumulate in the gastrintestinal tract. It can become indigestable & there are a number of symptoms. This is extremely serious. Let's hope she barfs it up. Then use Petromalt daily until the symptoms disappear. If she won't lick it from your finger, (although most cats will, it's just flavoured with malt syrup) put it on her paws whre she'll lick it off. Or, along her upper lip since she can't lick her bottom lip! Don't get it in her nose or she'll resist it entirely! . Then comb or brush her routinely. Petromalt should be given BETWEEN MEALS. Plan to not have any food available before & after--I use a time frame of about 30 minutes before, & at least that much after. When you've got it under control, about a one inch "ribbon" for an adult cat once or twice a week should be good maintenance. She may prefer a comb to a brush, & the grooming can be a loving time with your kitty. When my kitty isn't in a "playful" mode, I'll make myself comfortable, call her just give a couple of pats to a cushion on a stool in front of me & she jumps right onto it so I can comb her. (She prefers the comb.) Some times, she'll knock the comb off the cabinet I keep my paints in, to let me know she wants to be combed NOW. Some people comb their cats in their laps, but this works for US. My concern would be that she may have a hairball lodged in her intestines that she can't barf up. (Also remember that the "hackin'" may not be from a hairball at all.) Good luck to you & your kitty!
2006-11-15 18:25:32 · answer #2 · answered by Valac Gypsy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can buy her food with hairball remedy in it, and you can buy her some hairball remedy that you can give her besides the food. IT usually comes in a tube, and usually is a flavor that they will take gladly. Also, make sure to groom her regularly especially if she is a long hair cat. All of these things should help reduce the amount of hacking. It won't cure the hairballs altogether, but it will cut down on the amount, and frequency of the coughing up.
2006-11-15 11:45:08 · answer #3 · answered by iiboogeymanii 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are many different ways to treat hairballs. Well, if you want professional help, you should go to the vet with your cat. But, there are some other ways to help your beloved kitty. You can get dry cat food that treats hairballs, cat treats against hairballs, or (I believe) you can get other things at the pet store that prevent hairballs. I hope this helps :)
2006-11-15 12:12:35 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to the vets office and buy some Laxatone. It should not be a problem to buy this over the counter. If it is your vets a rip off. Anyway just follow the instructions and brush the hair out of her coat daily for at least the first week then set up a maintenance schedule with your kitty to keep her good. My cat is like 20 lbs. and has very fine hair so I need to give him a little laxatone almost 4-5 times a week or he ralphs all over the carpet (yech)
2006-11-15 11:54:25 · answer #5 · answered by Midge 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They sell remedies for this in the pet stores. Also, the liquid from a can of salmon or tuna will help. I give it to my cat all the time. Also, Meow Mix has a dry cat food with hairball formula. It works great.
2006-11-15 12:41:24 · answer #6 · answered by honiebyrd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't treat the hairball, you treat the cat. Smear butter all over one of her front paws. She'll lick it off and will pass the hairball within a few hours. If she doesn't, repeat the buttering up. My wife has done this to our cats for more than thirty years and it has always worked.
2006-11-15 12:03:54 · answer #7 · answered by quietwalker 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How approximately GROOMING this cat? the considerable to struggling with hairballs is getting as plenty unfastened fur as you may off her so she does not swallow it. Hairballs are actually not in effortless terms uncomfortable for a cat - they are able to get so super that they reason a blockage in the intestines - and dying. you will desire to be COMBING - no longer brushing - this cat a minimum of another day. Brushes do little to get rid of the lifeless hairs of the undercoat and would pull out and destroy the topcoat hairs. a stable high quality metallic toothed comb will get rid of the lifeless hairs of the undercoat and leave the topcoat intact.
2016-10-15 14:40:09 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that was happening with my cat and started feeding her Meow Mix with hairball control and now she rarely gets any hairballs maybe one every couple months.Good Luck!!!
2006-11-15 12:12:47 · answer #9 · answered by jessana 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She might have ate something that needs to come up especially if she is an outdoors cat.
You can buy a substance that comes in a tube at the pet store that cat's like to help them pass fur. They will lick it off your finger or you can put it on their fur and they will lick it off.
In the meantime, pick some grass from outside and give it to your cat. That will help her bring whatever is in her stomach up.
2006-11-15 11:46:14 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋