what do you give your cat for hair balls & dander?

[Hotler]

I took in a stray the end of last year. She gets a good brushing twice a day to help. I tried the hairball stuff in a tube and she won't take to it unless I smear it on her foot and then she gets pissed. Does the hairball control food work?

She seems to have a little bit of dray skin dander. I've tried giving her some of that Grizzly salmon oil, but she turns her nose up at it. Being a Colorado cat she might not know what seafood is.

Thank you.

[applegrove]

1. I like the "One" brand hairball food. That is what i buy in canada.

[Doreen]

2. The stuff I use from the tube

works well on my long hair fur baby. However, when I put it on I gently scruff her and wipe it on her mouth. If I put it on her paw she just flicks it off. I promise I am gentle, I do not hold her up in the air. I usually wait until she is up on her cat tree.

[Rhiannon12866]

7. Laxatone. That's what my vet recommended for my long haired cat too.

He suggested putting a little on kitty's nose to lick off, which I did with my previous cat, but with my Felix I've been putting a small squirt on his wet food. It's available where you get most pet supplies and in different flavors, too. I also get the hair ball treats, Felix has very long thick hair.

[Doreen]

11. If I put it on either one of my fur babies nose

they rub it off on the floor or furniture. I do not do wet food because my hairball kitty throws it up so that trick can not work. Yeah, that long damn hair with an undercoat....sucks.

[secondwind]

3. what about a drop or two of canola oil in her food? I can't imagine it would hurt her.

[Meadowoak]

4. A can of tuna in oil (not packed in spring water). Works great.

[ret5hd]

5. Our cats give us that stuff for free...we don't have to give them anything!

Maybe if you showed a little more deference you would get it for free also!

[Hotler]

12. What are you talking about? nt.

[ret5hd]

14. Our cats give us their hairballs and dander at no cost --- we don't give them anything for that stuf

Merely poking fun at the ambiguities of the English language.

[Hotler]

15. duh, I get it. Thank you.

they also give us attitude at no cost.

[mercuryblues]

6. When I was babysitting my daughter's cats

I used Temptations Hairball Control treats.

[TygrBright]

8. Regular grooming, Petromalt.

The "Zoom Groom" grooming tool works great on our medium-hair and he loves it. Also the Petromalt, which he EAGERLY licks off my finger.

We do get an occasional hairball but not often at all.

helpfully,
Bright

[pansypoo53219]

9. never gave a cat anything for hairballs. cats molt + puke. i accept it. no dander issues.

[japple]

10. We feed Blue Indoor and supplement with small supplemental feedings of Purina Cat

Chow (called "Crack" in our household.) Their skin and hair are in great shape with no visible dander, yet they do hork up furballs from time to time. I think they miss those grasses from outside. You can get a bag of kitty greens seeds at a pet store and plant them in a flower pot for your kitty to nibble on when she needs them. You will need to mow your "lawn" if the cat isn't doing it. Just trim with a pair of scissors.

[Hotler]

13. Thanks guys for your feed back. nt

[DeminPennswoods]

16. Butter works

If you read the ingredients on the hairball gels, it's mostly vegetable oils and the like. I Can't Believe It's Not Butter has similar ingredients to the hairball gels and my cats like it.