Can someone explain to me the whole hairball thing with cats?

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11. Oo--- grabby hands. He's so adorable!

My personal bet is he's just working the stress-grooming nasty out of his system, and his hairballs will settle down. He's also young, so like most teenagers, is dealing with hormonal variations.

We have had two who would cross glaciers for Petromalt, and one who wouldn't touch the stuff. It does help move the mail.

Thank you for feeding him well -- it sounds like he agrees, and he has a great home.

Those last years are so hard. We lost our last one to kidney disease almost two years ago (Spouse developed a dander allergy about 14 years ago. We had Madame for 24 years, so we're taking a kitty break for a few years to get his immune system to chill out) and yeah, the vomiting was the worst part. It was clear it hurt her so much and there was nothing we could do for her except sub-q (which she tolerated but disliked until she decided to stop tolerating it), getting her into a stem-cell study (which did help) and keeping her comfortable. Which we did, for about 5 years after diagnosis.

Madame was always so proud of her hairballs -- she sometimes brought them to Spouse to show off (ew) or danced around one, to make sure we noticed it.