Cat owners should know that cats are very clean and tidy animals, so as long as they have nothing to do, they will keep licking their fur with their tongues until they are clean. , until it is neat and tidy. During this process, because the cat's tongue has many barbs, it will swallow all the cleaned hair and other dirty things into the stomach. This behavior is molted in spring and autumn. During this period, it is more frequent, and the old hair that is easy to fall off at this time will cause the cat to swallow more cat hair! But the cat does not have the ability to digest these hairs. Some of the hairs swallowed in the stomach are excreted with the stool, and the other part stays in the feces. The stomach gradually becomes larger, and when it reaches a certain level, the cat will spit out the hairball in the stomach by vomiting.

However, when some cats cannot regularly spit out the hairballs in their stomachs, and they cannot be excreted with their stools, these hairballs will grow larger and larger in the stomach and eventually affect the cat's health. In addition, don't think that shorthair cats will not have hairball problems. As long as they are clean and accustomed to grooming their own cats, they may have hairball disease. Of course, short-haired cats are much less likely to suffer from hairballs than long-haired cats.

So what are the main symptoms of cats with hairball disease? The first is frequent retching (especially shortly after eating), some Cats will eat plastic bags, tissues, or grass. Sometimes there are hairballs with a cylindrical surface covered with mucus, but sometimes nothing comes out; the stools are dry and hard with some hair in them, a common symptom of mild hairballs.

When the condition is further aggravated, the cat will have poor energy, no life, no appetite, rough and dull hair, constipation, no bowel movements for many days, and bloated stomach. At this time, if it is not treated in time, the cat will get worse and worse as it develops further. As long as it drinks water or eats something, it will spit it out quickly, because the hairball may have blocked the gastrointestinal tract and caused obstruction. Cats will soon experience dehydration and internal organ failure. At this time, surgery may be required for treatment, or their lives will be lost!

Here is a supplementary description of hairballs as a kind of A cylindrical or sticky sticky soft-hard thing that, if you're interested in unraveling it, is actually a clump of hair that's been soaked in gastric juices for a long time.

How to prevent

So how should we prevent hairballs in cats in peacetime? There are mainly the following methods:

First of all, we should brush the cat frequently , This is the best way, especially for medium and long-haired cats and during the moulting season. Of course, short-haired cats also need to brush their hair regularly. You need to prepare at least two brushes, one is a stainless steel tooth comb, the other is a brush. One is a hair brush. Medium- and long-haired cats spend more than ten minutes brushing their hair every day. Short-haired cats can be brushed every other day, so as to clean up dead hair and some dirty things on the cat's body and prevent cats from licking and swallowing their own hair. , which essentially controls the formation of hairballs. In addition, by brushing, you can also check the physical condition of your cat by the way. Many small symptoms such as skin diseases can be detected early from the brushing, and such an intimate behavior will let your cat know more about your love for him. care to further develop your bond with your cat.

Secondly, you can also grow a plate of cat grass at home to promote hairball discharge. This is an older method, but it is still useful at times.

Third, regularly feed cats to eat spit cream or hair removal cream. Hair removal cream can help cats remove accumulated hair in the gastrointestinal tract, thereby preventing the occurrence of hairballs. Follow the instructions or consult a veterinarian for usage. .

Fourth, feed the canned food with hairball removal ingredients. Some cats don't eat cat grass or depilatory cream, so you can feed them canned food without hairballs.