grrrrrrrrrr! (warning: very high gross factor!)

[arguchik]

got home after a loooong day today, and there was a small spot of cat puke on the floor. lovely! so i cleaned it up and looked around...jester always pukes twice...where's the other one?

i didn't find it.

a little while later, i went to sit on my bed. oh, here it is. in the exact middle of the bed. a big hairball with all kinds of other good stuff. it has soaked through the comforter cover, through the down comforter, and out the other side--a spot about 10 inches in diameter. great. i have to wash the comforter cover. fortunately it didn't soak all the way through to the sheets. last time this happened (3 times in a single week, about a year and a half ago), i had the down comforter professionally cleaned. this time i'm washing it in the washer...hopefully it will come out OK. wish me luck. and wish the cat luck if he pulls this again tomorrow!

but what can i do about the hairballs??? i have tried everything. i use a hairball-reducing dry food that came highly recommended by the mud bay granary staff. i give him half a can of wet food per day (also an all natural mud bay recommendation). i have been brushing him 2-4 times per week since mid-august. and still with the hairballs--he pukes a minimum of 3 times per week, and for awhile last summer it was literally every single day.

Comments

[crash66.livejournal.com]

speaking of the beast, have you been able to get those spots looked at you mentioned earlier?

I feel sorry for him cause i know he feels crappy but he's such a monster.

Chelsea says...

[costco77.livejournal.com]

Vaseline. get a jar of the straight up vaseline grease (ew, I know.) and about once a week or so, take a finger full and wipe it on the cat's upper palate, just behind the front teeth. He can do nothing at this point but lick it all off. Depending on the cat, you can generally avoid getting bitten by wrestling him into a football hold, then using your thumb and forefinger of your left hand, press on the corners of his mouth - you can slide your finger and thumb between his back teeth long enough to shove in some vaseline with the little finger on your right hand. He'll make a face and hate you, but he'll eventually lick it all off. If you were feeling particularly generous, you could mix it with a little of the sauce from his wet food first. Or, alternate with peanut butter or some similarly sticky substance that he likes. He might tolerate the vaseline better if he thinks he might be getting something yummy. My stepmom used to do this with a hairball-prone cat of ours, and it worked miracles. And, at least it wasn't a puddle of piss.
Oh yeah, tell the vet about the puking. They may have some more tricks for you, and cats generally don't puke that much unless there's something else going on. Or they truly hate you.
Good luck, and my sympathies. Cats can be wonderful, and they can be spiteful and (seemingly) purposefully nasty.