My cat suffers from a hair ball problem.

ok..well placing anything in the back of a cats throat is a fight anyway..so heres my suggestion has worked for me through the years with my cat oreo.. if you purchase tuna in the can and you like the packed in oil type, instead of draining and trhowing away the oil why not give your cat a treat and pout it over crunchy cat food, it helps eliminate the hairballs naturally in the litterbox..and also keeps the coat nice shiny and healthy.. and/or there are hairball remedies you can purchase over the counter where you place the product on the paws and the kitty naturally licks it off in an effort to clean themselves! and/or place a dab of vaseline on the tip of the kitties nose and front paws..again in an effort to clean it off the kitty will lick until clean and theres the lubricant to eliminate the hairballs naturally.. and/or you can even try a teaspoon of canned pumkin mixed in with there regular food or mixed with some tuna water from the can.. hope this helps! i know hairballs are nasty, but maybe one or all of these may give some relief to you and the kitty!

Most cats have a hairball problem. You must try going to your local pet store and getting a tube of Hairball Remedy. ( There are many brands so someone at the store should be able to recommemd one. These Remedies come in different flavours such as fish, such try different ones until you find one he likes. You can place a little of the paste on the tip of your finger and the cat should lick it off. If putting the paste on your finger doesn't work, try putting some on one of his paws. Hope this helps.

my little dog has very long fur, and has that problems so often, i dont think theres a huge lot you can do for it other than keep brushing them to get the loose fur off them. when my dog coughing, or has trouble breathings its such a horrible noise, i usually use 2 finger under her throat (not inside the mouth) and just give her a soft massage and it seems to release it and helps her breath and also calms her down, i think she starts to panic when she starts coughing.

Yep, my cat suffers from this too! We had her stomach exrayed and changed her diet slightly. Still pukes up those old hairballs once inawhile, but certainly not as much as before. Oh and the vet also gave us a cream to put on the tip of her nose. Not sure what it does, But hey, anything to save our carpets from more puke. And speaking of carpets, we actually just bought and moved into a new house 2 months ago and their is way less carpetting. More hardwood and tile. The cat's fav place to puke was always the carpet. She has only puked once since we've been here, and that was on the bed! Yuck!

I switched to a cat food that Iams has that is supposed to reduce hairballs. I don't know how, exactly, it works but it did help. I think by adding vitamins to help her with her coat. I was also told I could give her an raw egg white (if she would eat it) as the protein helps with the coat. He also said to brush her as often as possible. My parents use one of those lint rollers instead of a brush since their cats hate brushes. The tape pulls the loose hair out, and I think it does a better than a brush. As for the Vaseline, I was also told to do this by my vet. I'd put a small amount on her front paw. Since she didn't like the feeling of something on her foot (rub it into the fur a little bit or they can flip it off!) she'd lick it off and that helped. I tried stor bought hairball removers and never had any luck with them. Good luck!

Don't use the vaseline. It says on the jar not to be taken internally. If I can't eat it, I won't give it to our cats. I drain oil-packed tuna and pur the oil over some of their dry cat food. Or poke a hole in an omega oil capsule. Those are just filled with fish oil. Oil seems to help with one of our cats. Maybe it will help yours. :)

Have you tried giving him the food specially formulated for cats with hairballs or the treats made to help with hairballs? Our cats don't have a hairball problem but I give them the treats every now and then just to help break down whatever hair is in their system. What I buy is the Whiskas soft treats for hair balls (they are made w/real chicken, the hard one are made w/by products) and the cats really enjoy them.

Do not listen to fools that tell you to put vaseline into his mouth. I have two cats, and one is long haired. Very fine hair. He is 10 years old, and suffers horrible from this hair ball thing too. He will go through periods of vomiting daily a few times. Then it stops, and starts again. The only thing you can do is brush him alot, feed him food that is for hairballs, and occassionally you can give him "laxatone." This will help. Do not try human remedies.