palsgraf_polka

Theo has been battling a hairball for about 10 days. As you know, both boys are shedding madly and I think Theo is grooming Joe a lot and also grooming himself. I brush them at least once a day but they are still shedding hair everywhere. About 2 weeks ago Theo horked up a monster hairball, but about 10 days ago he started feebly hacking again, especially when he would get into purring. I've been giving him Petromalt every day, and they already eat Iams weight control/hairball formula, but this stupid hairball will not pass.

So, I'm googling home hairball remedies, to see if I can add to the ammunition. What did I come up with? Baby food squash. Apparently the fiber content helps push things through. So, tonight at the grocery store I bought a jar of organic baby food squash, and an oral medicine syringe. I first tried getting Theo to lick the squash from a spoon, but he was having none of that, so here I am, holding Theo to the ground and squirting squash goo into his mouth. Once I did it though, he actually seemed to like the squash and I was able to shoot 2 more syringes full into his mouth with little struggle.

The things we do for our pets. Hopefully I'll find a giant hairball filled turd in the litter box in the next day or two. I'm giving him some more squash in the morning and tomorrow night too.