Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat Health & Behaviour => Health & Behaviour General => Topic started by: Hannikat on October 18, 2008, 11:33:27 AM
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I woke up this morning to find little patches of white foam around the litter tray. Anyone seem this before? is it sick?
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It could be pre-hairball foam. I've noticed the boys coats have got a lot thicker and Riley tried to cough up a hairball last night, he couldn't get it up (sounds rude :-[) but instead bought up a foamy white patch. Your girls are quite young though (5 months?) so not sure if cats that young get hairballs?
I'd keep a close eye on them and ring the vet if you're worried :hug:
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I'm not to worried, they have been maniacs all day so they seem fine in themselves. Hairballs.............GREAT!!! :tired:
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Last time the boys seemed to be 'brewing' a hairball I started giving them de-furrum treats again - result: no hairball ever materialised and they stopped doing the hairball cough. They can be given as a maintainence treat aswell as to fix a problem that's already there. They're very palatable, I use them to poke tablets in and they get gobbled up :drool;
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ooooo now you mention it Bella did make a strange coughing sound twice last night. Probably related. They look like the same make as milky flakums. I guess you can only get them from PAH
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I don't think they're exclusive to PAH, they do them in Jollyes too so I guess most pet shops would do them.
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Last time the boys seemed to be 'brewing' a hairball I started giving them de-furrum treats again - result: no hairball ever materialised and they stopped doing the hairball cough. They can be given as a maintainence treat aswell as to fix a problem that's already there. They're very palatable, I use them to poke tablets in and they get gobbled up :drool;
Oh, I'll need to try them - only one of my boys does hairballs but its horrible when its building up to one. He's sick loads of times on days leading up to it. :sick: