Get Rid of Fur balls on Your Cat

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Hi, I’m Dr. Greg McDonald, and I am here for Expert Village.com, and I wanted to talk a little bit about fur balls. We are talking about first aid in a cat, and sometimes fur balls don’t really seem to think about an emergency nature, but the reality is that if a fur ball were to get stuck in the esophagus, it would be an emergency. What happens is if a cat is actually having excessive grooming due to an allergy or itching, they have lot more fur. A cat can digest a small amount of fur, and it goes right through their GI system but if they get too much fur inside of their stomach it is not digestible. Once again when we are talking about an emergency nature, if a cat is actually trying to throw up a fur ball and it gets stuck halfway out the stomach down here, and the esophagus is down along this area, it can be a medical emergency. Again, there is not very much you can do about it other than know that is what is happening with your cat. Whether you decide if you have to go to your vetenarian on an emergency basis is another big factor. Cats that get something stuck in their esophagus, a fur ball for instance, or further up it could get stuck in their airway and have trouble breathing, so you would notice that they are hungry, trying to swallow food, and comes right back up again and also they may be gagging, coughing or trying to get the fur ball back out. We at McDonald Animal Hospital like lacetone, and again this is more of prevention obviously rather than it would be a treatment for fur balls. If you use this on a weekly basis your cat will probably never get fur balls, and also pay attention to your cat’s excessive grooming. They start taking hair off of themselves, and you can see bald spots, you know that fur balls could be a problem, and fur balls can be an emergency. Oftentimes people don’t realize that. This fur ball medication comes in two flavors. What is really good is a tuna flavor, and this is a regular flavor they have and cats seem to like it. They will take it right off of your finger once a week, and you can prevent fur balls in your cat and prevent an emergency.

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