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Hi Daniel,

There are some things you can do to reduce hairballs. Hairballs typically do not hurt a cat. He or she will cough it up and then be done. They are caused when the cat ingests loose hair while grooming. However, you can reduce their frequency by trying the following:

Brush your cat more often. If your cat has long hair, you may have to brush every day. Otherwise every two or three days will help.

There are many commercial lubricants to help with hairballs, which are inexpensive. I recommend these as they will not harm your cat. However, for a couple of days you can try giving your cat just a small dab of butter. The lubrication can help the hairballs through the system. However, because of the high fat, I would do it for a very limited time.

Believe it or not exercise can help and feeding your cat a high quality diet with a cat food rich on Omega 3s.

Good luck!

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

home remedy for hairballs

-- Contributed by: Daniel Henderson

My vote is to get rid of him. Is he such a control freak that he really needs to dictate when and how the cat eats? I am sorry to say his problems are much deeper than a cat. Pretty soon he will be telling you when and how much to eat. Take it from a guy, cat haters are usually jerks. I know many of them. Take your kitty and hit the road. Good luck!

-- Contributed by: Kp

Hi Lori,

I'm so sorry to hear this. Cats are natural grazers and like to eat all day. I usually leave food out for my cats, unless I notice a weight problem and then I will cut them down to two times a day and a special, lower calorie food. It is probably fine for some cats to eat once a day, but unless overweight the cat should be allowed to eat until she is full.

Perhaps your new husband just doesn't understand cats. I would print out some articles about cats grazing from the Internet or perhaps ask your vet for some materials and present those to him. If that doesn't solve the problem, and you feel she is being mistreated then you should act. As you said, you have two options at that point. Get rid of her, or get rid of him.

-- Contributed by: LoriSoard

My husband believes a cat should be fed once a day in the evening. He really doesn't like cats and says that people should rule cats and not the other way around. I have had a cat for seven years before he came into my life. He gets angry if I feed her in the morning and evening. And, he insists I feed her only in the evening. He said she can be trained to eat once a day. He will put her food down, lets her eat for a few minutes and then takes it away. I believe he is starving her, but he gets mad and says he knows what he is doing and I let her rule me. I feel sorry for her, she is used to being fed twice a day and I usually leave it there and let her eat when she wants to. I guess I will just give her away because I can't stand to see him mistreat her or maybe I should just get rid of him!

-- Contributed by: Lori
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