I'm sorry, I hope he feels better!

So sorry. Don't let her go too long without eating as cats can become anorexic and stop eating all together.

She ate 1 treat and did get up to go potty. She's sitting with me now.

So glad to hear there is progress

Poor baby. I hope she's all better soon.

Hope she is drinking water!

One of the pet product companies used to (perhaps still do) make a sort of ointment in a good-sized tube that was intended to help ease the passage of hairballs. I believe the main ingredient was petrolatum but it was colored and flavored to appeal to cats.

I just looked online and there are a number of OTC treatment options.

Just search on cat fur ball ointment

I use a tube of "Cat Lax", purchase it from my vet for I think $6 . In order for Pretty to get a dose, I smear it on her paw. It tastes good to her so she licks it right off.

Thanks again for wishing her well. She's back to her usual self so I'm happy. My vet had given me the tube of gel for her throwing up but she hated it. It was tuna flavored and she normally loves that. She hid every time she saw the .

I’m happy to read she’s back to normal!

Glad he’s better. Perhaps you can find a very soft cat grooming brush and help reduce the amount she ingests. Start off slowly with the bush on the floor or lower than her heace. brush the sides of her mouth where she likes to be touched. Let her get used to the brush. Eventually you can move to her hear and back.

Alternatively, het a silicone of gummy pet grooming mit.

I know that gel comes in salmon and chicken too, do you think your cat would be interested in a different flavor?

My former neighbor had two Persians and a mixed breed short hair (all of them PAWS) that I would go next door and care for when they traveled. The Persians needed doses of the gel regularly (truthfully she didn't brush them often and they needed it), did not accept the same flavor and I'd have trouble remembering which grey cat liked which taste, usually getting it wrong the first time.

I don't think Cat Lax has a particular flavor i.e. chicken or salmon. The smell is not familiar either. Ingredients are as stated on the box: cod liver oil, white petrolatum and barley malt syrup, caramel, lecithin, soduim benzoate, Vit. E, and purified water.