Comments on: I think my cat has taken hairball problems to a new level. Help! http://www.paws-and-effect.com/2009/10/12/i-think-my-cat-has-taken-hairball-problems-to-a-new-level-help/ Advice by cats, for cats and their people Wed, 08 Feb 2012 02:18:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Brenda Cirone http://www.paws-and-effect.com/2009/10/12/i-think-my-cat-has-taken-hairball-problems-to-a-new-level-help/comment-page-1/#comment-10012 Brenda Cirone Mon, 20 Dec 2010 00:16:31 +0000 http://www.paws-and-effect.com/?p=501#comment-10012 Just a quick comment - this is an old post, but I wanted to share what happened to my cat, Rascal. My 2 1/2 year old Ragdoll was acting like you say - trying to cough up hairball, nothing came up but liquid, progressively ate less, but did drink water, lost some weight too. One morning he threw up yellow liquid - and it projected across the room.. I knew something was wrong. I called the vet and they said to bring him in later in the day. I went to work, and when I came home he was very listless. The hairball became lodged in his intestine and he needed emergency surgery to remove it. $3,500 us!! (They weren't sure if it was a hairball until they removed it ) Rascal is alive and well now. But just wanted to post this to others to make sure they go to the vet as soon as they feel something just isn't right. Don't wait to long. We were lucky enough that we could save our cat. Just a quick comment – this is an old post, but I wanted to share what happened to my cat, Rascal. My 2 1/2 year old Ragdoll was acting like you say – trying to cough up hairball, nothing came up but liquid, progressively ate less, but did drink water, lost some weight too. One morning he threw up yellow liquid – and it projected across the room.. I knew something was wrong. I called the vet and they said to bring him in later in the day. I went to work, and when I came home he was very listless. The hairball became lodged in his intestine and he needed emergency surgery to remove it. $3,500 us!! (They weren’t sure if it was a hairball until they removed it )

Rascal is alive and well now. But just wanted to post this to others to make sure they go to the vet as soon as they feel something just isn’t right. Don’t wait to long. We were lucky enough that we could save our cat.

]]> By: beth http://www.paws-and-effect.com/2009/10/12/i-think-my-cat-has-taken-hairball-problems-to-a-new-level-help/comment-page-1/#comment-6686 beth Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:33:50 +0000 http://www.paws-and-effect.com/?p=501#comment-6686 hey my cat done the same!! i took her to the vet and they gave her an injection it cost about £30. as soon as they inject it your cat will have a HUGE appetite and will want feeding as soooon as it get home. so they recommend chicken and rice then after a few days start mixing its normal food with it. hey my cat done the same!!
i took her to the vet and they gave her an injection it cost about £30. as soon as they inject it your cat will have a HUGE appetite and will want feeding as soooon as it get home. so they recommend chicken and rice then after a few days start mixing its normal food with it.

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