I have a cat vomit problem.
Solo has been an absolute vomiting machine lately, and it's to the point where if she was a computer, I would be slamming the mouse around and crying. My neighbor said to give her the hairball medicine, but Sparky suggested I talk to the people at his favorite pet store first.
The lady there suggested:
1) Elevating the food bowl with a phone book so the cat does not ingest so much air when eating (that then bubbles up as soon as they're done, bringing all the food with it
2) Buying food that the cat needs to chew rather than pate, which the cat sucks in like a vacuum, leading to the phenomenon apparently known in the cat world as "scarf and barf."
3) Adding a little bit of fish or coconut oil to the food, which should not only grease things down, but does something along the lines of more firmly securing the hair follicle, which means less hair for the hairball.
I have already switched to non-pate and raised the food bowl, and I have no vomit. I mean- this was a DAILY occurrence. As for the oil, I got a great deal on some fish oil capsules and have been working diligently to add them to her food, but so far all I get is a fish oil fountain. I have learned that fish oil is not some herbal euphemism- that's real fish oil in there. I can tell you that because I am wearing it. Last night I hosed my pajamas and half the kitchen. This morning, I sprayed the other half of the kitchen. I missed my clothes this time, but I can still smell it on my hands, even though I scrubbed my hands with a real lemon slice and endured the pain in my hangnails.
Sparky swears there is a way to do this without wearing it, and promises to show me. It had better be soon, because coming home to the smell of fish is not much better than coming home to a new vomit pile on the carpet... or my bed... or down the wall.
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