Hello, any tips?
My lovely cat, a domestic shorthair, is having furball vomits around every third day. She was a rescue cat but is approximately 12 years old. I've had her for 10 of those years. The vomiting started four years ago and was also investigated then. It went away by itself but has come back - it seems to stay!
Vet has ruled out anything sinister; she's had a scan.
A steroid injection from the vet stopped the problem for around three/four weeks.
(all of the above was pricey)
Vet prescribed steroid pills. These involved "pilling the cat" stress for both parties and the furball vomits still happened; I couldn't even track a pattern.
Food is now hypoallergenic (also pricey). Stopping dry food seems to have helped a bit.
The cat is a thorough groomer but nothing unusual.
She definitely sheds. Loose fur flies up in the air if I run my hands over her. I've seen her sort of spitting out fur as she grooms.
She is completely unimpressed when I try to comb her; I've got a Furminator and it's amazing but I can never get in more than a couple of passes before she turns hissy and scratchy and outraged. (I didn't have her as a kitten to get her used to being combed).
I've been using damp hands to run over her fur to get off anything I can.
What am I missing? Any advice? Many thanks.