Is this a hairball?

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Just what you need on a Sunday morning - but coukd you give me your opinions on whether this is a hairball?

IMO, yes

Probably yes (from the shape)

Quickest way is to pull it apart with something and see if it is filled with hair.

Do you give your cat cat laxatives? Especially this time of year it helps with hairballs. One of mine will lick it from the tube, the other-I have to smear it on his paw to get him to lick it off. Also helps ease out rodent bits….if that’s an issue!

Agree with this, slightly pull one of the sections in half.

If it becomes a problem then I can vouch for a small handful of royal canin hairball biscuits mixed in with the usual food.

Thank you! It was very difficult to pull apart - best attempt in one of the ‘sausage links’ attached 🤮. He’s a white cat.

its just that he was off his food on Friday (normally very greedy) and he had a blocked bladder 2 years ago. Took him to vet on Friday afternoon who said his bladder felt normal, temp at higher end of normal. He threw up over Friday night/Saturday morning (obviously vomiting, not hairball) so I kept him in all yesterday giving him small amounts of very watery tuna (wouldn’t eat his normal food). His pee rate had been good and he seemed full of beans this morning - wolfed down his ‘tuna soup’ and he was hankering to go outside and then the ‘hairball’ happened.

he’s wolfed down a quarter pouch of normal food since then and is asking for more - constant meowing It’s been about 30 mins since he last ate and trying to wait longer to see if he holds it down.

Well.. I wouldn't be hungry if I had all that fur inside me 😂 and the vomit earlier would be because his digestive system was blocked with that. Now it's been unblocked he's bound to want all the food he's missed.

You did the right things but I would definitely add either a hairball paste on his paw to lick off or those biscuits I mentioned. Other brands do them but I found those the best in actually solving my cat's problem (plus she likes them so that's a win anyway).

Thank you - I will definitely get some as he’s quite a floofy cat and won’t tolerate being brushed for long 👍

Yes definitely a hairball from a light coloured cat. My tortie is a total nightmare for them, hers are more grey. They look like they're choking when they bring them up, on the freshly changed bed obviously.

😆 - of course it’s on the freshly made bed.

im a bit obsessed with it now - keep zooming in on it. I should head over to sporners corner.