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Hairballs an endless source of questions for a veterinarian. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Don't you think? I'm especially happy today? It's because we're celebrating that We've finally reached 50,000 subscribers on this channel. Yay party. Thank you so much for all the support you give us and for following us and accompanying us throughout this time. And we hope that very soon we'll be 100,000 or a million. Who knows that we can make a living from this? Please do what we can, because we're poor. Some time ago, we made a video on the secondary channel about hairballs. I don't know if you know that. We have a secondary channel on YouTube called Questions and Answers from a Veterinarian where I answer very, very short questions about very specific things that can happen to you with your cats, with your dogs, and with your animal families. The thing is, since we do answer questions on that channel, subscribe. Oh, well, subscribe. Well, the thing is, since we make the videos much shorter on that channel, logically there's less information in the video. And I asked you if you wanted me to talk a little more in depth about hairballs, and of course, many of you said yes and wrote me comments with your questions. And that's exactly what today's video is about. I'm going to answer your questions about all the doubts that you've had in relation to hairballs. Well, in today's video, we're going to answer some of your questions. I'm going to try to answer them all, because some were repeated. There were a lot of doubts. It's possible that we've missed some. But your doubt is probably reflected in all the other people's doubts, because as I said, they tend to be quite recurrent. Having said that, I don't want anyone to be offended. And we already know how the Internet works, so let's get to it. The first one they tell me is, hello, I would like to know what symptoms cats with hairball obstruction have. The symptoms that cats that suffer from hairballs on a regular basis have are usually vomiting, generally intermittent vomiting. That is, one day they vomit, and within three or four days they vomit again. There are usually no symptoms that are that scandalous, except for that, in addition, sometimes you will find that during vomiting, the hairballs come out directly, but other times it is just the food that comes out. In very, very serious cases, there are times when the hairballs cause intestinal obstructions, and in that case, they will be the classic symptoms of intestinal obstruction. That is, the cat may start to have diarrhea, suddenly stop pooping, or feel very ill and very lethargic and somewhat listless. Wait a minute. An aside that I just realized I forgot to tell you. What I just told you is if a cat's hair accumulates inside its body because it is unable to expel the hairballs it produces through its mouth or its bowels, normally sometimes this type of thing happens to cats and that's where the problem of obstruction ends up coming from. Keep this in mind because it will all make much more sense as we progress with the video. And something that may worry you if you live with a cat that suffers from hairball problems is if they vomit them more than once in the same day.

Okay, specific, right? The truth is that it is a bit specific, but it may be that you see that your cat vomits very frequently in the same day and you think that they are hairballs. Well, this question was actually asked by a first time cat mom and she said that she was a bit unsure about how this topic works and if all cats suffer from it and so on. Well, we are going to answer all this in the video. Well, look, it's not very common for cats to vomit hairballs more than once a day or even every two days. It's actually very, very rare. Therefore, if you see that your cat is vomiting a couple or three times a day, take it to the vet because something is going on and it's not hairballs. Okay, so how long do hairballs last?

Well, I'll answer that later because I actually think that's the next question. Wait, I'm going to answer it right now because that's the question. It could be happening to you like Jose is, who is eager to know More people ask me. I have a question. How often is it normal or healthy for a cat to vomit hairballs or is it considered a sign of obstruction from the moment it vomits for the first time? Please clarify because I don't know if it's normal for my cat to vomit hairballs once every two or three months or if I should be worried. Well, these are some of the things that worry you the most about whether or not your cats have to expel hairballs. Many times you see that your cats do not vomit hairballs and you say, hey, what's wrong with my cat? Is this thing that I've read many times that cats have to shed hair, Is it all getting stuck inside where people also say, hey, does my cat do it every two or three months? Is that normal or should he do it less? Okay, in light of this, I have to tell you that it is not very common for cats to expel hairballs. In fact, it is. It is considered, according to some studies that I will leave below in the description box that only 10% of cats expel hairballs on a regular basis. And how regular is that? Approximately, according to what you are telling me, once every two or three months, usually a couple of times a year that you see it. Therefore, if you are like my friend on the channel who tells me I have a cat that vomits its hair once or twice a week, not only its hair, but sometimes I see it eating the hair that is on the floor, it is already borderline normal. I would like to know if that amount is normal or if it vomits too much. And I also wanted to know about my other cat. No, but that will be another question later. Okay, okay, okay. Well, that's it. It's just that since they ask me several questions, I will answer them later. Well, in this case, it could be that once or twice a week is too much. And as I told you, perhaps you should take it to the vet to have them investigate to see why it is happening. Because there are many times when we see that our cat is expelling hairballs. It means that something is not going well inside it, that it is vomiting for other reasons. This often happens in cats that have stomach movements. For example, a little sluggishness and. Sluggishness. Sluggishness, right? Or slowed down, it doesn't matter. Use words that normal people use, please. This can happen in cats that have a slightly slow stomach movement, like Jose. But Jose doesn't have a slow stomach. Right, Jose?

Yes. No. Now you're the slow one.

I think these cats don't empty their stomachs as quickly, and therefore hairballs may accumulate there and tend to form hairballs or trichobezoars. In the end, these types of cats are vomiting because they have another problem that causes hairballs to accumulate. That cat is not, so to speak, healthy because its stomach works a little slower than other cats. Do you understand? But it could also be that the cat is ingesting more hair than normal. Normally when cats groom themselves, they swallow some of their hair because their tongue, I don't know if you've noticed. I'm sure you have. When they've petted you, it's very rough, it has some kind of spicules and that causes part of the hair to be pulled out and go inside. What happens? There are some cats that lose more hair than usual because they have some type of skin problems, such as dermatitis, or because, for example, they have fleas and so when they scratch themselves they are shedding more hair and that causes it all to go inside. These types of cats that have skin problems also have a higher frequency of producing hairballs because they are swallowing more hair than they should. Although as I said, it's normal for some cats, even if they are few. But some can expel hairballs even when they are healthy. If you're enjoying this video and you're not subscribed to this channel yet, I don't know what you're doing because every week we have videos about very interesting things about our cats and sometimes about our dogs. So if you don't want to miss anything, subscribe, hit the bell and turn on all notifications so that YouTube will notify you every time we upload a new video. And here's a very interesting does fur affect the formation of hairballs? Well, yes. Cats with longer hair can get hairballs more frequently in a percentage that weight, I don't remember, is more or less double that of short haired cats. These are things you should keep in mind if you live with a long or semi long haired cat, such as a Persian or an exotic cat. But of course your cat may also start to make a series of movements such as compressing its abdomen in an attempt to expel the hairballs, lying flat on the floor and stretching its neck a lot. But it can't expel the hairballs. In fact, that's a question that a lot of people have asked me and when you ask me that kind of thing, all the alarms go off for me. Jose, turn on the alarms for me. Because your cat isn't expelling hairballs, your cat is coughing. I already told you about this in one of the first videos we made on the channel about this topic, because many people get it confused and often what the cat is suffering from is asthma. It's very urgent that you take your cat to the vet the moment you start to notice that your cat is coughing. Because if you wait three or four days when we examine it in the office, we may not find anything. For more information on this topic, I'll leave the video up here so you can check it out after you've finished watching this one. A subscriber sent us these images of her cat having an asthma attack so that we could show them to everyone at home so that you can identify how cats cough because it is very important to stop it as soon as possible. And now let's get to the most interesting part. How can you prevent hairballs? Well, it is important that you learn to identify them, but also how to treat them if your cat has them. And in fact, quite a few of the questions you have asked me are about this topic. For example, you ask me if there is any type of food that is effective or not for controlling hairballs. Well, yes, there are foods that help prevent hairballs. In fact, it has been discovered, according to some articles, that adding fiber to the diet helps eliminate hairballs better because fiber makes the intestine move a little faster. Fiber also coats all those hairs and helps them come out much better. And also related to all of that, you've also asked me, in a cat that tends to have hairball problems, how many times a week is it advisable to give it molt and brush it? The accumulation of hairballs in the stomach can be a chronic problem. Well, as you can see, there are some cats that have it in a chronic way, as I've already explained during the video. But regarding the subject of brushing and mold, first you need to know that not all malts work the same way. To prevent hairballs, you'll have to give it to your cat a couple of times a week at most if the cat already has hairball problems and it's a malt rich in fiber. And regarding the subject of brushing, you should do it at least every two or three days to prevent dead hair from accumulating on its skin and it ending up swallowing it. This will also depend on whether your cat has long hair or not, because long haired cats have to be brushed much more frequently. And I've already talked about this on the secondary channel because we've covered practically all topics related to cats, although they still come out. But what if you give them oil? Because some people have asked me, can I give them olive oil once a week? I can't find good malt that has a lot of fiber. I understand that's what they're asking me. Well, look, on the subject of olive oil, it can help the stools that contain the hairballs to be more lubricated and to come out more easily. In other words, they can pass them through their stools instead of through their mouths. In fact, that's how the hairballs that they normally swallow are expelled. And that's why you often don't even notice, because you don't go looking for them logically. But it's also true that olive oil is digested and makes your cat gain weight almost automatically because after all the it's fat. Even if it's good fat, it's fat. And one last thing, I don't think I've put the subject to good use. I do not recommend under any circumstances that you give your cat olive oil to treat hairballs instead. There are a huge number of products that can help expel them much more easily. Instead of giving your cat olive oil, I recommend that you go to your vet and ask them which product is best for your cat to finish expelling those hairballs. And finally, a question that I found super interesting and is from a very good friend of the channel. She asks me, well, I'll leave you with another question related to cat hair. Cat hair can affect people in general, pregnant women and babies. As I mentioned, a new member of our household is soon to arrive. In fact, there's nothing left. And I'm sick of my parents, my uncles and some friends insisting that I have to give away my kittens because their hair will harm me as a pregnant woman and my child when he's born. Because supposedly we absorb the hair and the body doesn't eliminate it later. Is this statement true or false? I think it's great that you're still living with your kittens and your baby because they're going to get along wonderfully and well. We already explained how to introduce them and everything. You won't have any problems. Jose, show me the card for that video that no one has seen. But it's very interesting. And cats are part of our family, so we can't get rid of them at the first opportunity. And cats aren't given as gifts, they're not objects, they're adopted in that case. Well, semantics aside, the question is very interesting because there can be a lot of mythology surrounding cat hair and all that stuff. Hair is not absorbed through skin contact and then suddenly gets inside us and we can't get rid of it or anything like that. Even if we swallow it, it will probably come out through our noses. Where there is a lot of suspended hair in a cat or dog grooming salon, the people who work in these places can inhale it and that hair goes into their lungs. It's true it doesn't get eliminated, but in your case you don't have to worry because your house will be clean and the hair won't accumulate or float in such quantity that you could inhale it and it could be a problem for you or the baby. That is to say when they bring up the subject again and bother you about it again, you know that. No, they have probably heard about this subject of dog grooming salons or places where there is a lot of hair and they have mixed it all together on their head so you can argue with them and feel calm. Well, that's it. I honestly didn't think this topic would give so much to talk about. But I hope this video has answered all your questions and well, if you still have any, you can let us know in the comments. There may be some that have been left out, but come on. The truth is that I think I've answered everything, or almost everything. I remind you that as always, all the scientific articles that we have used to make this video are going to be left below so that if you want to, you can go ahead and take a look at them. Now they are in English. I'll leave it there. Bilingual. That's it. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with everyone. Today I'm not going to tell you to subscribe because I've already bored you in the middle of the video. If you've made it this far, I hope you're already subscribed. Thank you very much for joining us. And remember that next week on Wednesday we have a new video. And before we say goodbye, we're going to continue getting to know your animal families, which you introduced to us through the Facebook group. Zarina Fraga introduces us to her two beauties, Sombra and Luz. Oh, how cute. Can you guess who's who? Well, I think I guessed it. It would be funny if Luz were the black one. Hey, there's black light, huh? And Jessica introduces us to Susami, who she says is a very funny, very affectionate, very playful and active kitten. She says that she's been told that she has or could have a mix of Siamese. I honestly think so because she has more or less typical colors, but the breed is the least of it. The important thing is that you love her as she is body positive. Poor thing. Come on. I'm laughing because I'm seeing Chuletta Chiletti to so tiny. Hey. Here in the video. Oh, oh, oh. At this age of just a few months, cats seem to be discovering everything for the first time. And one of the funniest things is when they're confronted with their reflection in a mirror for the first time. And if you want your animal family to be featured in this section of the channel, what you have to do is submit it to the Facebook group. We'll be selecting photos and videos like Chilettitas to feature in this section at the end of our videos. See you next week. Seriously? Wait a minute. I'm going to drink hairballs or trichobezoars or trichobezoar in the singular, which is what we vets call them to look cool. 2005. I say it at the end that this is my exit. If you take away the exit from the video now, I'll be dead. No. 2006. And that's what we asked everyone that summer, all the Italians who were Italian in Oxford. We asked no Tortago llosa. And no one knew her. Neither do I tear my clothes, I tear my hair out. That shouldn't be known.

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