Are anyone else's cats having a Hork Day?

[kedrys]

I've had to pick up three food-accented hairballs since this morning. Ick. I was not aware I missed that particular meeting. :P

[SOteric]

1. 2 in my house this morning

but I knew it was coming when he turned down his Shrimp treats yesterday and lurked at my feet all evening.

[kedrys]

2. Quark authored one

I don't know who deposited the others, but thank better living through chemistry for dual-powered Resolve! :D

[pilgrimsoul]

3. Oh, yeah

Let's just say I should own stock in the company that makes Spot Shot, haha!

[kedrys]

7. Not heard of that one

Worketh it well?

[bertha katzenengel]

9. Spot Shot rocks.

:hi: Kedrys. Happy Hork Day!

Our Hork Days have gotten fewer since we started feeding Science Diet Sensitive Stomach dry food....

[kedrys]

13. Ah HA!!!

So it WAS a scheduled holiday! Happy Hork Day to you too! :hug:

I've never heard of Spot Shots until now. I'll look for it. Grocery store, or pet store?

As far as changing their diets, oh ha ha. :D I may try to sneak some SD in with the other stuff, though. Thanks for the tip.

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

16. Grocery store.

Blue can w/ orange cap.

Brushing them helps a little. And our cats like the SD stuff, which was a surprise.

:hug: Enjoy the holiday! ;)

[crispini]

4. Every day is Hork Day at my house.

I finally found Whole Foods cat food, it seems to ease the hairball distress a little bit.

[kedrys]

8. They rarely have them to begin with

but apparently, they got together and scheduled this day and forgot to tell me about it. :P

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

5. Not yet

But it's only noon. Give Simba time and I'm sure he'll conjure up a little present for me. He's the main offender in that regard. For some reason Monty doesn't do it very often, and Morrissey has NEVER barfed in the 2 months we've had him (knock on wood).

[kedrys]

10. They're all racked out now

and they've already had lunch, so it may be over for the day, but I'm not holding my breath. :D

[LynneSin]

6. Rarely have I found hairballs from Abbott and Evita

but I give them Royal Canin indoors which helps fight hairballs. They also get treats that fight hairballs

[kedrys]

12. They don't get them often

It's just the confluence of today's occurences that's crimping my schedule. :D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

11. Our beasties get Royal Canin Sensitive Stomach

And Simba seems to be barfing a little less, but he still barfs fairly often.

[kedrys]

14. This thread is the first time I've read about sensitive tummy food

I may have to try that on the kitties, although they're pretty finicky and can put on a harrowing display of grump if they don't like what's in their bowls... :D

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

15. They took a bit of time to get adjusted

Little Morrissey especially, but he was just adopted in June, so I'm sure he probably had something COMPLETELY different. Now he scarfs it down with the best of them!

[Not_Giving_Up]

17. Guess my three didn't get that memo

They seem to think that it's Sleep Day....Wait, that's every day!

[kedrys]

18. 'twould be a shame if they did

After all the work you did cleaning house while everyone was out...

:hi: :hug:

[Not_Giving_Up]

22. So true!

Bear won't let them come up, he swallows them bacck down (ugh!). Dora and Scribbles both shed like mad, but seldom hairball. I feed them all hairball formula food because Bear has had to take a trip to the vet before over a hairball that wouldn't pass. An anti-inflammatory shot took care of it.

[hyphenate]

19. Not exactly

But they sure are shedding an awful lot. I don't even have to brush Jessica--her fur is coming out in clumps. :(

The two boys are developing mats on their backs as well. Time for a good combing to see if I can get rid of them.

[kedrys]

20. Long or short hairs?

Mine span a wide range of fluffiness in the short hair category. Of course, the ones that need brushing the most won't stay still for it. :D

[hyphenate]

25. Currently

two are longhaired (both male), one shorthaired male (though very thick coat), one medium length female (her bro is the Maine coon lookalike), and one other shorthaired female. The short haired female, Jessica, is my oldest, and the one with the fur that's coming right out. One of the male longhairs, Oliver, has a totally different fur coat than Garibaldi, the Maine Coon wannabee. While Garibaldi's is a typical thick long coat, Oliver's got a very silken coat with different lengths to the two different kinds of fur that make up his coat. While Garibaldi has got that huge (20 lb) Maine Coon frame, Oliver is lanky and long. He's also the young kid on the block--he's about three. He belonged to my friend's mom who passed away in May. All my others are over 10 right now.

[kedrys]

26. Wow!

That's a lot of brushing...! The vet had to shave a patch of fur off Caesar's neck to get some blood, and we found out that the cat is actually 1/4 inch further away than we thought. His fur is very short, but really really thick; the vet was pretty amazed.

Socrates is the fluffiest one of the bunch. His brother Plato needs the brush the most, but he won't even stay in the same room with it. Meanwhile, the line forms to the left whenever we brush anyone - Plato's never in the line. :D

[Terran]

21. Hmm, I hope not.

Just had a new couch delivered today. :scared:

[Love Bug]

23. With mine it's not so much hairballs

but one of them (and I can't figure out which one) has a bad habit of chowing down the kibble and then drinking water with makes the kibble swell up -- then said kitty horks up kibble to relieve the discomfort!

[kedrys]

24. Caesar's been known to drink out of the faucet

forget to come up for air, then spew the whole thing up minutes later. Ick. At least he doesn't do it on the bed where he spends most of his day.

[yellowdogintexas]

27. not today, but there is a reason I am replacing all our carpet with tile

or wood.

Very easy to clean up cat barf from tile.

Hork is the perfect descriptive word for cat barfing.

[kedrys]

30. We have a lot less carpet in this house than in the ex-house

but I guess sometimes you just gotta hork right where you are, with no time to get to a smooth surface. :rofl:

[yellowdogintexas]

33. HA! sometimes I feel that mine back themselves up until they find carpet

or clothing or the book I intend to read

or my shoes

you get my drift..

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

28. I knew it! I told you!

There was an orange fur-wrapped hairball and bile tracings snaked across our chaise longue when I got home from the gym!

[kedrys]

29. And you were right! :D

I just saw another one near the end table in the living room. Sigh. :D

[TX-RAT]

31. Oh Yea

Nothing says "WAKE UP" like stepping on a warm squishy hairball, at 2:00 am.

[kedrys]

32. Ick.

That's done it for me a couple of times. I really hate it when that happens, don't you? :scared:

[RevCheesehead]

34. No, but there was serious projectile vomiting last night.

This from the short-haired one.
I've been good at combing the long-haired one.

[kedrys]

35. Yuck

Hope your kitty's okay! :scratchie:

For some reason, mine seem to get in hork mode after I brush them. I guess burshing loosens up enough fur that doesn't get picked up by the brush, and then it's "let the horking begin!". Ick. :S

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

36. Yes - August 12th is a Hork Day

Found 3 spots, 2 upstairs and 1 downstairs. Gave them all a good dose of hairball medicine, although I know Simba is the horker.

[kedrys]

37. Just found another one by the guitar stand

in the living room. No idea who it was, but I'm surprised I didn't hear it happen. It's large. Ick.