{"id":6406,"date":"2024-04-26T05:59:10","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:59:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6406"},"modified":"2024-04-26T05:59:10","modified_gmt":"2024-04-26T13:59:10","slug":"feline-fun-friday-hairball-awareness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6406","title":{"rendered":"Feline Fun Friday \u2013 Hairball Awareness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-5353\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/OliviaMouth-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/OliviaMouth-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/OliviaMouth-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/OliviaMouth.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>Today is National Hairball Awareness Day\u2014bringing awareness to those of us who either freak out when we see our cat struggle to produce one of those ugly wads of fur on occasion or who believe these are natural occurrences for a cat.<\/p>\n<p>What? I thought they were natural and noraml. Every <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6407\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LilyTongue-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LilyTongue-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LilyTongue-500x375.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/LilyTongue.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>cat I\u2019ve ever had regurgitated a furball on a fairly regular basis. That isn\u2019t normal?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6408\" src=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oliviatonguepaw-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oliviatonguepaw-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oliviatonguepaw-375x500.jpg 375w, https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/Oliviatonguepaw-rotated.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/>According to some of the articles I read this week, apparently not.\u00a0 The fur the cat licks up and swallows should land in the litter box. That would be the natural way for the cat. If she\u2019s accumulating too much fur in her digestive tract, however, she will regurgitate it. And professionals would rather not see this happen, so they recommend regular brushing\/combing and possibly a little help from a petroleum-based cat treat. There\u2019s apparently also cat food that helps prevent shedding. Here\u2019s a site with additional information: <a href=\"https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-hairball-awareness-day\/\">https:\/\/nationaltoday.com\/national-hairball-awareness-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is National Hairball Awareness Day\u2014bringing awareness to those of us who either freak out when we see our cat struggle to produce one of those ugly wads of fur on occasion or who believe these are natural occurrences for &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/?p=6406\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[15,31],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6406"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6409,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6406\/revisions\/6409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.matilijapress.com\/catscapades\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}