Stuck hairball

When you have a cat, you might have the question: How do I know that a hairball has moved to my cat’s bowel?

If she displays some of these symptoms, she might have a stuck hairball:

• Loss of appetite or only eating small quantities of food at a time.
• Indigestion.
• Constipation or diarrhoea.
• Hair entwined with the faeces.
• Occasional vomiting.
• Dry coughing or hacking.
• Cylindrical masses on the floor or furniture.
• Depression or lethargy.
• Swollen abdomen.
• Regurgitation of undigested food right after it is eaten.
• Preoccupation with eating grass or plants.

If her symptoms doesn’t clear and she is clearly uncomfortable, take her to the vet.