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No. In fact, I have had cats all my life -- for 26 years -- yet I've never actually seen a cat cough up a hairball. I don't even know what a hairball is supposed to look like (besides the obvious).
High-quality cat foods (especially the kind that are labeled "for hairball management" and such) are supposed to help prevent hairballs. Some high-quality cat food brands include: Innova/Evo, Weruva, Max Cat, PetGuard, California Natural, Instinct, Prairie, Natural Balance, Solid Gold, Merrick, Wellness, Eagle Pack, Newman's Own, WYSONG, Precise. I know that Max Cat makes an anti-hairball food, and some of these other brands probably do too. Regularly brushing the cat's coat also helps.
As far as I know, none of the cats my family and I have ever had got hairballs. But we have had cats with coughing problems. Our cat Ginger (deceased) and one of the cats I have now both had this problem. A couple times a week or so, they'd get this hacking cough, which would last about 5 to 10 minutes. But they never coughed up a hairball. Whenever the cough got really bad, the vet would put them on steroid medication, but that stuff can cause other medical problems, so we try not to use it too much.
So, if your cat constantly has this hacking cough, but no hairballs are ever produced, it would be a good idea to take the cat into the vet.
What else can I help you with?
Do some cats not suffer from haiball?
The only cats that never get hairballs are Sphynx cats (which are hairless.) Some cats get hairballs more often than others, especially if they are long-haired cats. Hairballs are a way of getting rid of ingested hair, so you can prevent hairballs by feeding cats something like Petromalt, which allows them to pass the hair rather than throwing it up.
Why do cats eat each others hairballs?
they are cats&they are weird. bahahaha :]
Is a cats hairball bad?
No. Hairballs are usual.
What are the symptoms of cats having hairballs?
Coughing?
Can you give cats hairballs medicine to dogs?
No.
How do cats get hairballs?
Cats lick themselves to keep clean, that's where they get the hair from.
What animals cough up hairballs?
cats lions
Do cats bleed from hairballs?
No but maybe they ate something wrong
Do cheetahs and other big cats get hairballs?
Yes-by the way, cheetahs aren't big cats. They're in their own group, Acinonyx.
How often do cats spit out hairballs?
Cat hairballs are a modern day occurrence. They started when man started breeding longer hair longer hair cats. Now the frequency in which cats expel hairballs depends on the amount of hair the cat has, the more hair the more frequent the hairball. It also depends on how frequent the cat grooms itself. The more frequent the cat grooms, the more frequent the hairball. Also if you groom the cat frequently with a good comb you can greatly reduce the amount of hairballs. An article on hairballs can be found at the link
How do you remove hairballs from hard drives?
Keep the cats out of your hard drives. Just for fun, why not Google.
Is hair edible?
No, it provides no nutritional value (and can even lead to bezoars, which for humans are akin to hairballs in cats).
