Late symptoms of feline hairball syndrome are a serious health problem for cats. Cats may experience symptoms such as frequent vomiting or abnormal eating, listlessness, difficulty in excretion, and organ failure. After your cat recovers, preventive measures should be taken to avoid a recurrence of hairball disease. Groom the cat's hair regularly to reduce the amount of hair shedding; plant some cat grass or provide hair removal cream to help the cat expel hair from the body. Pay attention to your cat's diet and environmental hygiene to avoid excessive accumulation of hair.
1. Frequent retching or abnormal eating:
In the late stages of feline hairball syndrome, cats will experience frequent retching. This is because the hair balls in the stomach constantly irritate the cat's gastric mucosa, causing the gag reflex to be frequently triggered. Cats may show extreme discomfort and distress when retching. In addition, cats may engage in pica behaviors such as eating plastic bags, paper towels, or grass in an attempt to expel the hairballs from their stomachs on their own. These foreign bodies may become entangled with hair balls in the cat's stomach, further aggravating the condition.
2. Listlessness:
As the hair balls continue to accumulate in the stomach, the cat will feel continuous discomfort and pain. This will cause the cat's mental state to become extremely poor and appear listless and listless. At the same time, due to the compression and stimulation of the hair balls in the stomach, the cat's appetite will also be significantly reduced, and the cat may even stop eating at all. Over the long term, a cat's physical condition can deteriorate rapidly.
3. Difficulty excreting:
Hairballs blocking the intestines are one of the common symptoms in the late stages of cat hairball disease. Due to the accumulation of large amounts of hair in the intestines, the smoothness of the intestines is seriously affected. This will cause the cat to have symptoms of difficulty defecating, such as being unable to defecate for a long time, moaning in pain when defecating, etc. Constipation will not only cause great pain to cats, but may also cause abdominal distension, pain, induration and other symptoms.
4. Organ failure:
If the hair ball blocks the gastrointestinal tract for a long time and is not treated in time, the cat will soon develop symptoms of dehydration. Dehydration will cause the cat's physical condition to deteriorate rapidly, with symptoms such as dry skin, sunken eyeballs, and reduced urine output. At the same time, cats may suffer from severe internal organ failure due to the long-term inability to eat and drink normally and the compression and stimulation of internal organs by the hair balls. Including renal failure, liver failure, etc., which pose a great threat to the life of cats.
Once a cat is found to have these symptoms,If the cat is in a critical condition, the owner should immediately take it to the pet hospital for examination and treatment to save the cat’s life.
