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smarter than the feline. Spread a small amount of the jelly on the cat's front paw and a touch under the nose, use no more than 1/4 teaspoon. Your fastidious groomer will want to remove the substance from their fur thus ingesting the jelly.

If petroleum jelly doesn't agree with you or your finicky fur ball, then just butter him up, literally. Adding 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of butter each day for one week to your cat's food not only acts as a natural lubricant but is considered a natural laxative as it helps the gallbladder contract and release bile. Do not use a butter substitute or margarine but pure butter and unless you want a roly-poly cat, using this method should only be used sparingly. For obvious reasons, this method should be avoided in cats that have dairy allergies.

The cat food isle in most pet stores is inundated with hairball remedies in a bottle. Many of the ingredients are not all natural and most were designed for company profits, not the welfare of your feline companion. If hairballs are inconveniencing you or your pet, seek natural methods to alleviate the problem and start with prevention. By simply adding regular grooming sessions to your cat's routine, troublesome hairballs will become a thing of the past for you and your feline.

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