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02-01-2012, 09:10 PM
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Madison, WI
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Gross I know-but Dog and hairballs?
Hello all,
I haven't been on in a while! Charlie Sue is doing just great. She just celebrated her second birthday! I had a question, though. A few days ago I woke up to Charlie throwing up. I was half asleep so I didn't check on it. When I got up, she had thrown up a huge hairball. I would say 4-5 inches in length and 1.5 inches in diameter. I read up on it and it sounds okay, esp. if she got it out of her system. So is there anything we should do differently?? Thanks much! |
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02-01-2012, 09:21 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Awww I remember Charlie Sue...have always loved the name Charlie for a girl!
Glad to hear she is getting on well. Not too sure about a hairball though, weird.
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02-01-2012, 09:23 PM
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Thanks guys. Oh she is spoiled rotten, don't you worry.
But really, the hairball was the weirdest thing! I honestly thought she had gone to the bathroom, but instead it was a giant (I mean giant) sized ball of super compacted hair. I just wonder how that was in her tiny stomach for so long! I am just glad she got it up. They say it can cause problems otherwise if they don't! |
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02-02-2012, 12:08 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Boiling Springs,Pa
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Is she licking herself a lot? I have never seen a dog throw up a hair ball,in bassets anyway.Could she need groomed more often. If she is shedding that much maybe she needs a better food or again bathed more often.I'd be a little concerned that she could get a blockage.
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02-02-2012, 12:09 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Chicago
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Wow – this falls under my “learn something new every day” category – I’ve never heard of a dog with a hair ball – cats yep – but not dogs.
So I did a little searching and found this interesting site - http://jackinabox.hubpages.com/hub/Can-dogs-get-hair-balls Very interesting Jen~
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