Why do cats cough up hairballs, it's a question that has puzzled both five year old and adult alike for generations.
Well, the answer is actually very straightforward, a cat cannot easily digest its own hair.
A cat cannot digest its own hair, but yet it cannot stop itself from grooming itself with its tongue, therefore many cats are trapped in the vicious cycle of coughing up hairballs.
A cat needs to keep itself clean in order to live a healthy life, we take showers, they lick their fur, that's the way of the world.
You can't keep your cat from grooming themselves, however there are a number of little tricks to stop your cat's hair from getting down their throat, thereby cutting off the indigestion.
As a side note, cat's are programmed instinctually to vomit when they are having trouble digesting anything.
Anything that is indigestible will come up, this is achieved by your cat simply eating some grass.
If you see your cat eating grass, let them proceed, it simply means that they need to throw up something indigestible, perhaps you should give your cat a little time to themselves outside if you see this going on as well, yeah, that's good planning.
Please, cat owners, do not be alarmed at vomiting, it's just part of owning a cat, it sincerely happens to the best of them.
However, in order to combat your cat throwing up hairballs all over your place there are a few things you can do, the most creative of which is to use a lint roller on your cat to pull the loose hairs away from their body.
Ingenious; its modern living at its finest.
You can find a lint roller at pretty much all the big box stores and potentially at the corner drug store as well, it works extremely well.
In addition to the old lint roller trick, we all need to be brushing our cats on a fairly regular basis as this will help the situation as well.
Anything that gets dead, shedding hair off of your cat's body is going to be useful.
Why do cats cough up hairballs? Well, it's just one of the little joys of owning a cat, enjoy.