{"id":139,"date":"2020-12-07T18:30:49","date_gmt":"2020-12-07T18:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/?p=139"},"modified":"2020-12-10T20:38:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-10T20:38:40","slug":"what-can-i-do-to-prevent-hairballs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/2020\/12\/07\/what-can-i-do-to-prevent-hairballs\/","title":{"rendered":"What Can I Do to Prevent Hairballs?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Brushing is the best way to prevent hairballs. Cats get hairballs from swallowing excess hair. In addition to brushing, or for cats who don&#8217;t like to be brushed, there are food additives and special diets you can use to try and help the hairballs go safely through the digestive tract. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1880\" height=\"1255\" src=\"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822.jpeg\" alt=\"close up photo of cat s face\" class=\"wp-image-141\" srcset=\"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822.jpeg 1880w, https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822-512x342.jpeg 512w, https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822-1024x684.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822-768x513.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822-1536x1025.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/cat-pet-animal-cats-1331822-960x640.jpeg 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1880px) 100vw, 1880px\" \/><figcaption>Photo by Skitterphoto on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/close-up-photo-of-cat-s-face-1331822\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Pexels.com<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Occasionally, we see hairballs cause intestinal blockages which is why you should try to brush your cat daily if they will allow it. Hairballs are most common during the spring, when cats start to lose their winter coats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-summary\">\nBrushing is the best way to prevent hairballs. Cats get hairballs from&hellip;\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/2020\/12\/07\/what-can-i-do-to-prevent-hairballs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &ldquo;What Can I Do to Prevent Hairballs?&rdquo;<\/span>&hellip;<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":142,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=139"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":203,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/139\/revisions\/203"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purrfectpawpages.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}