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From: pete@valid.UUCP (Pete Zakel)
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Subject: Re: Cat Bathroom Habits
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Date: Tue, 4-Mar-86 16:06:38 EST
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> We've had less problems with this (and hairballs, too) when we brush the
> cats frequently to reduce the hair intake.
> -- 
> 				-Mike

Another help for hairballs is Petromalt, a petrolatum (sp?) based hairball
remedy.  I don't know anything about other remedies, since I haven't tried
them, but I HAVE used Petromalt and it seems to work just fine.

Frequent brushing is still important, though.

-- 
-Pete Zakel (..!{hplabs,amd,pyramid,ihnp4}!pesnta!valid!pete)