This picture of sweetness and light is a deception. He is not usually like this. Honest.
Barney is a lovely boy. He can be so sweet and very amusing in his little beepy way. However when he's feeling playful, he jumps on Maia and wrestles with her. Usually Maia does not want to play this game and we have to break them up.
This usually results in Barney chomping down on a great clump of her fur and swallowing it.
Which, in turn, means he's making his 'Gollum' impression ** rather more frequently than most other cats. I can't honestly say I've ever heard Maia cough one up. But Barney...every day. Maybe more.
I want to try every avenue we can before we take Barney to the vet. He really does not like the vet. It gets painful for all involved.
I've bought some treats to see if they help, and also this stuff:
Apparently you let the cat eat this, and it helps.
Yeah. Barney does not like it one bit! Maia thinks it's delish. Barney runs away when you so much as look at the tube!
We've resorted to smearing the stuff over his nose for him to lick it off. Clearly he does not like it, but it seems to have helped a little.
Maia loves the treats. Barney...not so much. I know medicine isn't supposed to taste nice but WHY CAN'T HE STOP BEING AWKWARD FOR ONCE?!
We feed him hairball control dried food, but wonder if anyone out there has any other suggestions for us. He's really not going to stop attacking Maia and time soon. I've been interrupted from typing this twice by him making her growl!
Please assist, kind internets!
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