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[edit] Test for Presence of a Furball
Is there a test for determining whether a cat has a furball?
If a cat throws up a lot, does that mean it necessarily has a furball? That would be a behavioral clue, but are there any other clues?
[edit] Chicken with fur/hair
I'm surprised that humans are incapable of digesting hair -- what about chicken or certain dishes prepared with small stands of hair, which you cannot see and often consume? I have consumed chicken with small traces of "hair"; is this bad? Since we can't digest it, that means it would be accumulated? Also, the girls mentioned in the article -- they all suffered from Pica, correct (meaning, is that the only known way to accumulate hairballs in your stomache)?
[edit] Hairballs common in cats?
I notice that on US cartoons and other 'comical' media, cats are always portrayed as having problems with hairballs, as though it was very common and inherent to them. But in reality, I've never seen a cat cough up one, and I've had many cats (and known people who own cats too). Also, cats are never portrayed this way elsewhere (most of the humor around cats is based on them having many lives, etc instead). Weird... --164.77.84.202 02:46, 22 October 2006 (UTC)
