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Thank you for your replies. He is done with his medication now and he is stronger and more active than before. Hopefully he will gain his weight back soon. As for the hairballs, I discovered they are caused by little stickers and leaves he picks up outside. I kept him indoors for years and finally l...

I finally got an appointment with the mobile vet. She did some tests and decided he has hyperthyroidism. He has lost a lot of weight. He eats well but keeps losing weight. She ordered the compound medicine for him and it arrived today. The strange hairballs she said are because he is weak and lethar...

Thank you all for your advice. As far as the hairballs, I have some training in dermatology and after giving this a lot of thought I believe it is caused from overactive sebaceous glands in his scalp. That would explain the matting of his fur. I have cut some of them off but they keep coming back. T...

My cat has a very unusual hairball problem. He doesn't swallow his hairballs. They are stuck to his coat. They are a flat, pancake shape and he is very uncomfortable. His scalp is very sensitive to brushing. He won't let me cut them off. He has also lost a lot of weight and I noticed worms in his st...