Vet's Best Cat Hairball Relief Digestive Aid gel- 100g

I was worried if the paste had a taste that my cats wouldn't like so I put some on my finger and they loved it, I now give it to them twice a week.

My 12-year-old, long-haired and much-loved moggie suffered several days of bringing up undigested food more than once per day, plus bile in the mornings before his breakfast. The vets couldn't find anything wrong with him - in fact, they said he seemed to be in rude health - and suggested it may be hairball-related. I started giving him this "Vet's Best" Hairball Control gel and within 48 hours he brought up several lengths of hair, then quite a sizeable hairball. The sickness reduced in frequency, then a few days later another hairball came up. After that, there's been just one occasion (within a period of a few weeks) where he was sick; the rest of the time he's been absolutely fine. For the first few days he would lick the gel from my finger, but then decided he wasn't too keen. Now, I put it on his paw, which he doesn't seem to mind too much and licks it off quite happily. He obviously doesn't hate it, as he remains as affectionate towards me as ever.I'm always wary of recommending products for other people's animals, as they're all different and what works for one may not for another. All I can say is, this gel has been a resounding success for my cat. Oh, and regarding the smell - mentioned in a couple of reviews - I really don't mind it... it's a yeasty, savoury smell - a bit like Marmite (so I guess you either love it or hate it!).

My elderly fluffy cat needs help with elimination when he sheds, in spite of regular brushing. This hair ball paste is a bit mucky to administer but does the job. I have no idea what it tastes like. lol. He is not particularly cooperative at the best of times so I shove it in the side of his mouth and gently hold his jaw shut until it is mostly swallowed. Tip. Don`t get any of this on the carpet if you can help it, it`s greasy and brown.

Kitty is a senior rescue cat who had started to suffer from hairballs.I had a look through Amazon listings to see if I could add something palatable to her food that would help ease her problem.This paste was highly recommended by other cat parents, so thought I'd give it a go. I put it her wet food and she immediately ate it (purring while doing so!).Within a day or two, Kitty's symptoms were much improved. She was like a different cat. I now add this to her food daily as a preventative.One tip is to unscrew the cap and dispense from the tube that way as it's less messy.

Thought I'd give this a go but my cat backs away from it! So it was a waste of money for me.Bit I'm sure some cats will like it. It smells a bit like marmite, so I suppose its a love it or hate it thing :)

Ok my 2 hairy beasts don't lick it off my fingers or even a plate as suggested. But they get it weekly by a large syringe. It works brilliantly. My coonie who is mega hairy suffers bad with hair balls but since giving this weekly it has helped. No more weird noises with him trying to vomit up an alien. Have bought more and will use all the time. Brilliant stuff especially the gel one.

My cat wouldn't go near it. One sniff and there was no chance she'd take it. I left some in her dish with food around it but the food and the gel was left all day. The smell is quite strong & the cat sniffed it from a distance. A waste of money sadly.

Okay, after using it for a month, I can conclude it does work. My 10 year old cat suffers from hairball problems a lot. This would lead to quite frequent vomiting episodes. I started feeding him this stuff every day and he would not vomit on those days. I forgot to feed him this a couple of days earlier on and he started vomiting up his food again.. so I just kept up with feeding him this and he never vomited again. Except he was still, now and then, heaving and trying to cough up a hair ball to no avail. Then yesterday I found 2 long coughed up hairballs on my couch. Gross find, but I'm also glad that he finally coughed them up. This has convinced me that this gel really works. Took a while to work though - almost a month of daily feeding this. But I'd rather clean up a hairball every month than to have to clean up large patches of stinky food vomit every week. As for flavour, it can't be bad, because my cat has never refused my offering of this gel, and he's usually a pretty fussy cat about what he will or will not eat. Really easy to feed. Just an inch of this gel on a finger tip once a day. He licks it all off in seconds. Well the packaging says the cat should pass out the hairball, but my cat is coughing them up instead. Oh well, never mind.. as long as he stops vomiting up his food, it's fine whichever end of his body the hairball is expelled..