Your cat should not cough up hairballs

Well, in case you did not know this before, coughing up hairballs is not a healthy behavior. If your cat coughs up hairballs it could mean that your cat has some digestive problems because their stomach can’t process the small amount of hair or that it swallowed too much hair when grooming itself. 

“There are special diets and supplements that you can give to help decrease hairballs. Brushing your cat daily will also help decrease the amount of hair they take in while grooming,” Ochoa told Insider. 

“Grooming your cat is one of the best things you can do to prevent your cat from getting hairballs. Regular brushing and/or combing removes much of your cat’s loose hair before it can be ingested thus limiting the amount of hair that your cat swallows. In turn, less hair ingested means fewer hairballs being produced,” said Petmd.com specialists.