Vetoquinol Laxatone: Oral Hairball Lubricant Gel for Cats – Maple Flavored, 2.5oz

It was the only gel with effective ingredients that I could find after 15 minutes of browsing various websites. It is TOO GOOD! My cats think it's a treat and go crazy for it. They lick it right off my finger. I don't have to play any tricks. It's easy and I love it. When someone has an upset tummy from a hairball or something that doesn't settle well... it helps just about instantly. They stopoed being hunched up with a belly ache and start acting normal again. TMI: One of my cats was constipated and he had a BM 5 minutes after having his tsp. (Not what I bought it for, but hey I'll take it!)

This product works. My cat has not had any furball episodes since I started giving this to him. He also seems to enjoy the taste.

Our vet originally prescribed something similar for our cat, but it’s just easier to get it on amazon and works exactly the same. Same brand as well.Our cat doesn’t throw up hair balls anymore as long as we use this consistently. We mix this in with his wet food once a day. He seems to like it and it works as described.

First off, this stuff does work. If your cats eat it, it will reduce hair balls vomit incidents.That said, my cats are kind of lukewarm about the flavor. Sometimes they’re into it, sometimes they act like it’s unpleasant. That’s not a knock against the product, it’s just information. They do not come to it like it’s a treat.My big issue with this product is it’s tendency to spill. Once you’ve put the cap back on after squeezing out a serving, perhaps because of pressure in the tube, if keeps coming out, sometimes seeping through the cap.Same thing happens with toothpaste. But unlike toothpaste, this stuff can be difficult to clean up. It’s comparable to honey in consistency, so I’ll use hot soapy water.

This stuff works! My 10-year old tuxedo cat began barfing up his food. I initially thought he was eating too fast and bought him one of those bowls with the little fingers in it so he'd have to slow down. When he continued to get sick (he eats only Science Diet MD) and I knew it wasn't his food, and he eventually hacked up a giant hairball, I remembered having a cat with hairball problems when I was a kid. The vet back then gave us some Laxatone for that cat and boy did it work! So, I ordered some for my baby Boo. After the first dose, Boo Kitty stopped getting sick. I now give him half a teaspoon once a week. His stool seems much "larger" now when I scoop his litter box, but so far, no more hacking up hairballs and no more barfing up his food. As far as getting him to take it, I just squirt some on a teaspoon and he licks it right off. He seems to love the "sweetness" of it. He will even come jump in my lap when he sees me open the tube to put some on the spoon. For those having trouble getting your cat to eat it, try putting some on a spoon BEFORE their morning feeding. It may be that your cats don't like the taste of it combined with their food, but may like it by itself.

YOU SHOULD CONTACT YOUR VET BEFORE GIVING YOUR PETS LAXATONE. We had to take our 13 year old cat to a vet because she could not keep an ounce of food down. She is a Himalayan and Persian mix. She is 13 years old and in perfect health for her age. The x-ray showed she had a blockage for which the vet thought was a hairball based upon shape and mass. Our cat doesn't eat anything around the house and she likes to be clean so we could see that as a good diagnoses. Just because our cat had a hairball stuck doesn't mean if your cat is experiencing the same symptoms that is what they have. The course of treatment was Laxatone. He said older cats may have trouble coughing up hair balls or passing them. Laxatone did the trick. We give it to her twice a day; 1/8 teaspoon in the morning and before we go to bed but you may have to adjust the dosage. We slide it on top of her paw and she licks it off. This stuff makes it so she can pass the hairball through her intestines instead of having to try and cough them up or get them get blocked again. We are on our 2nd tube and very happy with the product.

My cats love the maple flavor.

I had to use the middle star for review because I barely could get my cats to try it! Don't think it is the product, think my cats don't like that texture in their mouth. Wish they did! I previously had a cat who loved laxatone! Every time I opened the drawer where it was kept she would get up on the stool and I could just squeeze it out of tube into her mouth.