In conjunction with regular brushings and grooming, a hairball control cat food can be a great way to help keep your kitty from getting dreaded hairballs. Hairball cat food formulas contain high amounts of fiber to help push contents - including hair - through your pet's intestinal tract.

COMPOSITION: dehydrated poultry protein, vegetable protein isolate*, maize, vegetable fibres, rice, animal fats, hydrolysed animal proteins, wheat, maize flour, maize gluten, beet pulp, yeasts, minerals, soya oil, fish oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, psyllium husks and seeds (0.5%).

Hairball control cat food is higher in fiber, which helps your cat's digestion. The food also contains certain fats for coat health and to help reduce shedding.

The 10 Best Dry Cat Food for Hairballs

• Diamond Naturals Indoor Formula Dry Cat Food, 18-lb bag.
• Solid Gold Fit as a Fiddle Weight Control with Alaskan Pollock Grain-Free Adult Dry Cat Food, 12-lb bag.
• Nutro Wholesome Essentials Hairball Control Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Adult Dry Cat Food, 14-lb bag.

Hairball care is a precisely balanced nutritional formula which naturally helps reduce hairball formation. The exclusive Hairball care complex is composed of a specific blend of dietary fibres, including psyllium (rich in mucilage), and insoluble fibres to help naturally stimulate intestinal transit.

Hairball diets typically contain a higher level of fiber, including insoluble fiber, than other pet food formulas. One thing to note about high-fiber formulas is that large stools should be expected.

Hairball Relief contains only one, totally natural active ingredient: Marshmallow root extract. Marshmallow root (Althea officinalis) has been used for centuries to aid with passage of waste and to help maintain healthy, active microflora in the gut.

• Best Overall: Tomlyn Laxatone Gel Hairball Control at Chewy.
• Best Treats: Greenies Feline SmartBites Hairball Control Cat Treats at Chewy.
• Best Food: Purina ONE +Plus Hairball Formula at Chewy.
• Also Great: Sentry Hairball Relief for Cats at Amazon.
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• Meow Mix Hairball Control Dry Cat Food, 6.3-lb bag.
• Nutro Wholesome Essentials Hairball Control Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Adult Dry Cat Food, 14-lb bag.

Royal Canin Large Puppy dry dog food is wholesome puppy food that gives your big pup a healthy start in life. This complete and balanced diet helps build strong bones and joints, while an exclusive blend of antioxidants and minerals supports their developing immune systems and keeps their bodies growing strong.

Intermittent vomiting in your cat can be a common sign for hairballs. The natural lubricant action of Itch Hairball treats will encourage the natural passage of fur through and out of the digestive system rather than it accumulating in the stomach therefore reducing signs of retching and vomiting.

• Iams ProActive Health Hairball Care Chicken and Salmon Adult Dry Cat Food. (288) $16.49 – $27.74.
• Iams ProActive Health With Salmon Adult Healthy Dry Cat Food. (112) $9.74 – $26.99.
• Nutro Wholesome Essentials Adult Hairball Control Farm-Raised Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Natural Dry Cat Food. (82) $15.74 was $20.99.

In longhaired cats, regular grooming may reduce hair ingestion, while "hairball remedies" or hairball diets may lessen the likelihood of hairballs causing constipation.

Any kind of cat can get hairballs except maybe hairless breeds, like the Sphynx, who only have a light peach fuzz covering their bodies. Breeds with thick, full coats, like Persians and Maine Coons, are prone to get them more often because of their longer hair.

A hairball (fur ball) is the unpleasant looking cigar-shaped wad of fur your cat might vomit up. It gets the tubular shape when hair gathers in your cat's esophagus. If the hair reaches the stomach, but doesn't leave the stomach, the material that is vomited may be more round in shape.

And the hairball contains half digested food the hairball is likely lodged in the stomach or small intestine a hairball in the large intestine can cause constipation. And appetite loss.