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05-19-2008, 12:54 AM | #1 |
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| Yorkies Get Hairballs?: Hair In Poop: Other Quest. Too Do Yorkies develop hairballs? If so is or can it be serious? Baby girl grooms herself and I'm thinking with all that long hair around her jaw and on her body, much of that hair must enter her mouth and eventually finds it's way in her stomach. When I'm in the wild, I see where fox, coyote and wolves have defecated. I also see much hair in the droppings. This hair is from mice, rabbits, deer, etc. I say this because if these canines are digesting hair, I'm thinking yorkies don't either. I ask this because baby girl pooped while on our walk and notice it was just hanging out like it was on a thread. I got two sticks and helped her rid the poop and actually pulled a little more out. She was having problems depositing it to the ground, so I helped. The poop was attached together by long hair. I'm assuming it was her own.(by the way, I just cut her hair short just today) Hair was being defecated as well. So, is hair that is eaten to be something to be concerned with? Are hairballs if they develop in yorkies something to be dealt with or do this eventually work out themselves? By hairballs I'm talking internal... not a physical "ball of hair" being defecated. Any feedback appreciated. Thanks, Matthias |
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05-19-2008, 03:44 AM | #2 |
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| Hi, Yorkies do not shed they loose hair like we do, so they do not get hairballs like say a cat would get. As far as the hair in the poop it could have been the dogs or it coyld have been anyones, sometimes this happens to Milo and I know the hair was not his because it was too long. |
05-19-2008, 07:49 AM | #3 |
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| my boys hair is fairly short and we are constantly have to "help" him get his poop out. i think hes eats my hair off the floor and it just get stuck coming out. every now and then my boy will throw up a ball of toy fuzz and some of my long hair, but ive never had a problem with his own hair.
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