Fur ingestion

Hello,
Just a quick question re Buster!
Last night he had another of what I presumed to be 'gassy' episodes, ie hunched up and teeth grinding, not eating.
He has had one of these in the past, when he tried a bit of cucumber, and that time it obviously disagreed with him so we have never fed it to him since.
This was just the same, except I couldn't think of anything he had eaten that could have possibly caused it, as he had not eaten anything other than his usual diet. It lasted a couple of hours, then he suddenly perked up and started stuffing his face as usual. He then did several poos, a couple of which were strung together, which I understand is fur ingestion.
I brush him a lot anyway, but when he is going through a big moult like he is at the moment, I tend to brush him several times a day as his fur gets everywhere. My question what else can I do to make sure this kind of thing is avoided where possible? Any tips or tricks other than the brushing? I did buy some 'hairball remedy' treats from P@H a while back, which are supposed to help with this kind of thing, but haven't really been giving too many of them, has anyone used these and found they've helped at all?

As far as I know, fibre is the best thing to feed him. Hay, grass, high fibre pellets with some exercise to help his gut to keep moving.

I agree with tonibun...shooter had something similar too that a few weeks ago, i actually massaged his stomach and its very weird but i find it actually works. hes had gi stasis twice and i did that both times and he was fine after that. hope i helped at least a bit:thumb:

xoxShooterxox said:

I agree with tonibun...shooter had something similar too that a few weeks ago, i actually massaged his stomach and its very weird but i find it actually works. hes had gi stasis twice and i did that both times and he was fine after that. hope i helped at least a bit:thumb:

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Thanks. Yeah I massaged his stomach also and took him into a room he never usually goes in, this got him moving about and exploring a bit. Eventually he took a dandelion leaf off me, and after that he perked up so guess it got him moving again. He has lots of hay already, and pellets wise he is on Excel. Are there some pellets that might be better for fibre?

Oxbow is quite high in fibre, there's also FibaFirst which is 30% fibre.

tonibun said:

Oxbow is quite high in fibre, there's also FibaFirst which is 30% fibre.

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thank you!

I sometimes give mine some fresh pineapple juice as some people say this has an enzyme in that helps dissolve fur but nothing is proven. You also have to be careful not to give too much due to the high sugar content.

Apart from this I try to make sure that they are brushed 2-3 times a day, plenty of water and their hay/pellets. Any veg is always washed in water anyway but try to leave more water on to increase the fluids.