It's been a few weeks since I/we lost Joey.  (I would have never guessed Liver disease could be so unfair!!)   It's still hard for me to believe he is gone.   

With Joey's passing, I've noticed Frankie seems to not only miss his brother, but that he is grooming wayyyy more then he did.  Frankie has hairball problems now and I'm wondering if there is anything natural that I can give him, to help his "outcome".  Frankie is going on 10 mos.

I use to give my 18 yr old kitty mineral oil in her food, but I'm not sure if I should do that for a kitten.  If there is kitten Petramalt (sp?), Frankie will not touch it. Frankie is REALLLLYYYYY pickie about what goes in his mouth! 

Tempest?  somanykitties?  Anybody???  Can you help me out here? 
Thank you for your time!!
kitty

Sorry, Guys, I've been frantically trying to deal with a tax crisis in the midst of caring for the 4-leggeds here, so I haven't been checking in on the forum like I should be.  Kitty, I am so sad and sorry for your loss of Joey.  It's just heartbreaking to lose one so young. 

Frankie's overgrooming may be caused by the stress of losing his brother.  Or he may be overgrooming because this is the time of year when cats shed.  My cats are upchucking hairballs all over the place right now.  Petromalt or CatLax or even just plain Vaseline will help him pass the hairballs.  Since Frankie won't eat any of these on his own, just smear a dollop of one of them onto his foot or leg so that he has to lick it off.  Do that once a day for a week, and that should take care of the problem.  Don't use it longer than a week because it can interfere with absorbtion of nutrients, and you don't want that happening long-term.

I wish you a peaceful grief.

Tempest