Malt for cats

A fairly common problem that all of us who have one or more cats at home face are the dreaded hairballs in the stomach of our kitties. This can cause intense discomfort , as well as intestinal problems , and that is why many cat owners choose to give them malt to avoid these inconveniences . We know that cats are very clean animals and when they lick their paws and the rest of their body, they may be ingesting hair .

The tongue of cats has a kind of tips, with which they remove dead hairs, called “ cornified filiform papillae ”. This causes them to drag those hairs up their esophagus when they lick themselves, reaching the stomach or intestine. You've probably seen your cat "vomit" hairballs at some point and this is why.

Malt is a paste that, due to its components, makes these hairballs that are swallowed come out easily through the intestinal canal, due to its laxative properties. It is advisable that, if you have a short-haired cat, you offer malt about twice a week (the equivalent of a teaspoon of coffee), but this will have to be increased in long-haired cats.

Sometimes cats don't like the taste of malt and reject it. If this is your case, you should try various brands and formats (there are even some in candy form) until you find the one that the cat likes. A much simpler way to provide them with malt is to give them food that already contains it, such as DNM COAT & HAIRBALL , which is a food especially indicated to prevent the appearance of hairballs in our cat's intestine.

In addition to giving malt or food to prevent hairballs, we cannot forget that a good daily brushing eliminates many of the dead hairs, so that our cat will not swallow them when "grooming."