My cat had a hairball caught in her throat

My cat had a hairball caught in her throat

It was awful, she couldn't get it out. She'd wander around hacking, trying to get it out. I chatted with a vet about this and he suggested i put vaseline on her front paws. I...uh what? He explained further - vaseline is a non-toxic lubricant. If you put it on her paws, cats hate the feeling and will do the only thing they can do - lick it off. The vaseline will coat the throat and allow the hairball to get out.

I just stared at him for a minute before saying - that sounds incredibly logical, I'll try it. Sure enough, a week later, she started hacking. I applied some vaseline and she gave me the death stare as she licked it off. But it worked and she got the hairball up and out. Fantastic! I repeated the process as needed over the next few weeks and it worked every time. But she hated it every time.

Yesterday, she started hacking. She looked at me. I looked at her, and like a rocket - she's running away from me. I take off after her, she runs though an open door - my neighbour, a nice grandmother is sitting on her porch - all she sees is my cat running across the laws, me chasing her with a jar of vaseline going 'here kitty kitty'