Well, here's one for the cats.
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Today is National Hairball Awareness Day! If by some chance you had not marked that on your calendar, I'm here to give you the reminder. Apparently the last Friday of April has been designated for that special day since 2006, according to the Days of the Year site. "Launched in 2006 by the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Hairball Awareness Day aims to help educate people about hairballs. They want pet owners to know why it’s essential to pay attention to your cat when they have a hairball."
The National Museum of Health and Medicine is a real museum, located in Silver Spring, Maryland, and indeed it has a mind-boggling collection of hairballs, some of which can be viewed at this page when you are not eating.
Let's become aware! Most cat owners have to deal with hairballs from time to time, but are they a problem? Usually not, but WebMD's pet site (where everything eventually means a tumor) says:
If you notice the following hairball symptoms, be sure to contact your veterinarian, as they could indicate that a hairball has caused a potentially life-threatening blockage:
🐈 Ongoing vomiting, gagging, retching, or hacking without producing a hairball
🐈 Lack of appetite
🐈 Lethargy
🐈 Constipation
🐈 Diarrhea
So there we go! We're all just a little more aware of hairballs than we were five minutes ago, and aren't we better off for it?
All right, so, if that didn't do it for you, today is also National Pigs in a Blanket Day. This does not refer to the actual pigs qua pigs, but the little hot dogs wrapped in a crust. No one seems to know where this holiday came from, but here are five recipes for sorta-pigs-in-a-blanket if you feel moved to celebrate.
I think it's just a coincidence that these two holidays fell on the same day. At least I hope so. Anyway, now we're aware of them. Isn't awareness-building fun?
All right, so, if that didn't do it for you, today is also National Pigs in a Blanket Day. This does not refer to the actual pigs qua pigs, but the little hot dogs wrapped in a crust. No one seems to know where this holiday came from, but here are five recipes for sorta-pigs-in-a-blanket if you feel moved to celebrate.
I think it's just a coincidence that these two holidays fell on the same day. At least I hope so. Anyway, now we're aware of them. Isn't awareness-building fun?
Not a fan of pigs in a dough blanket but when I was a child, my mom would cut a slit into a hotdog, stuff it with cheddar cheese, wrap the whole thing in bacon and roast until the bacon was done and the cheese was all melty. Mmmm-mmm good. I think she called them "pigs in bacon" but they do "meat" the basic definition of pigs in a blanket.
ReplyDeleteAnd hairballs are no joke, no fun for the cat and disgusting when they hack one up on your bedspread. Easy to prevent by giving the cat frequent brushing, which the cat loves anyway.
Sounds like your awareness is already through the roof, Woodstock!
ReplyDelete$35 at the cleaners for the comforter last time the cat made us aware if hairballs.
ReplyDeleteClearly you too are aware enough, Bear.
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