Marley and Charley came home last night. Charley's little nose looks awful with those nasty black stitches but the closure itself looks good. Now for Marley. I hope our experience will help others. The vets don't know why Marley got better but I think I do. Last night when we got home Marley had another dark forest green unformed stool so I dissected it and found quite a bit of tangled pieces of fur. I think Marley had a hairball obstruction and the barium coated it and pushed most of it out. When I took him in I thought there was an obstruction of some sort but I've never dealt with this before so I wanted him to get the best care so we went to the vet. His vet didn't find anything on the x-rays and I did mention that not all blockages showed up so they did a barium x-ray and even though nothing showed up, Marley was much better after he passed the barium and at that time there was a lot of "stool". I think that stool was a mixture of fur and barium. Marley is on a good dose of Petromalt for a few days even though he had a normal well formed stool this morning. Doctors - Am I on the right track here? Marley is fine now, eating like a horse, normal stools. Oh, all his blood work was normal - good to know. This was quite a learning experience for all of us. Hugs to all. tle [Posted in FML issue 1381]