it turns out a tiger gets a hair ball the same way a house cat does, by licking and grooming himself. only host cats like puss & boots managed to hack up the obstruction. but ty s hair ball was way too big to cough up. doctors offered to operate without charge. the press pressed up against the window. wow! mesmerized as doctors removed clump after clump from ty s stomach. another one of those! finally, the doctor dropped the whole mess into the arms of ty s owner. show it to us. i don t want it. weighed in at four pounds. there was a 167 human hair ball a barber collected from years of