CLEARWATER, Fla. – It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.

A 400lb tiger has had to go under the knife - to get an enormous hairball removed from his stomach. The 18-year-old, called Ty, from the Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation centre in Seminole, was ...

Clearwater, Florida -- It's a typical story of a cat with a hairball... only the cat weighs about 400 pounds, and the hairball is so large it can only be surgically removed. Ty the tiger underwent the ...

A 28-stone tiger has gone under the knife in Florida to remove a 4lb hairball. Veterinary surgeons in Tampa Bay were called in after Ty the tiger failed to cough up the monster obstruction all by ...

It will soon beon display at a Ripley's Believe It or Not attraction, most likely their Panama City location. Ty the tiger -- who is owned byVernon Yates with the not-for-profitWildlife Rescue and ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. – It’s not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn’t hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself.

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — It’s not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed ...