My cat keeps throwing up!

**casey26** · 06-29-2006, 09:57 AM

My cat, Casey keeps throwing up, like 3-5 times daily. We took him to the vet about 2 months ago, and he put him on this food (Hillside Science WD) since he was about 4 lbs overweight, and Prilosec OTC since he was occassionally throwing up then. He quit throwing up for a while, and since we recently had our first child, we got plants. Casey ate some of the plants, but we have since put them out of his reach. This has been about 3 days since he's had any plants at all. He is still throwing up and showing no signs of an appetite. What he throws up looks like his cat food, and is really watery. Our vet told us before (after he ran some blood tests) that it is very difficult to figure out what exactly is causing him to throw up. (that is why we aren't taking him back there quite yet) Any help or even suggestion would be a great help! Thank you!

**caseysmom** · 06-29-2006, 10:42 AM

I would be worried about some kind of blockage. Is he pooping, is he keeping anything down?

**casey26** · 06-29-2006, 11:27 AM

Yes, he is still pooping. I just wonder if it it takes plants this long to get out of his system?

**jazzcat** · 06-29-2006, 02:32 PM

I'm going to alert Christa to this post. She's had the same type problem with Brodie. Maybe she can help.

**casey26** · 06-29-2006, 03:25 PM

Thanks Jazzcat, any help I can get is very much appreciated!

**christa** · 06-29-2006, 08:20 PM

Hi Casey . . . Yes, I have had the exact same problems with my cat, Brodie. You can read our *story* in these threads . . .

Brodie Thread 1

Brodie Thread 2

Our vet ruled out a blockage but we still wonder if maybe there isn't something in there. We have taken him off of hard food completely. The only food that he can eat is Hill's Diet D/D, which is a hypo-allerginic food. So far, he's only thrown it up a few times, and I think that when he does throw it up, it's mostly due to hairballs,

. . . but as far as feeding him dry food, that is out. I have no idea why. But like you, he was throwing up several times a day, no matter what we did, and it sounds exactly like your cat. We did every test imaginable . . . we thought he ate litter . . . we thought he ate plants . . . we thought he ate SOMETHING . . . but looks like it would have run through his system by now. It hasn't!

I wish I could help more . . . I will be happy to answer any questions you have. I have been experiencing this for a year now so I probably have a lot more answers than I do realize.

There was a time there that we thought he was a goner . . . thankfully he's still with us.

By the way, welcome to PT!