I took my Marius to the vet yesterday (Monday the 19th) for his routine checkup and booster shots. The vet was most impressed at his weight loss! He had been put on the Science Diet weight loss for cats, since he was 17 pounds and should be around 14.5 or 15. He said he looked great and everything was fine. Marius got his 2 boosters and we headed home. Not 15 minutes go by and he started vomiting. It got to the point that I had a plastic mat that I would put under his face for him to throw up on, I would take it outside and rinse it off, just in time to come back inside and repeat the process. Then he had diarrhea. That was it, I called the vet and asked what to do. They told me to bring him back in and they would watch him for the afternoon. When I dropped him off, they told me to call back around 2pm to see how everything was going at that point. At 2, I made the call, and they said he'd only had a couple of dry heeves, and I could come and get him at 3:30. I was relieved. With all that water loss, I was afraid he would become dehydrated. I picked him up at 3:30 and brought him home. About 5 minutes later, he threw up blood. This really scared me. I immediately called the vet back and asked what to do. They asked me was color it was, and well...I said it was red. Their response was that after having vomiting and diarrhea bouts, it can cause irritation resulting in the blood present when he threw up. They said to watch him, and if it started to change color (got darker), that's when to worry. They thought it might have been brought up from the car ride home. Well, he did it again about 15 minutes later. I was so worried and sobbing so my husband called back to see if there was anything we could do. They said to keep food and water away from him for the day. Now that I think about it, they should have mentioned that when we brought him home. I did have some water out because I thought that water is good when you're sick, because you get really dehydrated. So, we put him in our master bathroom for the evening. He only threw up one more time, and the color seemed to be a little more washed out, so that was a good sign. He went through the night without any more incidents. I felt so bad! I never expected him to have such a bad reaction! Now, I'm thinking that I don't want to give him boosters if this is what's going to happen again!! I'm also concerned at what to do now. Am I to give him some water today? How much? What about food?
Has anyone had an experience like this??
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). He still is a little warm to the touch and really pink around the eyes and ears (you can definitely tell when a white cat isn't feeling well), but he was looking even better today. He even gave me his chirrup greeting this morning before I left for work.
Andy doesn't have the same love affair with food so he wasn't "buying into" the Pounce trick. I did manage to get him in, though, without too much trouble. Here's another tip that I used tonight that was helpful. I brought both carriers into the bathroom earlier in the day and kept the bathroom door closed all day. When it was time to get ready I carried each cat, one at a time, into the bathroom. The reason I chose the bathroom, is that there's no place to hide if they should somehow squirm out of my arms. It worked like a dream. 
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