Milo throwing up, arghhhhh

[lorn]

Hi there, I just wanted to see if anyone else has a similar problem.
Milo Buttercups sphynx, has not been himself latley, he seems to be sleeping more. I had noticed a few times in the past week and half that one of the cats had been throwing up... Not hairballs or bile, but there actuall food.
I have been assumng it was milo but not sure as we do have 5 cats.
Talked to a local vet tech who runs a pet food store and she suggested changing foods to nutram sensitive stomach for cats. Which i did, so all 5 are on it(friggin expensive) arghhhh
Anyhow, yesterday, i actually caught milo throwing up, so called the vet right away and got him seen. He also pooped so i took that with me.
The stool sample came back negative... They have done some blood work and are awaiting the results.
The vet thinks it may be a inflamed digestive problem (probably saying this wrong)..... Or that he may have eaten something that he shoudnt have ie: an object, that is floating around in his tummy.
We are hoping the blood work comes back all normal. Next step I guess would be xrays....
Has anyone had this problem? The vet says cats can just develop a digestive problem like this.....

[Scooter's Mom]

My Scooter Bug throws up his food from time to time. He's done it his whole life and he's going to be 13 in September.

If he is on one food for too long, he starts throwing it up until I change it. Sometimes I get 3 months out of a food, sometimes a year. But as soon as he starts up-chucking it, I know to find a new kind.

Yep, as a result my kitties eat a lot of grocery store variety - I feed what he will tolerate, not what is the priciest.

[Catsnclay]

We just went through the same exact thing with Lucky.


After all the tests and lots of big $$$$

Turns out, it was a fairly simple thing:

He is allergic to his food - all our cats eat Science Diet.

Now, he is on their z/d diet - which consist of NO wheat/corn by products.

It works!!! Yippee!! Although expensive (of course!) no more vomiting!!

You might check with your vet on being allergic to his food.

Good luck!!!

[lorn]

I was feeding them all natures prairie, which doesnt have any wheat, corn or soy. I am hoping it is a simple allergy though.
Its amazing how much it cost just to have a blood test done....

[catmandu]

THE FOUND CATS WILL THROW UP ONCE IN A WHILE, I THINK IT MAY BE THAT THEY ARE BOLTING THIER FOOD IN CASE THE OTHER CATS EAT IT ALL FIRST. THAT DESPITE THE FACT THAT THERE ARE 6 FEEDING STATIONS , THEY ALL WANT TO EAT OUT OF THE VERY SAME DISH, AT THE VERY SAME TIME!!!

[jennielynn1970]

My one girl, Sophie, has a very sensitive stomach and she will also gorge on food (I think because she was a stray and was starved when I found her). Turned out she had diverticulitis, and would throw up a lot and also have really nasty poops. I ended up switching her food to one that had the least amount of fillers and all that, and went with California Natural. It was pricey, but it worked. I did end up switching over to Nutro a few years later, but did so very gradually, and she's still doing fine. I do have to watch that the food bowl is never more 1/4 empty because she just thinks that she's going to run out of food, or not get any, with the other kitties in the house (this does happen from time to time cause it seems like the self feeder is 3/4 full and all of a sudden the next time I look, it's empty).

Hope Milo's tummy will feel better, and that the tests come back with nothing seriously wrong (if anything is wrong).