Kramer is barfing everywhere!!!!

[junescrater716]

ok.

[rg_girlca]

Okay, she should not be vomiting just because she is eating the dog food, unless she has a sensitive stomach to it. My guys dip into the dog food also and have never been sick from it.

I would definitely consider taking her to the vet for a check up. There is obviously something quite not right for her to still be vomiting.

In regards to her eating the dog food. If you can, put her in a closed room while the dogs are eating or at least supervise to make sure she doesn't get into the food and then when the dogs are finished, put there food away somewhere, where she can't get into it.

How is she doing tonight? Has she vomited any more since this morning?

[Catty1]

Yes. I agree - get her to the vet.

She may have something stuck in her system...she may need an x-ray.

Please, please, get her looked at by a professional.

[junescrater716]

She spends all of her time upstairs so the only time she has access to the dog food is at night. SHe eats a whole bowl of that stuff.

[Catty1]

Are you taking her to the vet?

[Lizzie]

It's not likely that she would have caught a virus from the stray since they haven't been in contact and her symptoms don't seem like a virus. A virus is more likely to cause her to hide away, sit hunched up, and not have any interest in food. That said, you could check to see if she has a fever. If you can't take her temperature, check her paw pads and see if they are warm and sweaty. A fever is one indicator that something is wrong systemically.

If you are the only one in your family that likes this cat, they may be more careless than you would be in leaving things out that she could eat and cause her harm. String? Rubber bands? Plastic bags? Meat bones? Fish bones? Cleaning agents? She has an appetite, is moving around normally, but still throwing up - signs of a possible blockage. This is not something that will clear itself. If your cat is blocked inside, she will continue throwing up until she becomes dehydrated, and that is life-threatening. If she has swallowed something that is tying up her insides, it will end up cutting off circulation to her intestines which causes gangrene.

The dog's food is not good for a cat because cats need a very high protein diet, low in carbohydrates. A little won't hurt her, but it isn't good for her either.

This forum is no substitute for professional help. One day of throwing up is something you can watch and assess, as long as the cat is moving around and drinking. More than one day is cause to see a vet. Is your family unwilling to have her see a vet?

[junescrater716]

My parents think it might be a hairball stuck in her. As for seeing a vet I don't think they want to spent a ton of money on her for an operation or x-rays.

We keep everything picked up because of our dog so she couldn't have gotten anything and she was never one to take things.

[Lizzie]

Vomitting from a hairball usually looks very different from vomitting for other reasons, and it's often done when the cat has not eaten. Most of my cats get rid of hairballs by stretching out their necks, gagging a lot, walking backward and bringing up stomach fluids before the hairball itself. I'm sorry that your parents are not willing to take your cat to a vet since that is part and parcel of taking care of a pet. Please let us know how your cat is doing since we will worry about her.

[junescrater716]

She thats what she does only now I've stopped feeding her to see if it was her food making her sick and it's so I don't know.

[rg_girlca]

As for seeing a vet I don't think they want to spent a ton of money on her for an operation or x-rays.

I'm sorry, but owning an animal requires to take proper care of it. That means food, water, love and seeing a vet.
It doesn't mean that Kramer is going to need an operation or even x-rays. Sometimes a vet can just tell what is wrong through an examination and from years of experience.

Sometimes it takes some of my cats three days to bring up a hairball, BUT they only vomit once, maybe twice the first two days.

Please, if Kramer is still vomiting tomorrow, bring her to a vet.

Also, it is not good for her to eat a whole bowl of dog food. My guys just have a little bit that my dog might leave behind and that isn't often.

[areias]

I'm sorry, but owning an animal requires to take proper care of it. That means food, water, love and seeing a vet.
It doesn't mean that Kramer is going to need an operation or even x-rays. Sometimes a vet can just tell what is wrong through an examination and from years of experience.

Sometimes it takes some of my cats three days to bring up a hairball, BUT they only vomit once, maybe twice the first two days.

Please, if Kramer is still vomiting tomorrow, bring her to a vet.

Also, it is not good for her to eat a whole bowl of dog food. My guys just have a little bit that my dog might leave behind and that isn't often.

Agreed. How old is Kramer? You NEED to take her to the vet. At least for just an exam. Exam costs about $30, xrays maybe $75 depending on the market. She needs to be on fluids. Tent her skin. Pull the skin up where the shoulders are, if the skin goes down quickly she's doin okay, if takes a minute for the skin to go back to normal-she's dehydrated. But the vet can give you an estimate on everything he'd like to do. He can also give fluids under the skin right then with no problem for like $10. Kramer SHOULD be on IV Fluids, but if nothing else get some under the skin.

Is she having any bowel movements? If so, are they normal?
Has she ever been tested for leukemia or aids?