What would you do? Cat vomiting

[cassiesmom]

My vet's rule is that if my cat throws up once, don't be alarmed. If she throws up twice (in one day), I'm to call him.

This is my vet's rule too. I'm to call for more than one episode of vomiting per day, or an unusual appearance or odor to what she brings up. I usually know when she's getting ready because I hear her making that distinctive cat-barf sound. I try to comb her often, especially around shedding times. But I don't freak over one barf. The wet foods in little 3-ounce cans seem to make her "barfy", so I don't feed those very often. Cat vomit is just a fact of life in my case. She lived at a shelter where multiple cats were fed from the same dish, so she would have to eat quickly at meal times or risk not eating at all.

[Catsnclay]

Lucky is our vomiter but when he started puking hairballs every day, I knew there could be a problem.


Off to the Vet we went, and believe me, we have tried everything known to man to stop his vomiting. Everything works........for a week, then it is back.

Now as the last straw, she is trying the diet. Maybe, just maybe he could be allergic to his food! So far so good, but then again it hasn't been a full week yet.

Like Medusa said, vomiting bile could mean something serious. If kitty is just upchucking the meal he just ate, then the solution can be simple. Feed him small portions, several times a day. I found that this works well for the ones that do this.

As for hairball vomiter's, if anyone has any suggestions I am all ears!! Poor Lucky vomits at least once a day! I brush him to keep his long hair off, but he has to clean himself!!!

And as for that product - looks to me that they are pushing it pretty hard! I doubt it really works.

[janelle]

I took Simon to the vet and got him checked out. They did a blood test and it came back ok.

I changed his diet to canned food from Science Diet for hairballs. He wouldn't eat a lot of the canned food. He finally ate Friskies tuna but just the gravy part and not much else. The throwing up stopped but not entirely. He would throw up flem. Not as much as the Science Diet but still about once a day or every other day.

I finally had to buy the canned tuna that we eat. He loves canned tuna and I always gave him some when we had it. Now that is all he will eat and keep down.

NOW, I see he has had diarrhea so it may be too rich for him. So what to do now? Either have him throw up or have diarrhea. He does want to go out but as soon as he does he makes a bee line to eat grass and if I let him, he will come in and throw up. Plus we get our yard sprayed.

Has anyone tried the powder to sprinkle on the food in my first post? I tried food for sensitive stomachs from Science Diet but he can't eat it either. He has gotten more skinny but I was hoping he would gain weight with this tuna. TIA