Yowling before throwing up?

**Kirsten** · 09-02-2011, 02:55 PM

Does anyone else's cat do that? My Lily does that every time before she's getting sick, like tonight, when she threw up her food - and a big hairball!
It's a loud, painful cry, and meanwhile, I know what it means - time enough to make her leave the carpet.

It's such a heartbreaking sound!

Luna, btw, doesn't do that. The only exceptions were when she once got sick at the vet's (in her carrier), and when she was so terrible ill in March 2009 that she couldn't stop vomiting for days. I suppose her stomach hurt terribly from the constant vomiting, and she cried in pain (not as loud as Lily, but more miserable). Needless to say, it's been one of the most horrible nights I've ever been through.

**Grace** · 09-02-2011, 03:11 PM

Reese does it - sounds like she's dying. Abby sometimes has a small yowl, but not like Reese.

We had Phineas - big, gorgeous, orange and white love bug. He'd go out and eat grass and then puke. And he made the most awful noises before each barf.

I actually don't mind the noise so much - as you said it gives us time to spread some paper underneath. It's those silent hairballs that drive me nuts

**Freckles** · 09-02-2011, 03:57 PM

Freckles used to do that. Gave me time to jump up and move her from the carpet to the kitchen linoleum. Easier to clean up.

**ToBeEvergreen** · 09-02-2011, 04:19 PM

Mario will do that. He lets out what we call the saddest sound on earth (except when he makes a similar yowl during bathtime). He sounds like he's being tortured, and then he hacks something up and walks away. Makes the same noise if he can't find me, and rarely, when he is scared.