Cole is unwell

[Catty1]

Oh dear.

I came home about 5 pm today and there were dense barfed hairballs in two places. The first one especially was quite long. I thought he had pooped outside the box.

Anyway I cleaned that up. All three kitties got their dinner - Cole even went and stole crunchies from Oscar's dish.

A few minutes later he threw up all the food...It wasn't digested. I cleaned it up and offered him some evaporated milk mixed with warm water. He seemed interested, but left it alone.

He just went to the litter box. He seems ok enough. If this happens again at breakfast I am booking an emergency appt with my vet.

Poor Cole - what's wrong with my baby?

[Freedom]

Ah Cole, you are worrying your Mom!

Candace, It could all still be related to those hairballs. If he was the one to throw up those 2 big ones, then he was hungry -- and scrarfed down his dinner without chewing, overate and all that came up too. Now his tum needs to rest a bit and with luck he will be fine. You may want to put just a LITTLE in his dish, let him scarf it, wait 10 minutes, a little more. An empty tummy doesn't appreciate a full bowl of unchewed kibble, lol. Praying this is all it is.

[Catty1]

Thanks, Sandy, I hope so. I actually gave Cole wet food only. He seemed bored with it so I added a very few crunchies and he ate some of it. But Oscar had left a whole bunch of crunchies in his dish, so Cole went to town!

I'll give him a small handful later.

Thanks for all the good thoughts!

[katladyd]

I'm sending prayers up for Cole. Please keep us updated on him!

[Queen of Poop]

Perhaps a combination of the heat and the hairballs is making Cole feel yucky. I know Cali and Diego have both been shedding extra this summer with the heat and Cali has been ever so thoughtful about leaving me nice little hair balls here and there. Hopefully a trip to the vet this am can clear things up and make you both feel much better. HUGS!

[Catty1]

Well, Cole seems better this morning.

He did eat a little later last night, and kept it down, having a good nap.

He ate most of his breakfast this morning, then attacked Oscar's leftovers. I promptly put those out of the way. He's back to gurgling and chirping at me, and no sign of distress.

I think the worst is over - thanks so much everyone! The prayers worked!

[phesina]

Sounds good!

Keep on keeping on, dear Cole!