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Post by mittensandkittens on Feb 11, 2014 12:55:08 GMT -5
Mittens has been throwing up randomly. we have changed nothing with her food. she was fixed a few weeks ago and did have some diarrhea from that but that has cleared up but I would say 1 to 2 times a week she has puked the last I dono, say three weeks. its not always but often in the morning. last time my husband thinks she maybe gorged her self because she got up in the morning with him went to her food ate a bunch and then vomited.... what do you guys think?
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Post by CowboyandCruiser on Feb 11, 2014 16:34:57 GMT -5
How old is she? What do you feed, what brand? Wet or dry? How much do you feed? Schedule feed or free feed? Do you groom her? How long has she been on the food she is on now?
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chewy
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Post by chewy on Feb 12, 2014 0:31:15 GMT -5
Chewy is 8 years old and we went through that when she was little. She would eat to much to fast and throw up. Now we feed her less but more often. Try not giving her as much food at one time, I bet you will see a difference.
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Post by tigmaizysmittyfelix on Feb 13, 2014 9:30:07 GMT -5
It can be that Mittens is snarfing too fast, or even the food type. Smitty will get sick if he eats any food with ocean fish in it. Try smaller amounts more often, and see if that makes a difference. It make take a bit of sleuthing.
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Post by martinagerie on Feb 15, 2014 17:34:53 GMT -5
It could also be that she has a sensitivity to some of the food ingredients, depending on what you're feeding her. If the vomiting continues for more than another week or two, a vet checkup may be in order. Or you could take a look at the ingredients on the food label and try to find another food that contains fewer, more cat-appropriate ingredients. There are several limited-ingredient foods out there - they just contain chicken and rice, or duck and pea, or salmon and sweet potato or similar.
Grains are a significant source of allergies and food sensitivities in cats, and so are chicken, eggs, and turkey. Many "holistic" foods contain a smorgasbord of ingredients that can be hard for sensitive-tummy kitties to digest. The verdict is out among veterinarians and animal diet experts as to whether cats really benefit from some of the exotic sounding ingredients in holistic diets. (Blueberries, apples, beets and potatoes do have nutritional value, but they are not usually part of a wild cat's daily diet!)
In summary, you may want to consider introducing a grain-free or limited-ingredient diet. Definitely see a vet if the pattern of vomiting continues. I had a cat who suffered nearly 10 years from untreated, developing Inflammatory Bowel Disease because her vet thought vomiting a couple of times a week, which she developed when she was under one year old, is "normal" for cats. Once I found her a more competent vet and she was diagnosed and put on a limited-ingredient diet, her digestion - and her quality of life - improved immensely. So I urge you not to just chalk it up to hairballs, or eating grass, or eating too fast. Yes, all of those happen sometimes, once or twice - and then the cat is fine for quite awhile. But consistently hurling once or twice a week (or more) is NOT normal, and untreated it can become a progressive intestinal disorder.
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Post by In memory of pepperthecheetah on Feb 19, 2014 16:13:32 GMT -5
Pepper gorges and vomits, has done this her entire life. We can usually tell by how she eats her food...slowly or scarfing it down like a starved kitten. But this vomiting happens soon after she eats. When it is another problem she is just doing her thing, has not eaten within the last 30 minutes and vomits. Pepper was found all but starved to death and she still has food frenzy at times. Her wet food I feed twice a day and only a teaspoon. Her dry is always down but when she gets up set, she rushes to her bowl to eat and at times this what I cakll a feed frenzy causes her to vomit. Keep an eye on her, check the vomit for irregularities also such as extreme phlem/foam, blood, coloration etc.
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Post by violetstar on Mar 2, 2014 16:23:20 GMT -5
Is the sick just food? Cats often throw up furballs it can be alarming as it stinks horrible sometimes, I agree that cats who guzzle fast don't keep it down long, richness of food can do it too
'Pepper was found all but starved to death and she still has food frenzy at times.'
Funnily enough it is the cat we took in as a stray that does this too, eating like they'll never get fed again, of course she does get fed regularly but it must be a deep rooted psychological thing.
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Post by Shannara on Mar 20, 2014 20:40:01 GMT -5
Shannara always throws up any food that has beef in it. So I stay with chicken or turkey.
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