Kitty is throwing up

[gritsar]

She threw up once yesterday - small amount and once just now - large amount. Not like a hairball. I noticed that she didn't touch her dry food overnight.
Nothing has changed in her world. Same food they've been eating for awhile. I did give her a teaspoon full of a premium wet cat food yesterday, it's pure tuna.
So maybe the cat that easily dines on rats, birds, and rabbits can't handle the richness of tuna?

 

[Brindlebtch]

She must have eaten something if she barfed a bunch. What did she barf?

 

[gritsar]

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Looked like her regular food. I was thinking hairball, but it didn't look like that. She likes to groom KiKi, but they are both short haired.

 

[Brindlebtch]

Ahem. Wouldn't be Shepherd hair, would it?

Just a joke. Sorry, IDK. My cats always seemed to barf occsionally and seemed no worse for it. I have a friend whose cats live tp barf. Especially in front of guests.

 

[patandchickens]

Tuna doesn't agree well with some cats' tummies (it is not like they're the natural prey that feline digestive systems coevolved with over the millenia

), so it is possible for it to be that. Also IME if a cat skips a meal or two for *whatever* reason, there is a small but definitely nonzero chance that its next meal will be yorped up just because the cat's tummy has gotten kind of out of whack. Or it could be just, you know, one of those passing things -- ate too furry a moth, saw something scary outside, had bad dream, shouldn't have licked your shoe after you came in from the coop, whatever, who knows.

Personally I would not worry about it unless it recurs several times and looks like becoming an ongoing feature, or if the cat is looking otherwise droopy.

Just feed her *small* meals, maybe including between-meals snacks but not too much, and hopefully her tummy will get itself sorted out soon

Wouldn't hurt to give her some Petromalt or whatever you use for hairballs, a couple of good-sized doses over the next day or two, see if that helps in case there is some hair getting in the way of food passage.

Good luck,

Pat

 

[gritsar]

Thanks y'all. I'm gonna pick up some hairball remedy or petromalt at the store today.
And Brindle? If this kitty is throwing up any part of Jax, it would be flesh. She doesn't play well with puppies.

 

[Judy]

I've had cats for over 40 years, often 2 or 3, and never had one that didn't barf periodically. The one in my lap got my bedroom carpet yesterday. Dry food, barely chewed. Hairball remedy seems like it helped some of them and not others.

 

[HorseFeathers]

Daisy, my Siamese, upchucks occasionally... mostly liquid. I wouldn't worry unless it continues.

And for your sake, if you see her convulsing, put her near the litter box. Daisy goes right in and does her thing in there.

 

[Joz]

My cat is a chronic barf-er. 1-2 times per week, more if her bowl gets empty as she'll bolt the fresh food (she's free-fed).

One vet said "lets test for a thyroid disorder".

The other vet (my favorite, sadly retired) said "It's hairballs".

It doesn't LOOK like hairballs, but apparently the hairball obstructs the food, and the food will come back up even if the hairball doesn't. He gave her an antihistamine shot (to reduce shedding, and also affected the icky ear goo problem), which worked pretty well for about 6 months. He also gave me some goop in a tube to feed her which greases up the hairballs so they'll pass in the natural direction (in the head, out the bum).

Hairball-preventative food helps.

Every now and again she gets really bad, where her tummy gets super irritated by the condition and she'll barf every hour or so, eventually bringing up bile. I received some tummy calming meds for that situation, and was told to bring her in if it persisted, as the continual barfing beyond 24 hours is a serious concern.

 

[gritsar]

She's feeling well enough to antagonize the puppy and no more barfing, so I guess it was just a fluke.