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O.B. - 09 May 2004 14:52 GMT

I have a 15 pound long hair brown six-toed tabby who is 6 years old.
About a few months ago, he started to upchuck his food right after
meals. There is no hair in the food. He is still quite a bit flabby,
so we assumed that he was still getting some food down.

Recently, this incident started to happen 4 or more times a day. We
took him to the vet and the following was recommended for 5 days:
1. No food for 24 hours.
2. Give cat 5 mg of metoclopromide 30 minutes before meal
3. Buy a bag of Science Diet Sensitive Stomach food
4. Feed cat 4 times a day at the amount recommended for a 10 lb cat
(that came to 3/16 cup)

This plan just not working. The cat is still unable to keep its food
down after meals. Help?

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Nurse Crow - 10 May 2004 21:40 GMT

Hi OB,

Our 15yo Manx/Tonk had a similar problem, which eventually
caused him to quit eating all together.
Can you grab large loose skin folds that do not snap back when
you let go? If so, he is dehydrated and you need to get him to an
emergancy vet for fluids right away. This may help a little by itself.
Our boy also wound up with a nasal feeding tube that got him thru
until the other treatments allowed him to eat normally. If you have a
teaching hospital near you, I suggest getting a second exam there.
Neither our regular vet or his partner could help ours, but the vets
at the teaching hospital took a team approach and came up with a
solution for us. In our case, we now give him Tapazole for a thyroid
imbalance, and Prednisone for an undetermined stomach problem. He went
from near death to acting half his age and has done well the past 8
months... Good luck to you! ~Ed~

>I have a 15 pound long hair brown six-toed tabby who is 6 years old.
>About a few months ago, he started to upchuck his food right after
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>This plan just not working. The cat is still unable to keep its food
>down after meals. Help?

~Ed~
"If it doesn't hurt, I'm not doing you any good."

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Judy - 11 May 2004 02:02 GMT

> I have a 15 pound long hair brown six-toed tabby who is 6 years old.
> About a few months ago, he started to upchuck his food right after
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> This plan just not working. The cat is still unable to keep its food
> down after meals. Help?

First of all, I'd get an opinion from another vet.

Cats are carnivores and diets high in vegetable matter can cause reactions.

Here are some of the ingredients - non of them being meat - in what's in
Science Diet Sensitive Stomach food: brewers rice, chicken by-product meal,
corn gluten meal, animal fat, corn meal, dried egg product, chicken liver
flavor, oat fibre etc.

Have your tried introducing a high quality canned food?

Whether you have or you haven't, I still suggest that you have your cat seen
by someone else.

Hope you're able to find the right solution sooner than later.

Judy

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fusQuanto - 11 May 2004 07:50 GMT

yah ive boycotted science diet as well. speicifcally the "diet" food and the
hairball control food. purina 1 special care has worked much better (and
cheaper) for my hairy and fat ones.

> > I have a 15 pound long hair brown six-toed tabby who is 6 years old.
> > About a few months ago, he started to upchuck his food right after
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>
> Judy

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Laura R. - 15 May 2004 18:25 GMT

circa Sun, 09 May 2004 08:52:12 -0500, in rec.pets.cats, O.B.
(funkjunk@bellsouth.net) said,

> I have a 15 pound long hair brown six-toed tabby who is 6 years old.
> About a few months ago, he started to upchuck his food right after
[quoted text clipped - 11 lines]
> This plan just not working. The cat is still unable to keep its food
> down after meals. Help?

Aside from another call/visit to the vet, have you tried feeding him
*tiny* amounts of food at a time? As in, just a dozen or so bits of
kibble, or a teaspoon of food at a time?

Laura

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Truth Monopoly - 16 May 2004 02:03 GMT

> circa Sun, 09 May 2004 08:52:12 -0500, in rec.pets.cats, O.B.
> (funkjunk@bellsouth.net) said,
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> *tiny* amounts of food at a time? As in, just a dozen or so bits of
> kibble, or a teaspoon of food at a time?

If the cat gorges, then this is effective, sadly, this merely treats the
symptom, it does not correct the behavior.

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