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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / August 2004Throwin' Up
I have two girl kitties, Mumbo and Jumbo. Mumbo is little and primitive, Jumbo is big and smart (and mean to Mumbo). I keep (or used to) dry food out for both of them, and split a little can of food between them every day. For some time now, Jumbo has been barfing (usually on my rug, or the bed). It can be either the wet food or the dry, but more often the dry. What could be going on? Jumbo is nice and big and healthy, no problems. There is only an occasional hairball, which I understand and tolerate FAR more than this throwing up. Last night she spewed all over my leather couch (*yuck-O*). I've tried the sensitive stomach dry food, and the hairball formula. I think she just scarfs too much food, the pig. I am seriously ready to get rid of her, except I can't imagine taking her to the SPCA, where she'll just die, anyway. Any advice will be most welcome. Corri to email, simplify... "...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object..." Lord Peter Wimsey >I have two girl kitties, Mumbo and Jumbo. Mumbo is little and primitive, Jumbo >is big and smart (and mean to Mumbo). I keep (or used to) dry food out for [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >except I can't imagine taking her to the SPCA, where she'll just die, anyway. >Any advice will be most welcome. While it could be something so simple as gobbling too much food too quickly, I'd take Jumbo to the vet for a checkup anyway. Tribble (RB) frequently threw up his food and it turned out he had a thyroid problem. One small pill a day took care of that! btw - daily pilling wasn't even difficult after I discovered that he'd come to me for his pill if I lightly coated it in cheese spread. Jeanne Hedge, as directed by Natasha ============ http://www.jhedge.com ---------------------<snip>---------------------- >Any advice will be most welcome. We feed wet food in small portions several times a day and there are two self-filling bowls of dry food which the cats have access to all the time. Every now and then, we'll find a pile of barfed up kibble that's bigger than you'd think a poor little kitty could hold. Fortunately, this does not occur at our house very often. Do you think it could be the portion size you could be feeding? The only time mine seem to ralph is when someone has eaten way too much at one sitting. Could smaller portions served more often work for you? I'm guessing that you've already tried the low-allergy formulas. Regards and Purrs, O J > ---------------------<snip>---------------------- > >Any advice will be most welcome. [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Yep, two ralphers here. One is just a piggy and the other has hairball issues. > I have two girl kitties, Mumbo and Jumbo. Mumbo is little and primitive, Jumbo > is big and smart (and mean to Mumbo). I keep (or used to) dry food out for [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > "...details delight me, ramifications enchant me, distance no object..." > Lord Peter Wimsey I'd get a vet check. If all is OK, I would try smaller portions more frequently or another trick to make them eat slower is to put large rocks in the bowl that they have to eat around. She may have possibly developed some food intolerance, perhaps to grains. I certainly wouldn't get rid of her :( Karen For 2 years after I got Case she would throw up regularly, usually after dry food. The vet diagnozed (don't know how accurate this is) that she had too small an opening to her digestive tract and the 3rd medication he put her on worked, prednisolene. I crush it and add it to her wet food in the morning. Check with your vet is all I can advise. HTH, Norm > I have two girl kitties, Mumbo and Jumbo. Mumbo is little and primitive, Jumbo > is big and smart (and mean to Mumbo). I keep (or used to) dry food out for [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > except I can't imagine taking her to the SPCA, where she'll just die, anyway. > Any advice will be most welcome. -- "The web has got me caught. I'd rather have the blues than what I've got." <via Nat King Cole |
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