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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / December 2003Help! Kitten Vomiting!
Hello everyone. I've had my kitten named sam for about 2 days. It is a female kitten with black and grey stripes on it. Anyway, I have been feeding it Purina Kitten Chow for about a day now, since she wouldn't eat the first brand we gave her. We have also been giving her some wet food. So far she has vomited her food up twice. We have even tried giving her pieces of tuna just so she isn't starving but I believe she has thrown that up too. The weekend is beginning so I will not be able to see a regular vet until monday, but I am concerned about the well being of sam. Any advice would be very helpful! Spark05@mail.com (Spark) writes >.. I've had my kitten named sam for >about 2 days.....have been >feeding it Purina Kitten Chow for about a day now, since she wouldn't [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] >to see a regular vet until monday, but I am concerned about the well >being of sam. Very good of you to be concerned and to post here! You didn't include the age of the kitten nor if she was vet checked BEFORE you adopted her (or if she was a stray or an offspring from a neighbor's cat who gave birth and now the kittens are available for adoption). Did the kitten keep food down BEFORE you brought her home? If not, then you should NOT wait to bring her to the vet..she should be checked right away. It could be that the separation and new environment has caused the kitty to stress out. My recently adopted cat (5 years old) threw up for 3 weeks..We kept trying different brands of food and finally had luck with IAMS. She now keeps food down. Keep us posted. > Spark05@mail.com (Spark) > writes [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > years old) threw up for 3 weeks..We kept trying different brands of food and > finally had luck with IAMS. She now keeps food down. Keep us posted. yes be very careful with young kittens, they can go down hill very quickly! do you not know what she had been fed on before? get in touch with who you got the kitten off, ask them what they fed her. Change in diet as well as a new home is a real shock to a kitten. if you are concerned about her sickness ring the vet again, what are her bowel movements like? take her temperature, if its high call the vet back good luck, keep us informed  SignatureLuv'n'Stuff *~*SooZy*~* http://community.webshots.com/user/ragmoor http://community.webshots.com/user/ragdollcatsuk " >From: "~*SooZy*~" soozyquereshi@cathotmail.com >yes be very careful with young kittens, they can go down hill very quickly! I agree. I would be very concerned this kitten is now dehydrated. I would recommend the OP contact an emergency clinic and tell them what's going on. They will then let you know whether or not you should bring him in right away, but I think it would be a good idea to get him checked out. Good luck and keep us posted. Lauren ________ See my cats: http://community.webshots.com/album/56955940rWhxAe Raw Diet Info: http://www.holisticat.com/drjletter.html http://www.geocities.com/rawfeeders/ForCatsOnly.html Declawing Info: http://www.wholecat.com/articles/claws.htm circa 07 Dec 2003 00:00:52 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, PawsForThought (darnit7@aol.comnolitter) said, > >From: "~*SooZy*~" soozyquereshi@cathotmail.com > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > but I think it would be a good idea to get him checked out. Good luck and keep > us posted. Additionally, perhaps a little kitten milk might be worth trying (not cow's milk, the kitten formulation that isn't really milk). Laura SignatureTime flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana. -Groucho Marx Hello Sparky, I have some good advice for you. I know alot about cats and have two cats at home. Never feed a cat or kitten tuna because it takes away their vitamin E. It is also very strong and might make them throw up. Wet cat food is also not a good idea either, it is not very good for them. Try Iams or even purina for sensitive stomachs, that might work. if not, ask you vet. good luck! > Hello everyone. I've had my kitten named sam for about 2 days. It is a > female kitten with black and grey stripes on it. Anyway, I have been [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > to see a regular vet until monday, but I am concerned about the well > being of sam. Any advice would be very helpful! circa Mon, 08 Dec 2003 04:28:49 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Laurie Fullerton (courtf@telus.net) said, > Hello Sparky, I have some good advice for you. That may be debatable. > I know alot about cats I've not seen much evidence of that, either. > and > have two cats at home. Okee dokee. > Never feed a cat or kitten tuna because it takes away > their vitamin E. That's not quite accurate. First, tuna does not "take away their vitamin E". Canned tuna is *deficient* in the amount of vitamin E for cats- it doesn't "take away" vitamin E. Steatitis (yellow fat disease) can result from long-term feeding of canned tuna to cats instead of properly formulated cat food, and canned tuna contains possible allergens that may trigger immune responses. Tuna is not acceptable as a long-term or sole diet for a cat, but using canned tuna to stimulate appetite in inappetant cats is fairly commonly accepted if nothing else is spurring the cat to eat. It's not something that is *recommended* for cats, but canned tuna can serve as a catalyst. > It is also very strong and might make them throw up. "Strong"? What is "strong"? Smelly? Cats *like* smelly food, which is why tuna is sometimes used to stimulate appetite. > Wet > cat food is also not a good idea either, it is not very good for them. That is a ridiculous, overgeneralizing and inaccurate statement. I would recommend that you do some rudimentary research instead of making such ill-informed statements. > Try > Iams or even purina for sensitive stomachs, that might work. Personally, I wouldn't feed either brand as I consider them the absolute bottom of the list of foods I'd consider feeding my cats and I'd have to be pretty desperate to resort to feeding them. There are numerous far better cat food manufacturers out there. > if not, ask you > vet. The vet should be the *first* person the cat's owner asks, not anonymous newsgroup posters whose information may range from excellent to utter hooey, as we see here. Laura SignatureHe knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. --George Bernard Shaw >That's not quite accurate. First, tuna does not "take away their >vitamin E". Canned tuna is *deficient* in the amount of vitamin E for [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >something that is *recommended* for cats, but canned tuna can serve >as a catalyst. Thanks for clarifying that; the Vit. E and tuna issue is something I'd always heard but really didn't know the particulars. Another consideration, and this is just anecdotal, but some brands of people tuna are just way too salty for me. That can't be good for cats either. I still throw a chunk or two down to the kitchen-floor sharks when I'm preparing tuna for me though. (The vacuum-packed foil packages are my favorites now) Sherry circa 08 Dec 2003 06:20:55 GMT, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav, Sherry (sriddles@aol.comkitty) said, > Another consideration, and this is just anecdotal, but some brands of people > tuna are just way too salty for me. That can't be good for cats either. Absolutely. Canned tuna can be obscenely high in sodium, which obviously isn't beneficial for cats. > I > still throw a chunk or two down to the kitchen-floor sharks when I'm preparing > tuna for me though. And I'm sure that it's not hurting them, since you feed them good cat food and only occasionally give them tidbits of tuna. > (The vacuum-packed foil packages are my favorites now) I've not tried those yet, but I only like white albacore canned tuna to begin with. Regular canned tuna makes me hork. :-) I do love a nice rare tuna steak coated in sesame seeds and sesame oil, though, especially with soy sauce, wasabe and cucumbers in rice vinegar. Yum! Laura SignatureI am Dyslexia of Borg, Your a.s will be laminated. |
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