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Older cat with digestive problems

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jonathan - 25 Dec 2003 18:51 GMT
Hi,
I have a 7 year old Siamese named baggy. He chews on plastic bags and
throws up his food. I have tried many different diets with no luck. I
recently purchased pet grass (which has yet to grow). Any other ideas?
Thanks,
Jonathan
Caliban - 25 Dec 2003 19:57 GMT
Assuming you've removed the plastic bags from Baggy's reach, could it be he has
hairballs?

My now six-year-old cat was throwing up last year and refused to use his litter
box for urinating. (He'd use the shower stall instead.) I switched to canned
food for awhile and he did a little better. Then I started giving him a one-inch
ribbon of (petroleum-jelly based) hairball remedy each day for a couple of
weeks. Also, I switched from regular Iams to "hairball remedy" Iams. It has more
fiber. (Others here at the time suggested more fiber and mentioned several
things I could feed him.) He ultimately made it to a one-inch ribbon a couple of
times a week. Now he has the hairball remedy a few times a month.

He's fine now. He rarely vomits and has good litter box habits. I give him
mostly the Iams hairball formula but also a couple of lumps of canned whitefish
(cat food version) each day.

One can buy the hairball remedy at Wal-Mart or most any pet store. Hartz has a
version. Four dollars or so a tube that lasts a long time.

Updates welcome. :-)

> Hi,
> I have a 7 year old Siamese named baggy. He chews on plastic bags and
> throws up his food. I have tried many different diets with no luck. I
> recently purchased pet grass (which has yet to grow). Any other ideas?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
Dennis Carr - 25 Dec 2003 20:50 GMT
> My now six-year-old cat was throwing up last year and refused to use his
> litter box for urinating. (He'd use the shower stall instead.)

Shower stall? You should be so lucky. =O.o=

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Gail - 25 Dec 2003 22:54 GMT
Vomiting can be a symptom of an underlying disease (ie. inflammatory bowel
disease, etc). He should be checked by a vet to rule these out.
Gail
> Hi,
> I have a 7 year old Siamese named baggy. He chews on plastic bags and
> throws up his food. I have tried many different diets with no luck. I
> recently purchased pet grass (which has yet to grow). Any other ideas?
> Thanks,
> Jonathan
 
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