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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / January 2004Barfing on the Carpet
I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet when they want to throw up? I should have known she was working on it, though. She hadn't eaten dinner. She didn't have anything TO throw up, thank goodness, so it was an easy cleanup. Then I tackled her and poked a 1/4 Pepcid down her. An hour later she had some dinner. I guess all is right with the world for now. Frankly, I'm surprised I haven't gotten a barf sooner. She hasn't since we moved that I'm aware of. Poor kitty. I think her kidneys are sneaking up on her again. >I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet >when they want to throw up? Good question. I've wondered why mine position themselves where everyone in the room can watch them ceremoniously hark up a hairball. They are pretty private about pooping and peeing. It doesn't make sense. Sherry 15 Jan 2004: > I should have known she was working on it, though. She hadn't eaten > dinner. She didn't have anything TO throw up, thank goodness, so it > was an easy cleanup. Then I tackled her and poked a 1/4 Pepcid down > her. An hour later she had some dinner. I guess all is right with the > world for now. Shadow barfs in 3's. He does a clock motion and that is how I can tell it is him. He doesn't do it as much these days as his IBD is not causing nausea. But I remember when he'd start to barf, he'd chuck up one, then turn a little bit, chuck again, turn and chuck again. After 3 he would always be done. If Kami chucks often, I wonder if reglan would be an option for a CRF cat? It works wonders for Shadow. Pepcid doesn't work for him much, sometimes it does. When it doesn't, I switch him to the generic version of Zantac (also cut into 4's).  SignatureCheryl I shall call him Squishy and he shall be mine. And he shall be my Squishy. Come here Squishy. Ow. Bad Squishy. - Dori Cheryl <jlhshadow@NOSPAMhotmail.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > Shadow barfs in 3's. He does a clock motion and that is how I can > tell it is him. He doesn't do it as much these days as his IBD is [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > does. When it doesn't, I switch him to the generic version of > Zantac (also cut into 4's). Kami's a linear two-chucker. Barf one, back up, barf two. Then drool. She's not doing it a lot. It's been a couple of months, I think. She has her anorexic days, but comes back. The Pepcid worked and she's baking by the fireplace. I should really learn the sub-q. I'll bet that worst better, and is better for her, than Pepcid. > Shadow barfs in 3's. He does a clock motion and that is how I can tell it > is him. He doesn't do it as much these days as his IBD is not causing [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > him much, sometimes it does. When it doesn't, I switch him to the generic > version of Zantac (also cut into 4's). Otto also likes to barf three times. I don't have carpets/rugs in my apartment but I do have a mat in front of the kitchen sink, plus a mat in the bathroom. Those, of course, are his two favorite places to throw up. He always lets out a real pitiful noise before he barfs, so if I'm home I race to him and put him on the counter next to the sink (kitchen) or in the bathtub (bathroom). The first barf is the big one, then he turns a bit and does a little more. The third time is just a little spit. Last week, he puked up the *biggest* hairball I've ever seen. It was like a kitten came out of him! Liz Elizabeth Blake <poodlebone@NOSPAMearthlink.net> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >> Shadow barfs in 3's. He does a clock motion and that is how I >> can tell it is him. He doesn't do it as much these days as his [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Liz Ew! I have gotten giant turd-sized hairballs, but never a full kitten! LOL! Kami lets out a distinctive cry prior to a hork. Most of the time I can get there. Too many times there's nothing barf-on-able nearby. Brandy Alexandre wrote: > I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet > when they want to throw up? I think it's one of Murphy's Laws. ;^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ >> I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet >> when they want to throw up? > >I think it's one of Murphy's Laws. We once had a stupid black Labrador Retriever who would go out of her way to throw up on the shag rug in the living room (that's REALLY hard to to get barf out of) The one time I managed to grab her and drag her into the bathroom before she barfed, she headed straight for the carpeted bath mat and did it on that! > >> I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet > >> when they want to throw up? [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > her into the bathroom before she barfed, she headed straight for the > carpeted bath mat and did it on that! If I hear it coming, I will VERY CALMLY grab a newspaper and put it down under the cat's (or dog's) face. It is important to be calm or else the cat (or dog) goes running off to vomit somewhere else! 8^)~~~ Sue (remove the x to e-mail) ~~~~~~ "I reserve the absolute right to be smarter today than I was yesterday." -Adlai Stevenson ************************************************* http://www.suzanne-eckhardt.com/ http://www.intergnat.com/malebashing/ It's in the housecat handbook chapter 3. I just don't get it. Why do cats run from the linoleum to the carpet when they want to throw up? I should have known she was working on it, though. She hadn't eaten dinner. She didn't have anything TO throw up, thank goodness, so it was an easy cleanup. Then I tackled her and poked a 1/4 Pepcid down her. An hour later she had some dinner. I guess all is right with the world for now. Frankly, I'm surprised I haven't gotten a barf sooner. She hasn't since we moved that I'm aware of. Poor kitty. I think her kidneys are sneaking up on her again. |
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