Cat Regurgitation

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b8hoven - 15 Aug 2005 20:15 GMT

Hi,

I have an 8 month old kitten who has been regurgitating almost dail
for about 3 weeks now. He was initially throwing up violently bu
thankfully that has subsided and he now has bouts of "spit ups".

The vet has tested him for leukemia, FIV and has conducted blood wor
with all normal results. The vet suspects it is a food allergy but th
thing that is confusing me is that my kitten was completly healthy prio
to getting neutered...and the day after is when he began vomiting.

So I guess my question is this: Can a food allergy just "develop"? H
had been eating the same food with no problems but suddenly bega
vomiting after being neutered (I don't think that's what caused it bu
that was the chain of events.) I've already "invested" almost $1000 i
vet bills and continue to buy very expensive food from the vet for hi
hypersensitivity along with 2 different medicines but he continues t
regurgitate.

What can I do to stop this? Has anyone had any similar experiences?

Thanks in advance for any insight!

Gin

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b8hoven

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Karen - 16 Aug 2005 02:38 GMT

> Hi,
>
> I have an 8 month old kitten who has been regurgitating almost dail

for about

> 3 weeks now. He was initially throwing up violently bu

thankfully that has

> subsided and he now has bouts of "spit ups".
>
> The vet has tested him for leukemia, FIV and has conducted blood wor

with all

> normal results. The vet suspects it is a food allergy but th

thing that is

> confusing me is that my kitten was completly healthy prio

to getting

> neutered...and the day after is when he began vomiting.
>
> So I guess my question is this: Can a food allergy just "develop"? H

had

> been eating the same food with no problems but suddenly bega

vomiting after

> being neutered (I don't think that's what caused it bu

that was the chain of

> events.) I've already "invested" almost $1000 i

vet bills and continue to

> buy very expensive food from the vet for hi

hypersensitivity along with 2

> different medicines but he continues t

regurgitate.

> What can I do to stop this? Has anyone had any similar experiences?
>
> Thanks in advance for any insight!
>
> Gin

--
b8hoven

They really can just develop. How long has he been on the allerby food (and
which one is it?).

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BarB - 16 Aug 2005 03:24 GMT

>Hi,
>
>I have an 8 month old kitten who has been regurgitating almost daily
>for about 3 weeks now. He was initially throwing up violently but
>thankfully that has subsided and he now has bouts of "spit ups".

Is the kitten regurgitating or is it vomiting? They indicate
different types of diseases. Regurgitation can be caused by a
restriction in the esophagus, while vomiting is most often caused by
problems in the stomach or intestinal tract. Regurgitation is rather
passive and the food may come back up appearing hardly touched
because it never reached the stomach, while vomiting can be violent
and the food is partly digested.

BarB

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