Healthy looking Cat throws up A LOT

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Andy - 26 Sep 2007 03:06 GMT

My wife's cat has been throwing up 4-5 times a day for the last 9
months or so. We took her to the vet early on and had her checked
out. After testing negative for Worms/Parasites/Disease.....we were
offered some type of advanced testing for a large sum of money. I
really don't have $800 to drop on a test that may or may not tell us
anything so we settled for trying to switch to Purina One's "Sensitive
Systems" rather than "Advanced Hairball Nutrition".

I'd say the sensitive systems formula helped for about three weeks
when the barfing started up again.

On occasion, it is obvious that the vomit is from a hairball, but
mostly it is unchewed and largely undigested pieces of cat food with a
little bit of liquid mixed in. (At times she has vomited in places we
didn't notice for a few days and it is dried up enough that it looks
like something we could just throw back in the bowl. No, don't worry,
we havn't recycled.)

The funny thing is, the cat doesn't seem unhealthy in the least
and hasn't had any noticeable weight loss (Her weight fluctuates a
pound or two in either direction, it seems.

Any idea why this cat would throw up so often and not seem to
suffer negative effects from it?

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.._.. - 26 Sep 2007 15:20 GMT

I use the same hairball control food and it works wonders for my four cats..
(It has some sort of soy protein in it that blocks the "sticky stuff"
creation in hairballs and lets smaller hair balls pass instead of building
up.) We went from one or two piles of puke a day to one a week.

Also, I would check for stress and environment. Cats need a quiet easy to
get to place to eat in a lower traffic area. KEEP KIDS AWAY FROM CATS AS
THEY EAT. Eating two fast because they think they will get interrupted
causes digestive stress and can make them vomit right after eating.

I might also try taking all food away, and dispensing every couple hours in
very small amounts. The cat could be stuffing itself to the point of
vomiting.

Also try getting some quiet time to brush your kitty to remove hair from
getting ingested in the first place.

> My wife's cat has been throwing up 4-5 times a day for the last 9
> months or so. We took her to the vet early on and had her checked
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> Any idea why this cat would throw up so often and not seem to
> suffer negative effects from it?

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Andy - 26 Sep 2007 16:39 GMT

> I use the same hairball control food and it works wonders for my four cats..
> (It has some sort of soy protein in it that blocks the "sticky stuff"
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> > Any idea why this cat would throw up so often and not seem to
> > suffer negative effects from it?

I think the stress environment is low enough....it is just me and my
wife. No Kids yet. We did move to a new place about a year ago, but
she seems settled into it quite well. It's a slightly larger place
with a really really long hallway, two bedrooms, several closets,
etc. She can be very very far away from us if she wants quiet.

We did try moving the food around. Previously it had been in the
second bedroom along with the litter box (Second bedroom is like...my
"Office" type thing. We left the litter box where it was, wondering
if eating by the box could be bad for her and put it in the
kitchen......which is the farthest away from the rest of the rooms and
typically the quietest.

About brushing....here is the funny thing. This cat cannot stand
being brushed. She'll seem to be ok with it and (Even if the hair
isn't pulled) suddenly when you get too close to the back of her body
(Anywhere near the haunches) she'll nip at you. This makes the
brushing thing a bit challenging. She's always been like that
though. She hates to be touched anywhere in the rear half of her body
by ANYTHING. She likes her head brushed, ears petted, front of her
back petted etc. It doesn't seem like a pain thing, it's almost like
a tickle thing.

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Matthew - 27 Sep 2007 00:32 GMT

>> I use the same hairball control food and it works wonders for my four
>> cats..
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> back petted etc. It doesn't seem like a pain thing, it's almost like
> a tickle thing.

Some cats have more sensitive nerves back there. My spirit is that way get
near his butt loose a finger. I went and bought two things to use one is
a hand mitten brush the other is when he gets tangles is a Kevlar glove
he ca nbite all he wants he is not going to pierce the glove

Now my Rumble does what your cat does what it is is he eats to much to
fast and he gets sick. I feed him in bits.

cats just like us don't want to eat where we take a dump. Imagine eating in
a public restroom would you want to

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