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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2008Any way to stop chronic vomiting?
I haven't spoken to my vet about this -- yet. But my 17 year old female cat Stormy vomits sometimes 3 or 4 days a week! Normally it's probably closer to once or twice a week, and sometimes I might be puke free for a couple of weeks. But today, I came home from work and fed her some wet food, then she promptly went into the office and vomited in 4 places. This was after she vomited on my wife's chair that morning! Occasionally there will be blood mixed in with the vomit. I believe this is from her eating leaves and such, that wind up in the garage (I have a cat door from the house to the garage). I read years ago, in this newsgroup actually, to keep her dry food bowl filled slightly below the top, and to make sure the dry food is "flattened". The idea is that they can't gulp large mouthfuls. I've also tried hairball formula, but that didn't help either. My other cat seldom vomits, and my wife said her childhood cat seldom vomited. It's extremely annoying to come home from work and constantly find vomit on the furniture, carpet, garage floor, wherever. Is there any medication or food or anything, that might help reduce the vomiting? -Thanks > I haven't spoken to my vet about this -- yet. But my 17 year old female > cat Stormy vomits sometimes 3 or 4 days a week! Normally it's probably [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -Thanks Interesting enough my Vet recommended giving my cat 'Mylanta'. He gave me a couple of syringes (without the needles) and told me to give her 2ccs at meal time. I would still strongly recommend that you take your cat into see your Vet to find out if she has any medical problems. Fred Ellis  SignatureWho do you serve. . . . And who do you trust? (To e-mail me, remove the X from my address) >> I haven't spoken to my vet about this -- yet. But my 17 year old female >> cat Stormy vomits sometimes 3 or 4 days a week! Normally it's probably [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] > 2ccs at meal time. I would still strongly recommend that you take your > cat into see your Vet to find out if she has any medical problems. It might be that she is hacking up hair balls.....Try keeping her well brushed. My Meggie had a hair ball so big that we thought it was a tumor, and had the vet operate on her to remove it......Its a good thing, because it was way too big for her to either pass it or throw it up, so she would have died had we not had it removed. We are trying to make sure that she doesn't build up another one now, by feeding her special food, letting her lick some butter occasionally, and brushing her regularly. "William Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message > and brushing her regularly. <<<<<< Yes. Vets are prone to offering such ridiculous suggestions. - It's no problem for them.....They just tranquilize every cat they get a hold of from the get-go, and then do anything to it they want or need to do. I can't get one of my cats to go anywhere or do anything. It took several years for me to get my feral male into a cat carrier so the vet could fix him and give him his shots. Now I am trying to figure out how to keep them out of each other's food and water dishes......The idea of having to brush their teeth is laughable! The best I can do is to feed them food that is not known for rotting their teeth, and to have them inspected at regular intervals by the vet to see that they don't need dental care, and if they do, to let the vet tranquilize them and give it to them. Just a couple of days ago, you placed a rant here (quoted above) about how useless it was brushing a cat's teeth and that you'd only have it done when the vet was visited. Yet, here you are now advising someone to do exactly what you dismissed as a complete waste of time. I know you're not taking any particular cat to the vet three times a week, so how do you explain your offering completely contrary advise to what you told someone else just three days ago? > "William Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message > > and brushing her regularly. [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > offering completely contrary advise to what you told someone else just three > days ago? Where is the contradiction? He never told the OP to brush their cat's teeth, he told them to keep the cat brushed (as in its fur). You should read a post more carefully before you start playing newsgroup patrol and criticizing people. "DanS" <djlstewart@TAKE-OUTmac.com> wrote in message > Where is the contradiction? He never told the OP to brush their cat's > teeth, he told them to keep the cat brushed (as in its fur). You're right, I misread it. My mistake and I owe William an apology. >> "William Graham" <weg9@comcast.net> wrote in message >> > and brushing her regularly. [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > should read a post more carefully before you start playing newsgroup > patrol and criticizing people. Thank goodness.....I didn't remember any of it......At my age, if someone tells me I am screwed up, I pretty well have to believe them.....:^) >I haven't spoken to my vet about this -- yet. But my 17 year old female > cat Stormy vomits sometimes 3 or 4 days a week! Normally it's probably [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -Thanks James, Please take poor Stormy to the vet and have her thoroughly checked. Although for some cats regular hairball troubles and vomiting are the norm, it doesn't seem normal for there to be blood present "occasionally". My Cheetah is a serial vomiter but a) the vet knows about it, and b) if I saw blood just once I would take her to the vet immediately. I could speculate that she has a hairball or obstruction too large to pass in the normal way, but then I would expect her to be off her food... I could speculate that she is infested with worms, but then I would expect her to overeat *and* over-groom anally... Why speculate, when a vet's consultation will (usually) find the problem and the solution. It would also put your mind at rest. If you believe Stormy may have eaten leaves, take samples of these to the vet, just in case they're toxic. They may help with diagnosis. If Stormy has always had this tendency (but without the blood), make a few changes that will ease the cleaning up process. Buy fresh pillows for your own bed, then donate your old pillows and some old pillowcases to Stormy, for bedding. Put one on your wife's chair, and the other in another favourite sleeping place. If stormy is sick on these, you (your wife, I suspect!) will only have to wash the pillowcases, instead of trying to clean up your best upholstery. I do this, and my cats take to it very well. I believe they enjoy and are comforted by their person's scent. When I am out, my cat's are confined to the kitchen and garden room; both have hard floors which are easier to clean. Perhaps you can come to a similar arrangement. Whatever else you do, please have Stormy checked by a vet. She deserves to have her golden years more comfortable than this. All the best, Spider > I haven't spoken to my vet about this -- yet. But my 17 year old female > cat Stormy vomits sometimes 3 or 4 days a week! Normally it's probably [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > -Thanks Take the cat to the vet, particularly since she's an older cat. I've had several cats and they eventually succumbed to kidney disease, liver problems, etc. Generally a sign of their condition worsening was frequent vomiting. If there's blood also then I think it's particularly urgent - she could be in pain, so please get her to the vet for a diagnosis. Dan
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