Vomiting Cat
Cat Illnesses: When You Should Take Your Cat to a Vet
In addition to your cat's regular vaccinations, how can you know when your cat needs to see a vet? The following conditions and behavior are red flags.
Diarrhea
Diarrhea can be caused by lots of things - diet, infections, parasites and metabolic problems. Diarrhea is never normal and can cause dehydration and death if it persists. If you can, take a fresh poo sample with you to the vet for testing. One way to test for dehydration is by pressing your finger against your cat's gums. It the spot takes more than two seconds to return to pink, there's a problem.
Vomiting
Cats often wretch and vomit up stomach contents including hairballs. Hairballs are common and some cat foods are now formulated to reduce them. Vomiting, however, is a problem if it happens more than once a day, contains blood or mucous and if your cat also has diarrhea, lethargy, salivation and is not eating. Excessive vomiting can cause dehydration and death.
Coughing, panting or wheezing
These signs are never normal and could indicate viral, bacterial or fungal infections. They could also be signs of heart or lung disease. You must take your coughing, wheezing or panting cat to a vet.
Uncontrolled urination
If your cat's urinating habits change, this could be a sign of tumors, cysts, stones, infection or inflammation. It is important to see your vet and take a fresh urine sample with you, if you can. Use a clean jar.
Excessive drinking
If your cat seems to be drinking more than usual, and urinating more often, you should take her to a vet. Unless it is a really hot day, increased thirst can be caused by diabetes, kidney and liver problems.
Not eating
If your cat is off his food, you should report this to your vet straight away.
Bleeding
Your cat may have been in a fight or been hurt elsewhere. Lacerations and bite wounds can become infected, so it is important to have these checked out by your vet.
Excessive scratching
Although occasional scratching is normal, excessive scratching could indicate a skin infection, allergies or parasites. The scratching can lead to inflammation and further infection. See your vet!
Anytime your cat's behavior or patterns change, it is best to have these checked out.
Jenny Jackson is cat lover and webmaster of Pictures of Cats. You are welcome to reproduce this article on your pet or family related web site, as long as you reproduce the article in full, including this resource box and link.
Vomiting cat - at my wit's end...?
My middle child of 5 (common stripy house-cat) is a chronic vomiter. She's been to the Vet at least twice a year for it - to no avail. The vet gives her a bunch of injections & sends her home. As soon as the jabs wear off - she's spraypainting the place again. She IS on a special diet (Hill's Sensitive Stomach formula) - also to no avail. I don't know what to do with this cat anymore. I steadfastly believe that animals are for life, so I can't bring myself to put her down - I'd rather try and find a solution. Any suggestions?
She doesn't get ANY treats, and she gets brushed regularly. Also, she's not an only child, so changing her eating habits (like controlled feeding times) will affect my two healthy kids. Not too keen on "punishing" the other two because of their bulimic sister...
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Opinion on vomiting cat.?
Lately my 16 year old cat has been vomiting about 4 or 5 times a day, I'm worried about him but I think I may know why. For the past few months we have been giving him Moloxicam which is a medecine to reduce the pain on his arthritis. However we ran out rust a few days ago and are waiting for a new subscription. Since we didnt want him to be in pain for the last few days we took the cap off the bottle and fed him some of the more concentrated medecine that formed at the bottom. The vomiting has started about 1.5 days after we started doing this and has been going on for almost 2 days (we stopped giving him the medecine). What I'm wondering is if you agree with me that the more concentrated medecine may be causing the vomiting, and If a trip to the vet is still necessary (Hes old and vet trips are rough on him), or if it will just go away on its own. Any comments will be greatly appreciated.
Note: The medecine never made him vomit before until we started the concentrated amounts.
Hes been going to the bathroom fine, but hes stopped eating since the vomiting started.
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HELP!!! My cat is vomiting up cat litter!?
this morning i woke up to find that my cat had vomited cat litter and her poo ( if thats what it is) was all watery... my brother told me that he woke up after hearing the kitten gag and then throw up... I don't know what to do... we use clumping litter... but it is corn based ( i think) ... I'm so worried...HELP!
My kitty was a stray b4 and we just let her in the house about 2 days ago... she seemed fine on the first day (maybe because of the shots she had) she has been using the litter box but has sometimes went outside of it... thats normal right?
she has her own food(the vet gave us some sample packets) and is eating it. It happened over night.... we keep her food in a different room... it might be because she was hungry... i checked the cat litter box and it said that it was organic...does that mean that its safe?
i'm thinking that she ate the cat litter too.... but i dont know what will happen now...
the food that we are giving her is called science diet... it was giving to us by the vet ... im not sure if the kitten is use to that kind of food because when she was outside we had fed her canned food...(we found her outside about a week ago and let her come in this saterday)
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My cat can't keep solid food down, is it safe to give him kitten formula?
I can't get my poor vomiting cat to the vet until Monday, because I have to work and they aren't open on Sunday's. He has plenty of fresh water, but every time I try to give him his usual solid crunchy cat food, he has been throwing it up. He doesn't like the wet cat food so he won't eat it. Since he can keep the water down I was thinking maybe I could get him some of that liquid kitten formula stuff, just so he at least is getting some nourishment before Monday. Is that safe? What would you do?? I'm really sick of cleaning up cat puke!! Oh he is 6 years old and we just recently moved, we live in a basement now so I think maybe he ate something and has a massive hairball or something. He still has an appetite, he just can't keep it down. He vomits and goes right back for more food, so I took his food away. I tried giving him just like 5 or 6 pieces to see if he could keep that down and he didn't. Help!!
Also I've read that giving a cat some sort of oil (I don't remember what it was called) can help with the hairball problem, should I try something like that? I mean I'm not 100% sure it's a hairball, but he does tend to get them, just not usually this bad.
I found a vetrinarian hospital that is open on Sunday's, I called them and they said I can come in tomorrow morning so that is good. He is still drinking water and he can keep that down so at least he isn't getting dehydrated. I talked to a friend who used to work at Petco, and he said that he should be fine for today as long as he still is drinking water and doesn't seem lethargic.
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fed up with vomiting cat!?
I have 2 cats and my room mate has one, one of mine (who i took in from a friend) over eats his food to the point where he throws it back up... all over the carpet....I try to make sure they have food in the bowls all day every day so he doesn't think hes being starved and eat even more when the food gets put down, plus the other two cats are grazers and will eat a few bites here and there when they want. Im so sick of steam cleaning the carpets and cleaning up puke.....and asking the friend to take the cat back is out of the question, as he doesn't live somewhere that allows cats. What on earth do I do with this stupid cat!
I forgot how vet happy everyone on here is.... cat has seen the vet, sees the vet on a regual basis, he just over eats, and i have to free feed or the other two won't eat...
also i hope calling me stupid and insulting me made you feel better, i reported you. have a nice day.
A feeding schedule would be great if i only had one cat, but sadly there are three and as most of you with multiple cats know, they all have special needs, one has a sensitive stomache and can only eat a certain food, which is safe for all 3, but she can't eat her whole meal at once and i don't think its fair to lock her in a room with food she can eat all day, and the other one just grazes, Trust me i am not an irresponsible pet owner, my female cat is a rescue, as are both dogs I have had(which my parents kept after i graduated highschool and went to college and refuse to let go of), and I took this guy in so he didn't have to live in a shelter. I get them to the vet regularly as the female cat has to see a vet for her stomach and skin problems (neither are contagious or there would be no other cats in the house) And i can't lock him alone in a room all day either, just at a loss
The cats eat nutro for sensitive stomachs, which is what my over priced vet (who doesn't sell the product in his office, i have to drive 15 miles to get it) and im not being unsympathetic, i have to clean up puke 2-3 times a day, and its pissing the room mate off too. I do how ever like the golf ball and the bowl with the posts in it ideas, i will try them both tonight
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