poor kitty

[Walleye]

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she keeps throwing up

she's been doing this for about 3 years now... not 2 days go by without her throwing up. not hairballs, no. this is actual throwup.

she moans in pain before she does it.. i imagine it's not pleasant. so we have to run to her and shove her to lynoleum before she pukes or else it stains the carpet.

i just had to pause out of a game and run down to her. we keep taking her to vets, and they cant figure out what's wrong with her. diet changing doesnt seem to help either.

i dont get it. Poor cat..

edit: she's now around 12 years old, too i feel sorry for her....

 

[Azraele]

How have you gone about chaning the diet? Gradually or right away?

Is she eating too fast?

 

[illusion88]

ohhh... poor cat.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Azraele
How have you gone about chaning the diet? Gradually or right away?

Is she eating too fast?

gradually.

i know enough about that stuff.

we moved her to a single diet of fancy feast stuff... it wont be changing flavors either. i'm hoping that cuts down on her throwing up.

 

[sygyzy]

Put her to sleep. If it's been going on for years, why do you want her to suffer....

...the way you make us suffer with your posts.

 

[Vic]

Petromalt

 

[Azraele]

You could also try this. It's usually recommended for diarrhea, but it may soothe the upset tummy. I would consult with a vet first, however, since I pulled this from a website and can't guarantee accuracy.

You can try changing (temporarily) the cat's diet to one or more of the following (depending on the cat's preferences):

* boiled rice
* cottage cheese
* bread
* plain yogurt
* boiled chicken
* chicken broth
* baby food (strained meat varieties)

 

[Vortex22]

Possibly allergic to the majority of available cat food. The vet had some special food for our cat when she had the same problem.

 

[ElFenix]

has the vet ever checked your cat for hyperthyroid?

 

[dpm]

It couldn't be something 'unofficial' in her diet, could it? Something around the house that she bites/ chews on that's not good for her. I'm just thinking out loud here, but have you tried following her around for a day to see if you can spot something?

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: dpm
It couldn't be something 'unofficial' in her diet, could it? Something around the house that she bites/ chews on that's not good for her. I'm just thinking out loud here, but have you tried following her around for a day to see if you can spot something?

she doesnt really eat anything that's not in her dish. she wont even touch poisons, she doesnt know what to do with lizards (she trapped one and had him pinned, but was clueless as to what to do at that point) she's a housecat with no eating instincts beyond that.

crap that falls to the floor she wont touch. she's very picky about eating only what's in her bowl.

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
has the vet ever checked your cat for hyperthyroid?

i dont know.

she has some tumor type things too. the vet called them "fatty deposits" but i'm not so sure about that. i think they're growing, but that could just be my paranoid imagination.

 

[blurredvision]

Well, you say it started 3 years ago. I know this is a simple question, but did anything major OR minor change when this started happening? Any kind of change of diet or harm to the cat?

 

[secretanchitman]

im sorry, hope she feels better over time...

 

[Walleye]

nope. the cat has been more or less the same for the past 12 years.


about 6 years ago we started giving her more than just dry friskies that she had been eating up till then.

but beyond that, nothing.

 

[Azraele]

Have you tried getting her cat grass to munch on periodically?

 

[Walleye]

Originally posted by: Azraele
Have you tried getting her cat grass to munch on periodically?

no.. we havent tried anything beyond the vets suggestions as of yet.

i think we oughtta get a second vet's opinion.

she may be nearing the end of her life, but i aggree with my father's friend on this. "when you take in a pet, you have a moral obligation to care for that pet as you would a human through the end of it's life. expensive medical care or not."

 

[Eli]

Hmm... It seems like I read this as being a possible symptom of feline leukemia Has she been thoroughly tested/checked out?

 

[Walleye]

no, but this has been going on for a long time, and she has no other symptoms of feline leukemia. she is still active (well.. as active as a cat gets) and mobile. she's healthy, other than this puking thing, and these "fatty deposits".

 

[mflacy]

We had the same problem with grocery store cat food, regardless of brand. It was the man-made crap in the food that sent our cat heaving every couple of days. Our vet recommended Science Diet Nature's Best, so we switched. She's maybe puked twice in the past year. You can get it at Petsmart if you want to try it.

 

[anno]

we joke that my cats are bulimic.. but really I think it is what they eat.. some things agree with one of 'em, some things agree with the other..

when we give 'em nothing but the iams diet old cat kibble (the one in the blue sack), neither of 'em is pukey.

try her on the blue iams.. can't hurt..