Stupid cat puked all over the place again

[Red Squirrel]

So I wake up today and put on my glasses to see the biggest disaster I have ever seen in my own house short of the time a pipe broke. She puked in my room, a whole bunch of different spots in my office including all over my chair, all over the hallway and all over the kitchen not to mention bile everywhere too along with the puke. Took me a good 2 hours to clean this shit up. Oh speaking of shit, one of them WAS shit. It looks like she ate her own poop and then puked it out. So nasty. I brought her to the vet for this before and they found nothing, 900 bucks later.

I brought the chair outside and hosed it down with the spray gun set to "jet". Not sure how I'll dispose of it given I don't have a truck, may have to disassemble it and bring it to the dump or might just put it on the front lawn and it will be gone within an hour. Time to go to wally world and buy a new one, this time I'll make sure to get a leather type material that is cleanable.

 

[Saint Nick]

Our kitty just squirt liquid shit all over our kitchen floor. He hates our other room mate.

Cats r fun!1!

 

[Wyndru]

Sorry to hear your cat is having these problems.

You are throwing out the chair? What kind of chair is it? You can't clean it up with some scrubbing or using some pet scent removal / cleaning spray that is designed for upholstery and carpets?

And regarding the cat throwing up, is this a hairball thing, or is he allergic to something (our cats do this with certain types of food) and eliminated the hairball issue with some cat treats.

 

[Drako]

Get and use this:

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[OutHouse]

this is why i have parrots.

at night i know they are locked in their cages not tearing up the house or puking everywhere like your cat.

 

[Dirigible]

Cats are super clean. They never make any mess. If they do, it's because the cat owner did something horribly wrong because it's never the cat's fault.

So what did you do wrong, RS?

/cat apologists

 

[Thegonagle]

The "poop" that she ate and puked out is very, very, very unlikely to be that. It's almost certainly a hairball. Hairballs look a lot like cat turds, but they're not. All cats hawk up hairballs from time to time. While you can do certain things to minimize it (namely, frequent brushing and "hairball control" food), you can't completely eliminate it.

Frequent barfing of their food is usually an issue with the food itself. For example, if they eat dry food too quickly, it swells up inside of them, and they gotta barf it.

If you don't regularly feed wet food, try feeding quality wet food twice a day, with a small amount of dry food available as a back up. The cat will prefer the wet food and eat less dry food (hopefully, barfing less).

A kitty eating more wet food will be healthier because wet food helps keep them hydrated. Most cat species in the wild drink relatively little water because they get hydration from their prey. Similarly, domestic cats prefer getting hydration from food rather than drinking liquid water.

 

[Fritzo]

 

[tcG]

Serves you right for living in Canada.

 

[T_Yamamoto]

Serves you right for living in Canada.

They already have jbebs

 

[Azraele]

What exactly, did the vet tell you? Kitties don't like to get sick, so as awful as it was to clean up, think how awful your kitties tummy felt.

Has she been able to hold food down since? Blockage comes to mind, or ingested something bad. Could be a really bad tummy bug.

 

[Red Squirrel]

When I asked the vet about wet food she said that if I did feed her that regularly I'd have to brush her teeth or they would rot. So I rather not do that, no way in hell my cat would let me. Even the vet had trouble getting her mouth open to check it.

She eats vet grade food, so it's the good stuff. I'm wondering if maybe she ate a bug or something. When I'm using my AC unit sometimes bugs can get through the window cover as it's not 100% air tight. I don't get why cats are so sensitive to food though, how do they survive in the wild?

My cat does drink a lot but she can only drink when I'm home. She refuses to drink from her bowl so I need to open the tap for her to drink from it, and she'll drink for like 10 minutes straight. I leave it running while I take my shower and also when I go home for lunch, or when she meows to get water. She drinks plenty.

As for the chair, it was cloth, so it was beyond cleanable. It was already stained from previous pukes, so it was time to throw it out. I just bought a leather one at walmart so at least now it will be easier to clean.

She's been losing her hair a lot too given the heat so maybe it was just hairballs as mentioned, but is it normal for a cat to puke in so many different places? If it was one spot it would not be so bad, but she has to do it throughout the whole house.

 

[Drako]

She's been losing her hair a lot too given the heat so maybe it was just hairballs as mentioned, but is it normal for a cat to puke in so many different places? If it was one spot it would not be so bad, but she has to do it throughout the whole house.

If they can't get the hairball up, they will continue to puke up bile/food/etc. Do yourself a favor and get the Laxatone, or similar product, and give it to your cat a couple times a week.

 

[Doppel]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Anyway, I'm living the dream right now. Geriatric cats do quite commonly vomit. When dogs get old their hips give out and your heart breaks for them, but cats get old they start puking fvcking everywhere and start unlearning how to use the litter box, too sometimes.

 

[Red Squirrel]

What exactly, did the vet tell you? Kitties don't like to get sick, so as awful as it was to clean up, think how awful your kitties tummy felt.

Has she been able to hold food down since? Blockage comes to mind, or ingested something bad. Could be a really bad tummy bug.

The vet told me it could be a lot of things, ran a whole bunch of tests, everything came clear, then it turned out I was giving her too much food, so the vet gave me a measuring cup and told me how much I should be feeding her and I've been using it since, and the vet also told me I should feed her twice a day. So half of the recommended portion in the morning and half in the evening and it should be on a consistent schedule. I used to just fill the bowl once a day. Now part of the issue is I do work shifts so I can never get it dead on schedule. Maybe that's part of the trouble as well?

I'll definitely look at that Laxatone stuff and see if I can find it locally.

 

[Gooberlx2]

She eats vet grade food, so it's the good stuff.

Meh, that doesn't really mean much. The foods at the vet are formulated for specific ailments. You can't buy them off the shelf at a pet shop. One of mine has to eat a special food to prevent UTIs (Royal Canin Urinary SO). Aside from the medical value, it's kinda fatty and the ingredient list is pretty mediocre.

 

[rh71]

"stupid cat"

/thread

 

[Azraele]

I don't get why cats are so sensitive to food though, how do they survive in the wild?

Think of what's in cat food. It's a bunch of processed crap with a large amount of grain fillers. Normal prey for a wild cat is rodents, birds, etc that include eating raw bones which naturally clean teeth, muscle meat, and organ meat, a far cry from the diets they get when they live with us.

Dry food will not keep your cat's teeth clean. Tartar builds up without regular care no matter what they eat. Wet food is a step above kibble, nutritionally, and helps keep them hydrated.

 

[Kadarin]

Cats are just fucking useless...

 

[Azraele]

Cats are just fucking useless...

So is your post. :/

I am so tired of the cats vs dogs thing here. Please respect others pet choices, sheesh.

 

[Cr0nJ0b]

BEER ROASTED CAT
1 cat cut into roast
1 can of Campbell's Cream of Mushroom soup
1 cube of beef bouillon
1 clove of garlic
1 Fine Irish Stout, a lot like a popular dark Irish Beer®, but NOT that brand at their lawyers' request. They alledge this article, educating others in the legal eating habits of over 100 million people world-wide, and specifically in rising East Asian markets, is "highly offensive."

Cover and soak cat roast in salt water for 24 hours. Drain water and then cover and soak in beer for 6 hours. Drain and place in crock pot with your cans of soup. Add a clove of garlic, and a cube of beef bouillon. If you start to slow cook your cat in the morning with your George Foreman Cooker (or it's ilk), you'll have finely cooked feline in time for supper.

If a slow cooker is not available, a cat can be baked at 350 degrees for 2-3 hours in a conventional oven and still come out pretty good. Beer Roasted Cat is fantastic served with mashed potatoes, collard greens, and fresh, homemade egg rolls. When planning a full meal just remember- cat is a course best served hot!

Cat may not be the most glamorous, or tastiest of game meats, but with a little thought and preparation, Baked Cat can make the belly of the persnicketiest diner glow with home baked goodness.

 

[Jeff7]

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Now see, I may not be a marketing expert, but for some strange reason, I just don't think that "Family Size" is the best term to apply to a "tasty lubricant" type of product.

Family Game Night: Lube up the cat, and let the joyful hairballs burst free.