Hello! I was just woken up because I could hear one of my cats (11 months old) vomiting again. I don't know how much more my stomach can take! I just had him fixed and front declawed 2 weeks ago tomorrow, and he's been off his antibiotic now since last Thurs. About a week before he was scheduled to be fixed, he was vomiting quite a bit. I took him to the vet, and they gave me a thick syrup to give him to control his hairballs (I also give it to his sister, since he had been hacking a bit, too). That seemed to work, and I didn't have any problems again until Thurs or Fri.
I don't know if it's due to the antibiotic or if it's just because he has some stubborn hairballs, but I know it can't be because he had eaten something toxic ~ it would have shown up in his bloodwork they did when he was fixed. Not to be gross, but his vomit is generally pretty dry-looking and just looks like food (no worms or anything out of the ordinary). Anyone else ever have this problem?
I don't want to take him to the vet again because I don't have the money right now. I start a new job tomorrow with yet another insurance company, and I didn't do so good selling insurance last time, so I don't want to spend what I have left on a vet visit when the money as it is right now won't even fully cover next month's bills. It sounds like it's going to be a couple weeks before I'll have the opportunity to even start collecting money for my training, and I have no romance parties on the books right now that would help me take care of a vet expense. So my only option is to see if anyone else had this problem and how it was corrected. I think it's either the antibiotic is just now affecting his system or he has a pretty good blockage going on. He's not acting sick in any other way and has a very healthy appetite! I'm just literally tired of cleaning up cat vomit, especially at 1am. Do I just need to give the Laxatone or whatever it's called some extra time to really get in and work? Is the problem maybe the antibiotic and it will just take a little more time to stop upsetting his stomach like this? If anyone knows, let me know! I'd like to know there's an end to all this in sight!
Thanks!
M.
Well, I came home from my orientation with this company today and found more vomit on my floor. It just worries me that this is happening daily, and it's quite a bit of vomit. Today, I also found some red in the vomit. I don't know if it's blood or the cranberries from his food. I called the vet after cleaning up and left a message. My mom said to feed him some white rice til I hear from the vet. Thank you for the advice!
M.
HI M.,
I would call the vet/doctor and let them know what is going on. Explain to them that you can't afford to bring the cat right now but perhaps they can give advice and sometimes they will prescribe medication without needing to bring the cat in due to the circumstances. Then you would only have the cost of medication. Good luck.
K.
Call your vet, they probably have a payment plan, if not, mine does and I can give you their info. When we choose to adopt a pet into our home, they trust and we agree that we're going to take care of them. I'm sure money is tight sometimes but this should at least warrant a call. I'm sure everything is fine, my cat throws up kind of regularly, is your cat long haired? Anyway, at least call, maybe then take him in in a couple weeks when you can.
We had the same problem with one of our cat back a few years ago. What the doctor final told us is to choose a good food and not to change it. Choose a food that list meat products first on the ingredient list. When you choose one with corn it is harder for them to digest. You can give moist food but again get a good brand food. Second, never give them people food. Third, make sure the cat has enough clean water. Water should be cleaned at least once a day and scrub out the dish. Fourth, if your cat is vomiting chunks of dry food they are not chew up the food and this could mean that the dry food is to small for the cat to chew up and swallows it whole.
Some cats I have heard throw up hair balls so if your cat has long hair it could be that. Our cats have shorter hair and never throw up hair balls.
Good Luck,
S.
Both my cats puke all the time and there isn't much you can do about it, except clean it up and try to be there when they puke to catch it. Honestly, I worked for a vet and all they can really do is prescribe special food and medication. I can't give my cats meds all the time, so we just deal with it. I have recently bought them this royal canin special 33 and it seems to be helping. It is expensive, but worth it if you don't have to deal with the puke any more. I would first check to see if this is OK for a kitten. Trust me, don't go the whole scope or surgery route, that won't help. I even went to a specialty cat clinic and they couldn't help. I asked, so if I do all this stuff ($1000 later), what would be the end result? Medication. So, if medication is the end result no matter what, I won't even bother. It does get better at certain times of the year and worse at others. Hopefully your little kitty will grow out it.
