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Would it help if you play with him every time before he eats, so that instead of running around he settles down to groom after eating? Maybe also try a different kind of wet food? Our cat recently started regurgitating his favorite food but for whatever reason it stopped when we tried a different food. (Getting him to eat the different food was another story...) Wishing you the best.
Yes, he was a on dry kibble his entire life until about two months ago, when I began transitioning him to wet.
He doesn't exactly "run" around, but he insists on walking around, bending over, roaming into the next room (or crying at the door if I shut it), mosying over to see what the other cat is doing, etc. High-maintenance!
It doesn't happen every day, but I notice it's much less likely to happen if I can get him to just rest quietly until it's somewhat settled, difficult as that is to do. If I tried to actually confine him, he'd get hysterical.
I do elevate his food and water (something I started doing when I thought it might be megaesophagus, which the vet has told me it isn't), but thanks for that suggestion.
No; I have this one shaved down (his coat matts terribly, and he hates to be brushed). My other cat will occasionally throw up a hairball, and it's a whole different thing -- salivating, moaning, wretching, heaving, etc. The regurgitation is just that; the food effortlessly reappears. It's entirely different from vomiting stomach contents.
I can generally get him to lie down and rest after eating (as I say, as long as I have time to sit there and rub his back). He's not nervous; just curious what's going on with the other cat and elsewhere in the house. If I tried a carrier or pen, however, he would freak out. At any rate, obviously something's (anatomically or structurally) wrong, because MOST cats can walk around after eating without regurgitating!
That's why I thought of the Feliway plug-in. It would mellow out both cats and so the other one would be chill and not doing anything interesting. I hope.
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