Cat regurgitating food

[FiveHorses]

Originally Posted by beachmouse

Some cats just barf a lot. My senior cat is alternately known as the Unipuker.

You may have the Unipuker, but we have the original "accurate puker ." (makes it sound like a watch.......... )

Her latest "trick" is to eat breakfast and then heave it right back up, perfectly placed in the bowl she just ate it all from in the first place.

Well, cleaning up is easy!

[beachmouse]

And there's something to be said for easy clean-up. Mine has no set pattern, though fortunately it's not on the bed more than a couple times a year.

[harborlady]

I had a heck of a time figuring out how to feed my kitten when he first came to my house. Previous owners didn't allow him to ween long enough and put him on generic adult cat food (vet guessed at 3 weeks). He was pretty ravenous when he got to my home, and no baby fat considering his age. I got him at 2am, he announced I was his owner by mewling in my garden incessantly. I only had ham in the house to feed him. Minced up fine, he ate a portion as big as his head and wanted more. Less is more, because digestive upsets are something vets will warn you about.

My Kitkat has no tolerance for meowmix. Science diet kitten chow he ate occasionally, but purina kitten chow was only tolerated if I wet it as if it were gravy train. It didn't occur to me that his changes in appetite were about teething phases. Hindsight being 20/20, his cat chow was being vomitted up in whole pieces (he wasn't chewing, but trying to swallow whole). I was scrambling around trying everything, but making everything worse!

You didn't mention if there was excess hair in the vomit. The hairball remedy in my house is a cat treat he gets twice a week. I also tried kitty greens which did seem to help him (and the rest of my plants were attacked less as result lol). I also came to see that feeding him tiny portions spread throughout the day made his behavioral problems relax; he didn't fear starving anymore and didn't have to resort to extraordinary means to sing for his supper.

I remember my ex landlady's cat, much older and prone to allergies, would vomit often. Cuddles responded well when I'd use a drop of peppermint oil diluted with a carrier oil on her coat. She'd lick it off and it calmed her system down. I don't think they ever narrowed down all she was allergic to, but the peppermint helped reduce the frequency & helped her bounce back quicker from upsets. Plus she smelled pretty.

[lilypad]

Originally Posted by missladybug15

Hi, was wondering if you all can help me. I have a female cat who is 1 1/2 yrs old and a runt and for the past three months or so she has been regurgitating her food right after she eats. So far it is only once per day and there are times she goes two weeks without doing it at all. I've taken her to the vet and he basically told me as long as she doesnt do it everyday, several times a day it is normal. I've also changed her food, cut her portions down, gave her Petromalt in case it was a hairball. I tried the slow feeder bowl but she is scared of it and wont eat out of it. I dont know what else I can do. Help!

Hopefully she has been checked for thyroid disease. My cat was doing that too, and turns out she has hyperthyroidism. She is on medication now, and doing well. I still give her canned food with warm water, make a soup of it. Her kitty cookies for sensitive stomach cats. She does well with this so far. But do have to get the carpet cleaned!