Can anyone help me with this? My cat eats and drinks normally and I have her on a vet's food Eukanuba final stage renal as a profalactic as she is 12.
2006-12-19 02:20:54 · 12 answers · asked by Mairlyn C 1 in Pets ➔ Cats
Has your vet asked you to try changing your cat"s food? if so, please go through with the x-ray. You do not want her kidneys to shut down and they can so quickly.
2006-12-19 02:28:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have had 2 cats that were chronic pukers without anything being wrong with them, one lived to 19, the other is 11 and going strong. What really concerns me here is that this is relatively new for your cat. I am glad you are headed to the vet soon, and I hope you will step it up a bit. If possible take a fresh puke sample and a stool sample with you. It may mean nothing much, but it may also mean that a blockage of some sort is developing. The cost of a vet check depends a lot on your location and whether the vet "specializes" in certain kinds of pets. Here, for $40, I would expect worm check and most routine shots to be included as well as a physical exam. All other lab work and meds would be additional.. Nervousness can be a cause. Have you moved, or brought in a new pet lately? It is not always physical. Is she losing weight?
2016-03-29 00:14:30 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have several cats (7 to be exact), and one of them has just turned 20 years old. Some of my cats also vomit for no apparent reason, but after watching for a bit, this is what I figured is happening (but first..do you feed your cat every day, or are you like me and just have a container filled with food and they eat whenever they are hungry? and does it look like partially digested food, or something else?) anyways, I figured that my cats are eating too much food (or more to the point are eating their food too fast) and because of this after a few minutes away from the food dish they end up vomitting the food on the floor. Perhaps this could also be your problem? Solution to this..feed them daily instead of bulk food dispensers (but try that with 7 cats and see how long it lasts hehe) Hope this might help you!
2006-12-19 02:30:20 · answer #3 · answered by dragondave187 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
who says its not fur balls ??? It is normal for a cat to vomit daily if and I say if you don't reguarly brush them and if you feed them fur ball formula of course they will vomit because that food is made to get them to vomit out the fur balls so that is another reason your cat will vomit. Now if you do all of this and stop the food that is for furballs and keep brushing then it may be something more serious but I tend to think its a furball situation. Cats temp ok, acting ok, seems to be eating ok, then why would you agree to an x ray.
why spend the money if you do not need to. try everything you can lok up cats on internet about health do your own research first, then take action if needed.
2006-12-19 03:23:51 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would let them do the x ray. It could be a range of thngs including an obstruction or cancer. I would feel better knowing for sure that their wasn't something seriously wrong with my cat. If her bloodwork is good why do you have her on renal food? That could be upsetting her stomach as well. Good luck I hope your cat is ok and you get the answers you are ooking for.
2006-12-19 02:57:28 · answer #5 · answered by Ryne's proud mommy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This sounds kinda gross but is her vomit filled with her food or just stomach acid? My cat threw up most of his dinner after years of being on the same food. Come to find out he developed an alergy to corn. Ask the vet if maybe it is a food alergy if kitty is throwing up her food. I would also ask for an X-ray to be on the safe side.
2006-12-19 03:38:24 · answer #6 · answered by revwargirl@sbcglobal.net 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Eukanuba isnt as great as most people think it is... and might be part of the problem (it has some fillers which might be hard on her tummy)
is it food vomit or bile??
if the kitty isnt loosing weight then its your choice
if she is.. then the xray might show something...
tough call... especially on an older cat... good luck
2006-12-19 02:25:50 · answer #7 · answered by CF_ 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how do you know its not furballs? bloodwork doesn't tell you that. if you mean she's not vomiting up furballs that doesn't mean she doesn't have a blockage in her intestinal tract somewhere. x-rays and possibly a barium series would be the next step, unless you want to do a more expensive ultrasound or tracheal tubing. (we had a cat just last week that had hair and carpet fibers stuck in the intestines.)
2006-12-19 04:00:53 · answer #8 · answered by BluStar 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ask them to do an edoscopy. If it is lesions in the stomach, they will not show up on an xray.
It might be expensive, but you'll have a truer idea of what you are dealing with as some cancers do not show up on xrays (I'm not saying it is cancer, I just wanted you to have as much infomation as I had, I was through this with my cat).
2006-12-19 02:46:56 · answer #9 · answered by BVC_asst 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be megaesophogus. I would get the xray and supplement her diet with canned pumpkin (about a teaspoon each day). Is she in the final stages of kidney failure? Are you giving fluids at home?
2006-12-19 02:24:12 · answer #10 · answered by DicoryDox 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋