My cat vommits 3 to 4 times a day, does anyone know anything about this?

Question

I took her to the vet and they were puzzled as well because she eats normal, just throws it up shortly after.

this has been going on for years. She seems fine very playful and healthy.

I also got the sensitive food

I give her coth soft and hard food. when she throws up sometimes it's whole food sometimes it's not

Answer 1

There are a number of causes for frequent vomiting. Some are serious to the point of being lethal, and others are much less serious. But something is definitely wrong...

I'd suggest that you get kitty checked by a vet but you've already done that and the vet is mystefied.

That suggests that the issue is food related. Veterinary medical schools (like human medical schools) don't teach much about nutrition (this is why there's room for the professions of nutritionist and veterinary nutritionist) and almost nothing about the unique nutritional needs of cats.

Dry food is very unnatural for cats, being composed mainly of grain, which cats cannot digest properly. It also has a very low water content (duh, it's "dry!") and cats' metabolism is designed to get their moisture in their food. While some cats seem to do OK on dry food (though they're likely to have chronic renal failure in their golden years) some have troule with it and some can't handle it at all.

Try eliminating all dry food from kitty's diet. You might find that the vomiting stops.

The vet who created this site had a cat with chronic diahrea, which cold be related to chronic vomiting, and she put an end to it when she learned to eliminate dry food from his diet.

Check this out to learn more:

http://www.catinfo.org

Answer 2

There are a lot of things that can cause this. You might want to try Purina ONE for sensitive skin and stomachs, because food allergies can cause this. A mild gastritis can cause vomiting too, and sometimes a course of antibiotics can help. Depending on where you live, heartworms can be a problem, and sometimes show up as asthma and coughing, sometimes as chronic intermittent vomiting. There is a blood test for this. You didn't say how long it has been going on, or whether it is affecting the cat. If it is, you might need to look into endoscopy if the other things don't work- there can be a foreign body stuck in the stomach, or cancer, or whatever. Good Luck!!

Answer 3

it sounds like your cat is not vomiting but regurgitating.

my cat had a similar problem. He was from an abusive home and he never had food, so he'd scarf down his food when we fed him, in fear that it would be taken away or he would be hit for it.

it was too much for him to handle and he "throw" it back up.

Try feeding the cat very little, say 8 or 10 pieces of food. distract the cat as it's eating. talk to it, and try to get it to eat slowly. if the cat can keep this batch down, that may be the trouble.

to replicate the "slow eating" place an obstacle, a large rock, and overturned bowl, etc in the cats food dish, put the food around the obstacle and the cat will have to work around the obstacle to eat, this causing it to slow down and chew its food properly.

Alternatively, your cat may have a hairball blockage, which is preventing the food from easily passing to its stomach. give the cat a teaspoon of mineral oil ( NOT BABY OIL) 2-3 time per day and it should help "lube" things up. Mineral oil is a laxative, so it may give kitty diarrhea,

Answer 4

I'm not an expert, so first things first-- take your cat to the vet.

Other than that... if it's hairballs, get some PETROMALT. It's basically like Vaseline with malt flavor, but my cat loves it. She threw up twice in the 10 months I've had her, and hasn't ever done it since I started giving her petromalt once a week.

Try a high quality food. I fed my cat Eukanuba, and then switched to Innova. Both "Dry" foods, but both very high in protein with little grain. These high quality foods have no fillers, and so you only need to feed your cat a small ammount (less than 1/2 a cup a day).

One of my GFs cats used to eat and vomit all the time as well... I never knew why. Seemed like his sister-cat would swoop in a eat it up! Pretty gross.

Answer 5

My cat is like that too. What kind of food do you have her on? It could either be the brand or that the food is too hard for her. My cat is 3 in people years. He eats purina cat chow and since its hard, its to hard for his stomach to digest and he throws up shortly after. Also it could be the bowl. When cats eat out of a bowl, they have to gulp air, which can cause them to throw up. Use a plate instead if that is the case. If you are giving her hard food, soak it in some warm water for about 5 minutes. Then give it to her. You can also give her some wet food from a can on a plate. If thats too expensive for the cans, use the idea of soaking the hard food in warm water. I have a cat just like that. I hope these tips help you.

Best wishes to you and your cat.

Answer 6

My older (11 year old) cat has a delicate stomach, so I feed her Science Diet - Sensitive Stomach or Royal Canin - Sensible.

I don't feed her fresh meat, just bland loaf style tinned food. This seems to be fine with her and she hasn't vomited since changing to the above

Answer 7

My cat throws up every time she has fish. Try and see if she is sensitive to fish cat food. Also, the cheap brands of cat food she would throw up. I suspect because they mix the food up chicken, fish, beef and there is no way of an owner knowing unless they tasted the food yuk.

Answer 8

When she throws up, is the food digested, or are the kibble bits still whole? My sister's cat did this quite a bit. Her vet thought that it was because she (the cat, not my sister!) didn't chew her kibbles when she ate. He recommended getting a larger-sized kibble that would force her to chew more, and it seems to have worked.

Answer 9

You can buy certain food usually what ever brand you want that is like a hairball control food. Sometimes this cuts down on the vomiting.

Answer 10

Our cat would throw up several times a week. She began losing weight, and you could then tell she was not eating. Her fur became very "oily" when you would pet her.

After several tests, she was diagnosed with cat anorexia, hepatic lipidosis, and hyperthyroid disease. She is better now. We had to really entice her to eat, then began her on medicine for the thyroid disease. She rarely throws up now. Not sure if you are seeing any of these symptoms in your cat, but that is what happened with ours.