My cat throws up whenever he eats to fast what should i do?

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Answer 1

If your cat is eating too fast, you can place stones in his food dish. You have to make sure they are big enough so he doesn't swallow them, though. He will have to maneuver around the stones, slowing him down.

Answer 2

while I agree with most of the answers about feeding less more often I must also suggest that you try a different food. My cat had a similar problem until we switched him to a food that was low in residue. My Vet explained that some cats can't handle the grit that settles in their stomach after it is disolved. They simply don't pass it and it has no where to go but up. We started with prescription fod from the Vet and got good results, but it's expensive. I then found Nutro cat food and he has had no problems at all since then. Don't confuse Low Residue with Low Ash content. these are two different things. Make sure the person selling the food is knowledgeable about what they stock.

Answer 3

I would try portion control and feeding frequently. Might call vet to see if it might be some physical situation. My cat does not have moist food but I do add a little baby food that the vet recommended as my cat has a digestive problem. She was always throwing up the moist. Try a few different things, and something hopefully will work.

Answer 4

I had a cat that would vomit all the time after he ate. I took him to the vet to find out what was going on. I found out that he was allergic to his food and put him on prescription food. This helped for the most part. He would also vomit if he ate too fast. I found 2 things that worked well for me. First, I would make sure he always had dry food in his bowl rather than feeding him multiple times a day. He wouldn't feel deprived. If he did clean out his bowl before I was able to add more food, he would be really excited to get more food that he would eat too fast. Our vet suggested putting large stones or marbles (things that were too big for the cat to swallow) in with his dry food. He would have to move them around to get to the food. Instead of the marbles, I actually placed a small bowl (like a custard cup) on top of his food in his dish. He would have to take the time to move the small bowl around to get to his food.....slowing him down and reducing or eliminating the vomiting. Good Luck.

Answer 5

There are a lot of good answers here to your question...but I have 3 cats and one does this all the time...they have their own seperate bowls and are kept full all the time..yet she will still do this most of the time. So it's not like they are starved or "fighting" for food..they all eat calmly a few feet from each other..so if you can find an answer for this..please let me know...My vet says all are healthy and he has no obvious answer to this behaviour.

Answer 6

My cats do this as well. I used to feed them 1/2 cup of food twice daily--now I feed 1/4 cup 4 times daily and that really helps. You can also buy automatic feeders where you can measure the portion of food and they are automatically fed every so many hours--that might be an easy option (but they sure are expensive!).

Answer 7

Our cat does that as well. What we learned to do was give him about a fourth or so of what you usually do to start off with, and then when he is finished if he still wants more give him another fourth or so until you figure out how much he can consume at one time without throwing up. It worked for us.

Hope that helps.

C :)

Answer 8

Just give him a little at a time to force him to eat slower. If you do controlled feeding, maybe you can offer him food more often, so he's not starving when he starts eating.

Answer 9

Try feeding him a little bit for about a week or ask a vet.

Answer 10

My cat has the same problem.
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