? Fat Albert Vomiting Every Few Days

Marc & Jen

Marc & Jen

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Since March 10th FA has thrown up 5 times with the latest time being this morning. I know some cats have more sensitive stomachs but he typically doesn't vomit very often - before this occurred it may have happened once or twice a year. That said, 4 out of the 5 times there was a mostly logical explanation: he ate a bunch of catnip, he ate all his breakfast in one shot very quickly, I found small bones in the HC food that I gave him and today after breakfast he ate some toilet paper... Each time I managed to get him to take his anti-nausea meds except for today - he sniffed it out in every vessel that I tried to give it in. Given that there are likely explanations for almost all the vomiting incidences, I don't know if he is experiencing nausea anyways. He ate a lot of his freeze dried treats immediately after and ate some of the foods that I was trying to hide his pill in and he is otherwise acting normal.

I guess I'm just looking for some advice here. Is it a coincidence that he has been vomiting so frequently or should I be more concerned? Given his history with pancreatitis/DKA, I am extra cautious whenever something like this happens.
 
Olive & Paula said:
Hairball?
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Maybe? I don't think that he's ever had a hairball in his entire life which is surprising because he is long-haired. Our other cat on the other hand has plenty of hairballs so we are pretty experienced with that. In any case, after his vomiting episode this morning he seems fully back to normal...
 
Marc & Jen said:
Maybe? I don't think that he's ever had a hairball in his entire life which is surprising because he is long-haired. Our other cat on the other hand has plenty of hairballs so we are pretty experienced with that. In any case, after his vomiting episode this morning he seems fully back to normal...
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My civvie Tux is long hair, never had and issue in his 7 yrs. Couple times a year he had what vet says is gastritis. On 3/9 he had emergency surgery for obstruction. Turns out it was in their words "petrified" hairball. Surgeon thinks the previous gastritis ( only 1 or 2 a year) was hairball but he was able to get them out. She said this one he would never have gotten out.

And now that it's shedding season, have to be extra diligent with brushing.
 
Sandy's question is spot on. Need to know what the vomit looks like and how soon after food. Are you still feeding the same food? After far too much experience with long haired cats and GI problems, I started a "vomit log". :rolleyes: Also record what you are feeding. You may find a protein allergy popping up.

Glad to hear he seems back to normal.
 
Sandy and Black Kitty said:
Is he vomiting food or liquid?
When did he last have full bloodwork?
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He is initially vomiting food soon after he eats and then he vomits up a bit of liquid a couple times after that and then seems to be fine and will eat treats and food almost right away. His last full panel of bloodwork would have been in January with the internal medicine vet as a follow up to his most recent hospitalization in November due to DKA caused by a pancreatitis flare up.
 
Olive & Paula said:
My civvie Tux is long hair, never had and issue in his 7 yrs. Couple times a year he had what vet says is gastritis. On 3/9 he had emergency surgery for obstruction. Turns out it was in their words "petrified" hairball. Surgeon thinks the previous gastritis ( only 1 or 2 a year) was hairball but he was able to get them out. She said this one he would never have gotten out.

And now that it's shedding season, have to be extra diligent with brushing.
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Sounds like there's a strong possibility that this may be his problem... sadly he hates being brushed so it definitely is a struggle :banghead:. Our other cat on the other hand loves it and she is the one with regular hairballs. I believe she had a "petrified" hairball many years ago right after I had adopted her so since then I give her laxatone on a fairly regular basis which seems to help her at least cough them up - unfortunately FA has never been interested in it and I'm guessing it wouldn't be good for his BG levels anyways.
 
Wendy&Neko said:
Sandy's question is spot on. Need to know what the vomit looks like and how soon after food. Are you still feeding the same food? After far too much experience with long haired cats and GI problems, I started a "vomit log". :rolleyes: Also record what you are feeding. You may find a protein allergy popping up.

Glad to hear he seems back to normal.
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He usually eats the exact same food unless we need to give him anything higher carb. I have been trying to keep notes in my spreadsheet as to when he has vomited and documenting the likely causes.

Yesterday I was unable to get him to take his anti-nausea pill and he was just fine which means that the problem is likely the food or a hairball issues (as @Olive & Paula suggested) and not nausea due to another pancreatitis flare up. That said, I do not want to mistake a future vomiting incident for being just a food/hairball issue and it turns out to be something more serious :confused: He certainly likes to keep us on our toes!
 
Marc & Jen said:
He is initially vomiting food soon after he eats and then he vomits up a bit of liquid a couple times after that and then seems to be fine and will eat treats and food almost right away. His last full panel of bloodwork would have been in January with the internal medicine vet as a follow up to his most recent hospitalization in November due to DKA caused by a pancreatitis flare up.
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Liver values were within normal range ?
 
Sandy and Black Kitty said:
Liver values were within normal range ?
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Yes everything came back normal - and we are supposed to go back May-ish time period for another follow-up and round of blood work. Obviously at this point a non-essential appointment may need to be pushed out depending on the situation in the world however really hoping things are starting to get back to normal around then.
 
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