Question re: vomiting civvie

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Squalliesmom

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One of my civvies is a very nervous fellow and will vomit if he gets stressed, especially after meals (which are almost always stressful!) so I try to remove him from the others when it's food time. Today they were particularly rambunctious and unruly and, I'm embarrassed to say, breakfast entailed a lot of Mama shouting. :oops: Poor Vinnie was very stressed by all this and started to do the pre-vomit hack but he was on my bed, so I shooed him off, and he stopped the hack and didn't vomit. That's the second time this has happened; if I interrupt him, he doesn't vomit. I think that's very weird. Anybody else have this happen, or know what's going on?
 
Poor, Vinnie. I have had a cat start doing that somewhere that I had to move them from, and after I moved them, they did not vomit. I assumed they were teetering on the verge of it, and after the move, the feeling passed. I have occasionally seen one start that then stop on their own without actually vomiting. I may be wrong, but I think it is just like if a person gags or has a wave of nausea but then it passes. Another thought.. if it is stress-related, maybe the shooing distracted his mind from the anxiety that was getting him worked up to vomit.
 
Wonder if it's similar to picking a cat up that's urinating in the wrong area. *Usually* they say if you pick the cat up s/he will stop peeing and then resume once put back down. :bookworm: Like getting picked up makes them hold everything.
 
Leo has done this and when I pick him up in a hurry to get him off the carpet he stops until I get him on the tile. Maybe it suddenly halts the muscle contractions that come with retching. He finishes on the tile though as soon as I put him down.
 
FurBabiesMama said:
Another thought.. if it is stress-related, maybe the shooing distracted his mind from the anxiety that was getting him worked up to vomit.
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That's what I wondered. I'm pretty sure it's stress-related. If I remove all avenues of stress, he's fine, it's only when he feels stressed by the other cats that he vomits.
Lillie said:
Leo has done this and when I pick him up in a hurry to get him off the carpet he stops until I get him on the tile. Maybe it suddenly halts the muscle contractions that come with retching. He finishes on the tile though as soon as I put him down.
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That's what I've always had happen, too, the continue the process at whatever place I've moved them to.
Yong said:
Wonder if it's similar to picking a cat up that's urinating in the wrong area. *Usually* they say if you pick the cat up s/he will stop peeing and then resume once put back down. :bookworm: Like getting picked up makes them hold everything.
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Lol, not true!!! I have one civvie who's prone to peeing in inappropriate places; if I pick him up to move him he just pees on me!
 
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