Unexplained brief vomitting

[Jean]

Hallo Everyone,

I have a large well built tabby cat with diabetes (8+ kg, a naturally big boy), who is on twice daily Lantus insulin injections (for almost 2 years). We are managing this well with mixture of wet & dry food, but he is always hungry. The question we have is why, ever so often (does not seem related to his food), he seems to vomit what he has had to eat . He also after lying on the bed in early hours of the morning would just start retching. And you have to be quick to get him into a space where he can, or else it lands all over the carpet, stairs, and yes the bed clothes!! Some days are worse than others, and not all the marks are easy to remove. Any suggestions? Thanks, Jean & FatCat

 

[Carl & Polly & Bob (GA)]

Are you home testing, and do the episodes seem to coincide with either high or low numbers? Another thing that I can think of is has he ever been tested for Hyper Thyroid? Does he eat a lot but still lose weight? Does he ever "howl" for no apparent reason, especially at night? Periodic vomiting can be a sign of several things, but it can also be a sign of Hyper-T.

Carl

 

[BJM]

What foods are you feeding? Some cats have allergies to components of the foods, particularly in dry foods since those tend to have grains, legumes, or starchy vegetables.

Make a list of the ingredients for each food given. If you switch foods at all, pick something which has different ingredients. ex if feeding a turkey blend containing rice, you might find an all turkey, no rice food and see if things improve.

 

[Jean]

Thanks Carl & Bob,

I am not home testing. Not sure if he has been tested for Thyr, but will check. FatCat has never lost any weight, just eats a lot, and yes, he does howl for ?no reason at all, no UTI (checked). Howling & vomiting often about 10hrs after last dose, not always at same time, ?might be hypo then?

Jean

 

[Jean]

Hallo BJM,

FatCat eats ordinary dry food off the supermarket shelf Friskies, or Purina Cat Chow, with moderate high protein, hated (refused) Hill Science - would rather starve! Prefers wet food - often fresh chicken or beef (gets small amount twice daily with insulin injection, but will eat dry food reluctantly (is always available).

But I will check the ingredients, not really noticed a possible allergy.

Have mentioned the vomiting to vet, not really worried about it, seems to think ?maybe just a bit too gutsy (rushed in eating), sometimes vomiting soon after meal also.

Thanks for suggestions. Jean

 

[terriy]

I spent more than 2 years trying to get to the bottom of my George's vomiting. He had all the same symptoms that you mentioned. It turned out to be an issue with his intestines.
If all else fails its worth checking out the intestines. Sometimes the vet can just feel that something is wrong with the intestines and sometimes not. You may have to get a Sonogram.
Wishing you all the best!

 

[BJM]

...FatCat eats ordinary dry food off the supermarket shelf Friskies, or Purina Cat Chow, with moderate high protein, hated (refused) Hill Science - would rather starve! Prefers wet food - often fresh chicken or beef (gets small amount twice daily with insulin injection, but will eat dry food reluctantly (is always available).

Diabetic cats do very well on over the counter canned or raw, low carb food and doing that plus following a diligent insulin protocol gets many of them to a diet controlled state. Some of the least expensive are the Friskies pates, especially in the 13 oz cans which I'm finding for $0.78 per can (I'm feeding 15, including 1 diabetic.)

There are very few low carb dry foods out there:
Evo Cat & Kitten
Stella & Chewy's Freeze dried
Young Again 0 Carb (internet only, pricey, and they eat less of it)
[I'm missing one; someone else should be able to Id it]

Any food changes to low carb may reduce glucose 100 mg/dL and reduce insulin use.