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Young cat that constantly vomits after eating?

I picked up a little 4-5 week old kitten on the side of the highway about 6 months ago. She'd been hit by a car and had a broken leg. My roommate adopted her, which is good because she's a cat person and I'm really not (sorry, I know, bad section to say that in).

This cat has been vomiting after eating at least half the time ever since we brought her home. Dry food is impossible. We only feed her a teaspoon of wet food at a time, close to a dozen times a day - and she STILL vomits. It's a nasty sight to behold - she foams at the mouth, it comes out of her mouth AND her nose...

Today I decided to start trying the raw diet, and giving her raw fish, because I think part of the problem is that she's just eating way too fast - since she's always hungry because half her food is vomited up. But still, a teaspoon of food or so should NOT make her throw up.

Between the two of us, we''ve spent about $700 at the vet on her. None of the vets at the practice can figure it out.

Has anyone ever heard of this before or had any experience with it? I imagine that if we don't find a solution, all that stomach acid coming up every single day will kill her within a few years, like what happens with human bulimics.

Update:

We've taken her to the vet - LOTS of times. This has been going on for MONTHS... She's been dewormed. She's had her intestines unblocked, or whatever.

She's not sick. She's just fine, except for this. The only things I can think of are acid reflux and bloat... but this is so extreme and prolonged that I doubt it's either.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    did the vets check her for furballs?? I can't imagine that they wouldn't check her for that.. but my cats vomit after eating because they have bad furballs.. try the furball control cat food.. recently i also got a tray of grass seed that you add water to once and put by the window and let it grow.. its starts coming up in a couple days and they eat it... this has worked pretty well.. haven't had to clean up nearly as many messes.. you might try this.. i got it at Mejier in the cat food aisle for about 3 bucks...

    Also have you tried a different vet?

    She also might be allergic to what you are feeding her..

    Source(s): Prowler, Dusty, Rebel
  • 1 decade ago

    She probably has an allergy to an ingredient in the foods that you've been giving her. My 3 year old female is allergic to beef to the point that even a little bit of canned food with beef in it as a secondary ingredient makes her throw up.

    For a raw diet, while fish is alright since it contains Omega fatty acids it shouldn't be fed on a regular basis because of the collection of toxins in it's flesh and organs. Try getting some chicken, pork, turkey, and beef to start with (introduce any new meats slowly and one at a time to reduce the chance of digestive upset and to rule out meat allergies). You should also get some fish body oil for Omega fatty acids since most store bought meats are lacking in this department.

    For any raw diet, either whole prey or a prey model is required. Since it seems like you'll be doing prey model, you'll need to get some organ meats as well as bone-in meats. The best organs to start on are chicken livers along with pork livers and kidneys. Overall, the proportions should be 80% muscle meat (this includes hearts and gizzards), 10% bone (if you can't cut the bone with a pair of kitchen shears, it shouldn't be fed), and 10% organ meat (half of which should be liver). These proportions don't need to be met every day. I personally try to get the balance on a weekly basis and will sometimes stretch it to 2 weeks. Another thing to remember is that for the most part, darker meats contain more taurine. This is especially true for heart and gizzard meat.

    To start out with, you should probably grind the meat you give her to avoid her wolfing down large chunks (which will result in throwing up). As she learns to slow down with her eating, you can gradually give her larger chunks until she's able to tackle a chicken leg on her own.

    Source(s): Owner of a cat with a severe food allergy. I'm also a raw feeder.
  • 1 decade ago

    I understand your frustration, but you need to try another vet... have blood tests been run? I'd suggest allergies, but it sounds like you've already tried changing foods...

    I had a cat that kept vomiting - turned out to be pancreas related - have your vets checked for that? I had to put her on a specialized diet (very expensive)

    Good luck, sounds like your cat is a real medical mystery...

    Source(s): cat owner
  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    He shouldn't strengthen a distaste for his nutrition in any respect, quite if he has been on it maximum of his lifetime. leave the nutrition down till he does consume it. If he's fairly hungry, he will consume it. examine to work out if he has have been given any cuts to his gums, wobbly or swollen tooth, redness to the throat etc. that's a stable clarification why he's not ingesting. Why a radiology try? i do no longer think of he desires that. wait and notice.

  • 1 decade ago

    it could be a stomach worm

    im not sure if cats get that but dogs get them

  • 1 decade ago

    she is probably sick and you should either take her to the vet or call them...maybe they can help.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    shes anorexic.

    i don't know, maybe something happened when she was hit

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