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Hi everyone,
I know that there are a million "cat vomiting" threads, so I apologize for adding another one. I just wanted to share what we're specifically experiencing and see outcomes from people who have had similar experiences.
Starting in October (likely October 8th), our cat Luna has been vomiting on and off. She is a 2.5 year old standard issue cat, who hasn't really had any health problems until now. We also have a 1.5 year old cat named Arlo. We were on vacation, they had a cat sitter (who I am not confident did the best job), and when my husband got home, he noticed that there was vomit on the floor. The cat sitter had left the previous evening and my husband got home in the morning so there was around 12ish hours that they were home alone. She threw up around 3-4 times over the course of that week, so we took her to the vet. They said that since she looked good, and was acting totally normal, it could be something transient. She got some fluids and cerenia, and we were told to keep her on a bland diet for a few days.
Then she was good until last Thursday, November 9th. She threw up in the morning, and then she threw up almost every time she ate something that day into Friday morning, so we took her to the vet again. This time we got imaging done (x-rays), and they didn't find an obstruction, so they gave some cerenia, fluids, and a bland diet again and advised that if she threw up again in the next 24 hours to go to the emergency room. She had no other symptoms, was acting perfectly normal, and her physical exam was fine.
After she was able to keep food down, but then on Monday we realized that we didn't think she had defecated for a few days. She was still acting totally normal, but we just didn't see the amount of poop that we normally see when we are cleaning their litter boxes. So Tuesday, we went back to the vet, who said that she surprised to see Luna looking so healthy and behaving normally because usually if a cat hasn't pooped for 4 days, they have more symptoms. She wondered if maybe she was using the bathroom somewhere else or we didn't realize one of the poops were hers (always possible). She offered imaging, but we declined that day and decided to start with stool softeners and if she didn't poop still we'd bring her back the next day for imaging.
Well she pooped Tuesday night which was great! And all was good for 1 day where she wasn't vomiting and was pooping, until this morning she vomited again at around 8 am. I am giving her a few hours before giving a little bland food to see if she can keep that down, and if not she goes back to the vet for bloodwork and most likely an ultrasound.
The options on what's going on when there's chronic vomiting seem to be:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Something with her liver or kidneys
- Maybe she's grown intolerant to her dry food? We typically give her both wet and dry food, but yesterday was the first day since last week we started introducing her dry back in
- Cancer? My old cat, Peanut, had chronic vomiting and was diagnosed with lymphoma, and I'd be beside myself if that was the case again
Does anyone have any experience or thoughts? Sometimes it's just nice to hear other people's experiences! Thank you so much for reading this!
I know that there are a million "cat vomiting" threads, so I apologize for adding another one. I just wanted to share what we're specifically experiencing and see outcomes from people who have had similar experiences.
Starting in October (likely October 8th), our cat Luna has been vomiting on and off. She is a 2.5 year old standard issue cat, who hasn't really had any health problems until now. We also have a 1.5 year old cat named Arlo. We were on vacation, they had a cat sitter (who I am not confident did the best job), and when my husband got home, he noticed that there was vomit on the floor. The cat sitter had left the previous evening and my husband got home in the morning so there was around 12ish hours that they were home alone. She threw up around 3-4 times over the course of that week, so we took her to the vet. They said that since she looked good, and was acting totally normal, it could be something transient. She got some fluids and cerenia, and we were told to keep her on a bland diet for a few days.
Then she was good until last Thursday, November 9th. She threw up in the morning, and then she threw up almost every time she ate something that day into Friday morning, so we took her to the vet again. This time we got imaging done (x-rays), and they didn't find an obstruction, so they gave some cerenia, fluids, and a bland diet again and advised that if she threw up again in the next 24 hours to go to the emergency room. She had no other symptoms, was acting perfectly normal, and her physical exam was fine.
After she was able to keep food down, but then on Monday we realized that we didn't think she had defecated for a few days. She was still acting totally normal, but we just didn't see the amount of poop that we normally see when we are cleaning their litter boxes. So Tuesday, we went back to the vet, who said that she surprised to see Luna looking so healthy and behaving normally because usually if a cat hasn't pooped for 4 days, they have more symptoms. She wondered if maybe she was using the bathroom somewhere else or we didn't realize one of the poops were hers (always possible). She offered imaging, but we declined that day and decided to start with stool softeners and if she didn't poop still we'd bring her back the next day for imaging.
Well she pooped Tuesday night which was great! And all was good for 1 day where she wasn't vomiting and was pooping, until this morning she vomited again at around 8 am. I am giving her a few hours before giving a little bland food to see if she can keep that down, and if not she goes back to the vet for bloodwork and most likely an ultrasound.
The options on what's going on when there's chronic vomiting seem to be:
- Inflammatory bowel disease
- Something with her liver or kidneys
- Maybe she's grown intolerant to her dry food? We typically give her both wet and dry food, but yesterday was the first day since last week we started introducing her dry back in
- Cancer? My old cat, Peanut, had chronic vomiting and was diagnosed with lymphoma, and I'd be beside myself if that was the case again
Does anyone have any experience or thoughts? Sometimes it's just nice to hear other people's experiences! Thank you so much for reading this!