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Hi all, you've helped me so much before and I have a new cat mystery to solve. One cat is a male grey tabby, approximately 9-10lbs and 1.5 years old. The other cat is an orange male tabby, approximately 12-13lbs and nearly 2 years old. Both are healthy and good weight for their size.
I posted previously about the grey tabby who is an extremely picky eater. He would refuse food and then barf right away when he finally ate again. We suspected this was because of the build up of stomach acid as he approached meal time and then when he never ate it made him sick. I was able to improve this issue by finding more varieties of canned food that he will eat on a regular basis.
Our current feeding situation is one 5oz can of pate for breakfast and we have about a half dozen varieties of those that we rotate (Nulo, Merrick, Dave's). Sometimes I put out a small amount of dry food for the grey tabby during the day because he is always hungry. The orange tabby does not eat the dry food. They get a 12oz can of Wellness Chicken or Turkey for dinner and they usually eat about 2/3 of it.
One thing to note that is that they are pretty good about pacing themselves with eating. For that reason I leave the food out for longer than the can says because they will come back and eat it over a long period instead of eating it all at once. For example I put out the breakfast can at 7am and they usually finish it by lunchtime. The dinner can is mostly eaten between 6-10pm or so but they sometimes eat a little bit more overnight. I have always done this from the beginning.
The grey tabby is very food motivated and consistently reminds us when it is feeding time. He would be eating the whole day if he could. The orange tabby doesn't really care when he gets the food and doesn't act that hungry typically.
While the grey tabby has improved, the orange tabby has started to throw up much more often in the last few months and he used to almost never do that.
The main issue is that he is throwing up suddenly in his sleep. He is very snuggly and loves to sleep with us. He will be asleep and then he wakes up because he is barfing. I had to put a waterproof mattress cover on the bed because this was happening so often. Last night it happened at 2am and it was so much barf that we had to go sleep in our guest room because it totally soaked the waterproof cover. We don't see any big hairballs or anything like that when he barfs, it is just digested food and acidic liquid. I can't think of anything that has changed that would have caused this. He is completely healthy besides this. The grey tabby also wakes himself up barfing from time to time but not as frequently as the orange tabby.
Any ideas what could be causing this?? We have not changed the feeding situation since this started. The only thing that changes is that I occasionally give them a new 5oz can variety to try.
I posted previously about the grey tabby who is an extremely picky eater. He would refuse food and then barf right away when he finally ate again. We suspected this was because of the build up of stomach acid as he approached meal time and then when he never ate it made him sick. I was able to improve this issue by finding more varieties of canned food that he will eat on a regular basis.
Our current feeding situation is one 5oz can of pate for breakfast and we have about a half dozen varieties of those that we rotate (Nulo, Merrick, Dave's). Sometimes I put out a small amount of dry food for the grey tabby during the day because he is always hungry. The orange tabby does not eat the dry food. They get a 12oz can of Wellness Chicken or Turkey for dinner and they usually eat about 2/3 of it.
One thing to note that is that they are pretty good about pacing themselves with eating. For that reason I leave the food out for longer than the can says because they will come back and eat it over a long period instead of eating it all at once. For example I put out the breakfast can at 7am and they usually finish it by lunchtime. The dinner can is mostly eaten between 6-10pm or so but they sometimes eat a little bit more overnight. I have always done this from the beginning.
The grey tabby is very food motivated and consistently reminds us when it is feeding time. He would be eating the whole day if he could. The orange tabby doesn't really care when he gets the food and doesn't act that hungry typically.
While the grey tabby has improved, the orange tabby has started to throw up much more often in the last few months and he used to almost never do that.
The main issue is that he is throwing up suddenly in his sleep. He is very snuggly and loves to sleep with us. He will be asleep and then he wakes up because he is barfing. I had to put a waterproof mattress cover on the bed because this was happening so often. Last night it happened at 2am and it was so much barf that we had to go sleep in our guest room because it totally soaked the waterproof cover. We don't see any big hairballs or anything like that when he barfs, it is just digested food and acidic liquid. I can't think of anything that has changed that would have caused this. He is completely healthy besides this. The grey tabby also wakes himself up barfing from time to time but not as frequently as the orange tabby.
Any ideas what could be causing this?? We have not changed the feeding situation since this started. The only thing that changes is that I occasionally give them a new 5oz can variety to try.
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