We have a neutered female British Blue Shorthair, age 3.5, indoor-only cat. No other pets - just myself & my wife.
Over the past year, we have noticed that she is regularly burping about 15mins after eating. She also burps occasionally just before her next mealtime. We can often hear her stomach "rumbling" during this period. She has specific places she sits for this - not on the ground, but on the edge of a sofa arm & sometimes the utility room counter top. She does not avoid us. We can stroke her, touch her tummy & she does not appear to be in pain, although she certainly seems to be in discomfort. She sits normally, but looks downwards during this period. The burping periods seem to last 2 or 3 minutes, she sometimes moves to another location & has another burping episode, she then jumps down & carries on her normal activities.
Her food is the best quality wet food we can find, this is Thrive Chicken: Chicken Breast (75%), Chicken Stock, Sunflower Oil, Vitamins & Minerals.
Analytical Constituents
Crude Protein 16%, Crude Oils & Fats 2%, Crude Ash 1.5%, Crude Fibres 0.1%, Moisture 80%, ME Kcal/100g 74.4
Nutritional Supplements
Per 100g: Vitamin A 2800IU, Vitamin D3 29 IU. Trace elements: Zinc 12mg, Iron 6mg, Manganese 1.4g, Copper 0.6mg, Iodine 0.2mg, Taurine 0.5g.
The food is very wet & we always add a little extra water to her dinner dish. She is always ready to eat & looking for her food. She would also eat our food if she could. She is not physically sick, her poop & pee seems to be normal, she has not lost weight. We are trying to record the episodes for the vet.
This has been going on for about 3 months, but we have noticed that if we make home food for her, she seems to be ok afterwards. (Such as fish or venison soup). My next attempt will be to buy fish based & beef based food to be able to check if it is chicken that is causing this.
Beef food: Beef, Pumpkin, Green Pea, Water, Sunflower Oil, Vitamins & Minerals
Fish food: Tuna (71%), Tuna stock, Salmon (4%), Sunflower oil, Vitamins & Minerals.
(Both on order, ot yet tested)
Does anyone have any suggestions please?
Over the past year, we have noticed that she is regularly burping about 15mins after eating. She also burps occasionally just before her next mealtime. We can often hear her stomach "rumbling" during this period. She has specific places she sits for this - not on the ground, but on the edge of a sofa arm & sometimes the utility room counter top. She does not avoid us. We can stroke her, touch her tummy & she does not appear to be in pain, although she certainly seems to be in discomfort. She sits normally, but looks downwards during this period. The burping periods seem to last 2 or 3 minutes, she sometimes moves to another location & has another burping episode, she then jumps down & carries on her normal activities.
Her food is the best quality wet food we can find, this is Thrive Chicken: Chicken Breast (75%), Chicken Stock, Sunflower Oil, Vitamins & Minerals.
Analytical Constituents
Crude Protein 16%, Crude Oils & Fats 2%, Crude Ash 1.5%, Crude Fibres 0.1%, Moisture 80%, ME Kcal/100g 74.4
Nutritional Supplements
Per 100g: Vitamin A 2800IU, Vitamin D3 29 IU. Trace elements: Zinc 12mg, Iron 6mg, Manganese 1.4g, Copper 0.6mg, Iodine 0.2mg, Taurine 0.5g.
Mineral g/100g Dry Matter | Chicken Breast |
Calcium | 1.03 |
Phosphorus | 0.95 |
Ca/P ratio | 1:1 |
Potassium | 0.60 |
Sodium | 0.76 |
The food is very wet & we always add a little extra water to her dinner dish. She is always ready to eat & looking for her food. She would also eat our food if she could. She is not physically sick, her poop & pee seems to be normal, she has not lost weight. We are trying to record the episodes for the vet.
This has been going on for about 3 months, but we have noticed that if we make home food for her, she seems to be ok afterwards. (Such as fish or venison soup). My next attempt will be to buy fish based & beef based food to be able to check if it is chicken that is causing this.
Beef food: Beef, Pumpkin, Green Pea, Water, Sunflower Oil, Vitamins & Minerals
Fish food: Tuna (71%), Tuna stock, Salmon (4%), Sunflower oil, Vitamins & Minerals.
(Both on order, ot yet tested)
Does anyone have any suggestions please?
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