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Hi All,
I have a 3 year old male cat named Ollie (He is Maine Coon and about 15 lbs!). He has always been healthy, a good eater, and has never vomited or had trouble using the litter box until late last night. Around 10pm, I woke up to the sound of him vomiting, and sat up with him while he vomited almost every 20 minutes. Around 2am, I took him to the emergency vet as the vomiting had not stopped, and I was very concerned that something was wrong. The vet looked at him and suggested that perhaps he had a bit of a stomach flu, and should be fine with supportive care. She gave him a shot of something to help his stomach, and he appeared to be in relatively good spirits so we brought him home again.
He seemed fine the rest of the night, but refused his breakfast this morning (He ALWAYS eats... so I know something must really be wrong). Then, he began vomiting again after drinking only a bit of water, and is now vomiting pretty regularly every hour or so. I called the vet again, and we can either bring him back in as an emergency or we can wait for the next available appointment which is tomorrow. I have a really bad feeling about this, and want an x-ray done because I am worried he might have eaten something (like string or something) that is making him sick.
Any advice? Should I wait and see if the vomiting resolves? Or should I go back into the emergency clinic and insist on getting an xray?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Ollie has never been sick before and I have a really bad feeling that something is really wrong, and I'm not sure how to help him!
I have a 3 year old male cat named Ollie (He is Maine Coon and about 15 lbs!). He has always been healthy, a good eater, and has never vomited or had trouble using the litter box until late last night. Around 10pm, I woke up to the sound of him vomiting, and sat up with him while he vomited almost every 20 minutes. Around 2am, I took him to the emergency vet as the vomiting had not stopped, and I was very concerned that something was wrong. The vet looked at him and suggested that perhaps he had a bit of a stomach flu, and should be fine with supportive care. She gave him a shot of something to help his stomach, and he appeared to be in relatively good spirits so we brought him home again.
He seemed fine the rest of the night, but refused his breakfast this morning (He ALWAYS eats... so I know something must really be wrong). Then, he began vomiting again after drinking only a bit of water, and is now vomiting pretty regularly every hour or so. I called the vet again, and we can either bring him back in as an emergency or we can wait for the next available appointment which is tomorrow. I have a really bad feeling about this, and want an x-ray done because I am worried he might have eaten something (like string or something) that is making him sick.
Any advice? Should I wait and see if the vomiting resolves? Or should I go back into the emergency clinic and insist on getting an xray?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Ollie has never been sick before and I have a really bad feeling that something is really wrong, and I'm not sure how to help him!