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So I have a frequently vomiting cat of an unknown age (presumably withing 7-10 age range) who's digestion I still haven't gotten under control after 5 years of having him. Would appreciate if someone took the time to read this through and offer some words of wisdom for my little fur baby. I will list some facts about his health below.
* He mostly vomits in the early morning, around 3-5 am, although it can sometimes occure randomly, which is more of an exception than a rule.
* There's undigested food bits in the throw up, hair when he sheds, but it can also be just yellow liquid without any food bits.
* He doesn't act like a cat who is sick and/or in pain - he's social, gets zoomies and runs around, is interested in playing and is into watching TV (even human programs lol). Wants us near most of the time and grooms a lot.
* No diarhea at all for more than a year, although he was never a diarhea guy. Would only get it once or twice when he has an access to the outside world. Never has he had diarhea as an indoor cat. Poops everyday.
* Very food oriented, to the point it's ridiculous, eats a lot and drinks loads of water. He doesn't lose weigh or anything, got a lot bigger than when I got him 5 years ago (not obese). Is heavy for his size.
* Since 1 year ago, he used to have access to the outdoors, but now is an indoor cat only.
* Is crazy about grass. Used to eat it all the time when he was allowed outside. I am sometimes forced to bring grass for him, as he starts chewing on houseplants and got quite sick a couple of times. We keep houseplants out of reach, but then he would eat a dried up leaf from the ground or something. When I bring grass, he chews on it with an ecstatic face. But most oftenly throws up the same, or the next day.
* A vet has done his bloodwork and an ultrasound of his inner organs. Said everything looks fine, except higher white blood cell count.The vomiting was ruled out as an IBD and my cat was put on Prednisolone for 6 months. In the beginning it seems to work very well, but as I lowered the dose to get him off of it, the vomiting reocurred.
* My cat is not on a strict diet, as it's impossible to get him on it. He doesn't eat veterinary wet food, only the dry one. I give him Virbac's Digestive Support dry kibble, but his wet food is from Lidl. Ironically, this is the wet food he has the least vomiting on, as any good quality high meat % food doesn't sit well with him. He gets one sachet of the Lidls wet food, but leaves out 50% of the "meat" and enjoys the moist parts only. With this his vomiting got down to once a week from every other day.
* We recently went to the vet, after he got sick from eating a dry leaf of a houseplant and got some drops to heal an accute gastritis, strong digestive enzymes, I suppose. I give him that when he gets worse. Also, I started giving him a natural supplement against morning sickness for cats, not sure if it helps yet.
Any ideas? I am very thankful to those who took their time to read this, as it's very important to me. Please leave any recommendations you can come up with or your own examples.
So I have a frequently vomiting cat of an unknown age (presumably withing 7-10 age range) who's digestion I still haven't gotten under control after 5 years of having him. Would appreciate if someone took the time to read this through and offer some words of wisdom for my little fur baby. I will list some facts about his health below.
* He mostly vomits in the early morning, around 3-5 am, although it can sometimes occure randomly, which is more of an exception than a rule.
* There's undigested food bits in the throw up, hair when he sheds, but it can also be just yellow liquid without any food bits.
* He doesn't act like a cat who is sick and/or in pain - he's social, gets zoomies and runs around, is interested in playing and is into watching TV (even human programs lol). Wants us near most of the time and grooms a lot.
* No diarhea at all for more than a year, although he was never a diarhea guy. Would only get it once or twice when he has an access to the outside world. Never has he had diarhea as an indoor cat. Poops everyday.
* Very food oriented, to the point it's ridiculous, eats a lot and drinks loads of water. He doesn't lose weigh or anything, got a lot bigger than when I got him 5 years ago (not obese). Is heavy for his size.
* Since 1 year ago, he used to have access to the outdoors, but now is an indoor cat only.
* Is crazy about grass. Used to eat it all the time when he was allowed outside. I am sometimes forced to bring grass for him, as he starts chewing on houseplants and got quite sick a couple of times. We keep houseplants out of reach, but then he would eat a dried up leaf from the ground or something. When I bring grass, he chews on it with an ecstatic face. But most oftenly throws up the same, or the next day.
* A vet has done his bloodwork and an ultrasound of his inner organs. Said everything looks fine, except higher white blood cell count.The vomiting was ruled out as an IBD and my cat was put on Prednisolone for 6 months. In the beginning it seems to work very well, but as I lowered the dose to get him off of it, the vomiting reocurred.
* My cat is not on a strict diet, as it's impossible to get him on it. He doesn't eat veterinary wet food, only the dry one. I give him Virbac's Digestive Support dry kibble, but his wet food is from Lidl. Ironically, this is the wet food he has the least vomiting on, as any good quality high meat % food doesn't sit well with him. He gets one sachet of the Lidls wet food, but leaves out 50% of the "meat" and enjoys the moist parts only. With this his vomiting got down to once a week from every other day.
* We recently went to the vet, after he got sick from eating a dry leaf of a houseplant and got some drops to heal an accute gastritis, strong digestive enzymes, I suppose. I give him that when he gets worse. Also, I started giving him a natural supplement against morning sickness for cats, not sure if it helps yet.
Any ideas? I am very thankful to those who took their time to read this, as it's very important to me. Please leave any recommendations you can come up with or your own examples.