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So we currently have 19 cats in the house right now.
12 have free roam of most of the house, 3 are in one large room together, another 3 are in individual bedrooms, and 1 is in a bathroom and hallway.
Earlier this week, my boyfriend was very tired, and rather than feeding the usual wet food, he fed them dry food before bed. This is food I usually only give to our ferals. Our cats have had it as treats before, but never a full meal.
Throughout the week since, we’ve had problems. Many of the cats are not eating as much, including two cats who are bottomless pits.
Many of the cats are also throwing up. It’s not always possible for us to tell who, but we woke up to 5 different vomit piles this morning (and I went to bed at 2am and got up at 6am, so it happened during a relatively short time frame).
Two of the cats so far are off food entirely the past day or so. Those two, and one other one are also very slightly lethargic, but everyone else is acting normal otherwise.
Some cats seem perfectly fine on all accounts, as well.
We’ve been to the vet with 4 different cats this week, and everything has come back normal (bloodwork, urinalysis, even ultrasounds and X-rays).
We checked recalls on all food, and nothing out of the ordinary came up.
One of the cats that is slightly lethargic and barely eating (and he is our most food crazy cat in the house), was also not given the feral food to begin with since he has food allergies. We really thought it was the food, but this particular cat also becoming ill seems to refute that.
He is also in his own room and pretty separated from all other cats, so anything airborne would also be less likely. And be because we’ve been so busy being in and out of the vet (and trying to trap kittens and make shelters), we didn’t have much interaction with him either in the beginning of the week, so it would have been difficult for us to transfer any pathogens to him that way, either.
I just have no idea what to make of what is going on. We called the vet again, and they are stumped too, and told us to give it the weekend to see if things resolve (and obviously come in if anything concerning happens or symptoms worsen).
All cats are up to date on FVRCP.
The most recent foster has been here almost a month and was integrated with the 11 who have access to the common areas in the house a couple of weeks ago. These cats are very accustomed to cats coming in and out, and this was an extremely smooth transition - no fights, and just a few hisses. Everyone is pretty relaxed about it, but I’m mentioning it anyway since it is the only other recent change.
Anyone have any ideas on what is going on, or suggestions to ask the vet about?
12 have free roam of most of the house, 3 are in one large room together, another 3 are in individual bedrooms, and 1 is in a bathroom and hallway.
Earlier this week, my boyfriend was very tired, and rather than feeding the usual wet food, he fed them dry food before bed. This is food I usually only give to our ferals. Our cats have had it as treats before, but never a full meal.
Throughout the week since, we’ve had problems. Many of the cats are not eating as much, including two cats who are bottomless pits.
Many of the cats are also throwing up. It’s not always possible for us to tell who, but we woke up to 5 different vomit piles this morning (and I went to bed at 2am and got up at 6am, so it happened during a relatively short time frame).
Two of the cats so far are off food entirely the past day or so. Those two, and one other one are also very slightly lethargic, but everyone else is acting normal otherwise.
Some cats seem perfectly fine on all accounts, as well.
We’ve been to the vet with 4 different cats this week, and everything has come back normal (bloodwork, urinalysis, even ultrasounds and X-rays).
We checked recalls on all food, and nothing out of the ordinary came up.
One of the cats that is slightly lethargic and barely eating (and he is our most food crazy cat in the house), was also not given the feral food to begin with since he has food allergies. We really thought it was the food, but this particular cat also becoming ill seems to refute that.
He is also in his own room and pretty separated from all other cats, so anything airborne would also be less likely. And be because we’ve been so busy being in and out of the vet (and trying to trap kittens and make shelters), we didn’t have much interaction with him either in the beginning of the week, so it would have been difficult for us to transfer any pathogens to him that way, either.
I just have no idea what to make of what is going on. We called the vet again, and they are stumped too, and told us to give it the weekend to see if things resolve (and obviously come in if anything concerning happens or symptoms worsen).
All cats are up to date on FVRCP.
The most recent foster has been here almost a month and was integrated with the 11 who have access to the common areas in the house a couple of weeks ago. These cats are very accustomed to cats coming in and out, and this was an extremely smooth transition - no fights, and just a few hisses. Everyone is pretty relaxed about it, but I’m mentioning it anyway since it is the only other recent change.
Anyone have any ideas on what is going on, or suggestions to ask the vet about?
. As you mentioned, it does't really sound like the dry food, since they didn't all receive it. unless it was the recipients who were the vomiters. And that would make sense if they weren't used to it. They may have simply eaten it too fast and regurgitated it. Does't explain though why they don't want to eat now though. As I said, I got nothin', but wanted you to know I read your thread.
