Hi,
I got up this morning to diarrhea spread around the house and my 15+ cat hiding under the dining room table.
As it turns out, she was sleeping in the chair downstairs when she had to vomit. This was below the chair. After, she went around the corner towards the litter box, where she vomited again - this time bile. She was unable to get to the litter box in time, leaving a very large, but solid, poop on the stairs. I gather she then had the diarrhea, as it was spread around the litter box and up the rest of the stairs, around the house to the dining room where she's been hiding.
It's evident she's not feeling well. She came out to see me when she saw I was up, walking as if her rear end bothered her, but quickly left to sit under the chairs again.
I cleaned out the litter for a fresh batch, which she came to investigate about an hour after all this, but was unable to go to the bathroom. She tried for a while then left without depositing anything.
She is old, and she has been drinking a lot of water the past few months, so I wonder if she may be ill?
However, I also got a new bag of food the other week which could be the culprit. I have fed my cats this before, but it is a newly bought bag. My younger cat also had diarrhea after eating it, but I assumed it was because the cats get fed Kirkland dry food during the day by other people. The food I bought and feed them is a dehydrated raw, feline natural, and I know that eating raw and dry together can upset stomaches. The youngest is fine today.
I will keep an eye on the eldest, but I wanted an opinion. She is old, does not eat as much, is underweight, etc. Is it possibly just an upset stomach or what else more serious should I be on the lookout for?
I got up this morning to diarrhea spread around the house and my 15+ cat hiding under the dining room table.
As it turns out, she was sleeping in the chair downstairs when she had to vomit. This was below the chair. After, she went around the corner towards the litter box, where she vomited again - this time bile. She was unable to get to the litter box in time, leaving a very large, but solid, poop on the stairs. I gather she then had the diarrhea, as it was spread around the litter box and up the rest of the stairs, around the house to the dining room where she's been hiding.
It's evident she's not feeling well. She came out to see me when she saw I was up, walking as if her rear end bothered her, but quickly left to sit under the chairs again.
I cleaned out the litter for a fresh batch, which she came to investigate about an hour after all this, but was unable to go to the bathroom. She tried for a while then left without depositing anything.
She is old, and she has been drinking a lot of water the past few months, so I wonder if she may be ill?
However, I also got a new bag of food the other week which could be the culprit. I have fed my cats this before, but it is a newly bought bag. My younger cat also had diarrhea after eating it, but I assumed it was because the cats get fed Kirkland dry food during the day by other people. The food I bought and feed them is a dehydrated raw, feline natural, and I know that eating raw and dry together can upset stomaches. The youngest is fine today.
I will keep an eye on the eldest, but I wanted an opinion. She is old, does not eat as much, is underweight, etc. Is it possibly just an upset stomach or what else more serious should I be on the lookout for?
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