My 4 year old cat has been keeping me worried over the last 4 months. About a year ago he decided he likes eating things he shouldn’t. He started eating sisal string off his cat trees. We got rid of all sisal rope and never really had issues.
About 4-5 months ago we brought in a kitten. The kitten learned she could get under our bed and eat the fluff of our mattress and she taught our older cat to eat the same.Before I figured out what they were doing, I was having constant anxiety. They both had diarrhea, some vomiting, not eating, lethargy. It took me weeks and many vet visits until I finally figured it out. I sealed off the area and they got better right away.
But now my older cat is having similar issues again and I have no idea what it could be. He had completely liquid diarrhea 3 times yesterday and would only eat when I held food up to his face. He threw up 3 times. We ended up taking him to emergency vet late last night bc I was scared he was blocked. They did x ray and there was no blockage- just a lot of gas. They gave him a shot for vomiting and I game him anti diarrhea meds this morning. The vet said it was just mild gastroenteritis.
I have no idea what could cause this. We got a new couch recently and he likes to fiddle with us but there’s no foam he can get to or anything like that. I have him on hills science dry food And I’ve been trying out different wet foods but I don’t think it could be food related? It just stresses me out so much when this happens but I can’t keep taking him to the emergency room and racking up a huge bill. Anyone been through something like this or have any ideas?
About 4-5 months ago we brought in a kitten. The kitten learned she could get under our bed and eat the fluff of our mattress and she taught our older cat to eat the same.Before I figured out what they were doing, I was having constant anxiety. They both had diarrhea, some vomiting, not eating, lethargy. It took me weeks and many vet visits until I finally figured it out. I sealed off the area and they got better right away.
But now my older cat is having similar issues again and I have no idea what it could be. He had completely liquid diarrhea 3 times yesterday and would only eat when I held food up to his face. He threw up 3 times. We ended up taking him to emergency vet late last night bc I was scared he was blocked. They did x ray and there was no blockage- just a lot of gas. They gave him a shot for vomiting and I game him anti diarrhea meds this morning. The vet said it was just mild gastroenteritis.
I have no idea what could cause this. We got a new couch recently and he likes to fiddle with us but there’s no foam he can get to or anything like that. I have him on hills science dry food And I’ve been trying out different wet foods but I don’t think it could be food related? It just stresses me out so much when this happens but I can’t keep taking him to the emergency room and racking up a huge bill. Anyone been through something like this or have any ideas?
