Hi everyone
I was a member here a while back, but re-registered because I forgot my account details.
Marmite is a beautiful & much loved British Blue shorthair neutered 12 year old girl. She has always been an indoor only cat. She came from a great cat breeder, but was the smallest kitten & the only girl in the litter. She has always had a little problem keeping down her food, but it has been under control for years. I only give her premium kibbles & fresh water with 2 or 3 little cat treats every night. I treat her indoor-only status with care, we have our playtimes, she has a multitude of scratch posts & beds. I have an interest in car behaviour. There is some stress in the house as we have a 16 year-old daughter from hell.
Marmite's food is Orijen chicken & at feeding times, I put her food into 4 separate dishes & hide them around the house. I have been doing this for several years. The purpose is to give her some interest hunting for the food instead of just plonking a dish in front of her. Also I do this because she can gulp all her food at once & be sick. When she is sick like this, she will sick up pretty well the whole lot of kibbles. I can help her with this by hiding the 4th dish very well & then helping Marmite to find the dish after ½ hour. Thereby forcing a break.
Over the past few weeks, Marmite have been occasionally sick early morning. Last night, she was sick at around 4am (she would have last been fed at 6pm the previous evening). Marmite sleeps next to me on the bed. She will sometimes jump down for a drink or to use the litter tray. There seems to be a routine when she is sick where she jumps down & has a long drink, then is sick. The sick appears to be firm mashed up food, about 2" long. She will then jump back onto the bed & wait for me (while I clean the carpet), then cuddle up again to purr & go to sleep. Of course, I never tell her off for being sick & stay calm to keep her at ease. While stroking her, she does not appear to be in any pain, for instance I can stroke her tummy without an adverse reaction.
Marmite has annual check-ups, her most recent was last December for her annual vaccinations & working spot-on. She is generally very healthy.
As this issue has a long history, should I assume that it is food related & try to find an alternative, more palatable food?
I was a member here a while back, but re-registered because I forgot my account details.
Marmite is a beautiful & much loved British Blue shorthair neutered 12 year old girl. She has always been an indoor only cat. She came from a great cat breeder, but was the smallest kitten & the only girl in the litter. She has always had a little problem keeping down her food, but it has been under control for years. I only give her premium kibbles & fresh water with 2 or 3 little cat treats every night. I treat her indoor-only status with care, we have our playtimes, she has a multitude of scratch posts & beds. I have an interest in car behaviour. There is some stress in the house as we have a 16 year-old daughter from hell.
Marmite's food is Orijen chicken & at feeding times, I put her food into 4 separate dishes & hide them around the house. I have been doing this for several years. The purpose is to give her some interest hunting for the food instead of just plonking a dish in front of her. Also I do this because she can gulp all her food at once & be sick. When she is sick like this, she will sick up pretty well the whole lot of kibbles. I can help her with this by hiding the 4th dish very well & then helping Marmite to find the dish after ½ hour. Thereby forcing a break.
Over the past few weeks, Marmite have been occasionally sick early morning. Last night, she was sick at around 4am (she would have last been fed at 6pm the previous evening). Marmite sleeps next to me on the bed. She will sometimes jump down for a drink or to use the litter tray. There seems to be a routine when she is sick where she jumps down & has a long drink, then is sick. The sick appears to be firm mashed up food, about 2" long. She will then jump back onto the bed & wait for me (while I clean the carpet), then cuddle up again to purr & go to sleep. Of course, I never tell her off for being sick & stay calm to keep her at ease. While stroking her, she does not appear to be in any pain, for instance I can stroke her tummy without an adverse reaction.
Marmite has annual check-ups, her most recent was last December for her annual vaccinations & working spot-on. She is generally very healthy.
As this issue has a long history, should I assume that it is food related & try to find an alternative, more palatable food?
