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When I adopted my 6 yo cat about 1.5 years ago, she regurgitating her breakfast like clockwork, every fourth morning after eating. Over the months it became less regular and a bit more frequent. I have consulted two veterinarians who suggested change of food - tried about 8 different brands including 2 Rx varieties. No change.
She has been tested for parasites, feline leukemia, and a few other conditions which were all negative.
The first vet suggested a steroid which did help - but she slept all the time. She only got up to use the litter box and eat so I took her off it after 2 months. The second vet said he would have recommended a stronger dose of steroid. Instead, we tried Vitamin B12 injections which certainly helped her coat and and improved the look of her stool. did little to help the vomiting.
Currently, she is being fed approx. 1 heaping tbsp of dry food (doesn't like wet) every 4-5 hours and it works well most of the time. Feeding her more seems to trigger the regurgitation soon after she eats. This is fine except I don't like being woken up at 2-3AM to feed her. I have also tried closing the bedroom and feeding her when I get up but she gets agitated and this almost guarantees a regurgitation that morning.
She was adopted from a rescue group so I don't know her history. The rep said she did not vomit in their care - but since they had a cat room with several cats, I wonder if she did but ingested it again before her next feeding. I have seen her do this.
Anyone else have a similar experience? If you have a tried and true solution, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks for your help!
She has been tested for parasites, feline leukemia, and a few other conditions which were all negative.
The first vet suggested a steroid which did help - but she slept all the time. She only got up to use the litter box and eat so I took her off it after 2 months. The second vet said he would have recommended a stronger dose of steroid. Instead, we tried Vitamin B12 injections which certainly helped her coat and and improved the look of her stool. did little to help the vomiting.
Currently, she is being fed approx. 1 heaping tbsp of dry food (doesn't like wet) every 4-5 hours and it works well most of the time. Feeding her more seems to trigger the regurgitation soon after she eats. This is fine except I don't like being woken up at 2-3AM to feed her. I have also tried closing the bedroom and feeding her when I get up but she gets agitated and this almost guarantees a regurgitation that morning.
She was adopted from a rescue group so I don't know her history. The rep said she did not vomit in their care - but since they had a cat room with several cats, I wonder if she did but ingested it again before her next feeding. I have seen her do this.
Anyone else have a similar experience? If you have a tried and true solution, I'd appreciate hearing about it. Thanks for your help!