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One of our cats has started vomiting after eating and we're not 100% sure who it is, but we think it's our 1 year old April. We've had her for almost 2 months now and this has only just started over the past few days.
So since the day we adopted her, she's never chewed her dry food. I did google this at first and read that it was generally fine if she seems fine, so I never worried about that until now. She definitely eats fast, but she doesn't always eat all of her food in one go and sometimes paces herself so I don't think she's necessarily overeating.
It started about 2 days ago. We woke up and I discovered some dried vomit on the carpet, yellow in colour and it had bits of wet food in it which I found odd. We feed each cat 1/4 dry food in the morning, then 1/4 wet food in the afternoon and then 1/4 dry food at bed time (please tell me if this is too much/little!!) so I was curious why there was only wet food evident in this vomit that must've happened after their bed time meal. Then today, I woke up and there were no signs of vomit. I fed them as usual, and between the time of feeding and me going about the rest of my morning routine (probably no more than 30 minutes in between) I found fresh vomit on the floor. It looked the exact same, yellow in colour, but it had undigested dry food in it this time. I think it was our 1 year old April simply because our younger cat Annie was in the middle of eating her food when I discovered the vomit and April was hiding behind the couch (which she doesn't do often, but it's not like she'd be scared of us because we have never scolded the cats for this and only comforted them). The only times we've known of Annie vomiting (before we adopted April) was when she ate something she shouldn't have and threw it back up, so it was never actual vomit (she hasn't done this in a long time though, thankfully) and Annie definitely chews her food and takes her time with it.
So, my initial thought was to maybe buy one of those puzzle/slow feeders for April, but I wanted to ask for advice here first. Are they worth it? Should I buy one for both cats even though Annie doesn't need one? I only ask that because they have a habit of switching between bowls sometimes and it's difficult to stop them from doing this. Do they work well for wet food as well? Or are we maybe feeding them too much? Nothing diet-wise has changed for either of them so I'm not sure why this is happening other than maybe her eating too fast.
So since the day we adopted her, she's never chewed her dry food. I did google this at first and read that it was generally fine if she seems fine, so I never worried about that until now. She definitely eats fast, but she doesn't always eat all of her food in one go and sometimes paces herself so I don't think she's necessarily overeating.
It started about 2 days ago. We woke up and I discovered some dried vomit on the carpet, yellow in colour and it had bits of wet food in it which I found odd. We feed each cat 1/4 dry food in the morning, then 1/4 wet food in the afternoon and then 1/4 dry food at bed time (please tell me if this is too much/little!!) so I was curious why there was only wet food evident in this vomit that must've happened after their bed time meal. Then today, I woke up and there were no signs of vomit. I fed them as usual, and between the time of feeding and me going about the rest of my morning routine (probably no more than 30 minutes in between) I found fresh vomit on the floor. It looked the exact same, yellow in colour, but it had undigested dry food in it this time. I think it was our 1 year old April simply because our younger cat Annie was in the middle of eating her food when I discovered the vomit and April was hiding behind the couch (which she doesn't do often, but it's not like she'd be scared of us because we have never scolded the cats for this and only comforted them). The only times we've known of Annie vomiting (before we adopted April) was when she ate something she shouldn't have and threw it back up, so it was never actual vomit (she hasn't done this in a long time though, thankfully) and Annie definitely chews her food and takes her time with it.
So, my initial thought was to maybe buy one of those puzzle/slow feeders for April, but I wanted to ask for advice here first. Are they worth it? Should I buy one for both cats even though Annie doesn't need one? I only ask that because they have a habit of switching between bowls sometimes and it's difficult to stop them from doing this. Do they work well for wet food as well? Or are we maybe feeding them too much? Nothing diet-wise has changed for either of them so I'm not sure why this is happening other than maybe her eating too fast.