Poor Honey Pie has been throwing up this morning and can't keep anything down. He threw up early before breakfast and then again about 2 and a half hours after he ate. I didn't witness the first episode, but right before the second he was making strange meows and repeatedly licking his nose; and after he'd thrown up he started drinking water like crazy. I thought perhaps something hadn't agreed with him, so for lunch we cooked him some beef (don't have chicken on hand right now) and rice thinking that it would settle his stomach. He ate a few bites, but shortly afterward started throwing up a third time and it was clear that he was in pain.
We immediately called the vet, who told us to not let him have anything until tomorrow morning, not even water, and if he is still sick tomorrow to bring him in and the vet will give him a shot. We suspect that he ingested something inedible, so we carefully swept the house to see if we could find a clue. Sure enough, under one of the beds we found scraps of cardboard and a chunk of hard foam that had been chewed on. There's no way to know it he actually ate pieces of either of those, but we can't rule it out either.
I don't know if this is related or not, but on Saturday afternoon he threw up a hairball for the first time.
Right now, he's curled up on the couch with Tiramisu and seems to be resting. I've never been through anything like this before and was hoping that the good folks here with experience would let me know if I could be doing more to make him feel better, or what to expect if I have to take him to the vet tomorrow. lt feels awful to not be able to do anything to help, and it's even worse to think that he could have been eating cardboard and foam without us having a clue about it!
ETA: Almost as soon as I posted this, he hopped off the couch and threw up a little bit more! What can I do???
We immediately called the vet, who told us to not let him have anything until tomorrow morning, not even water, and if he is still sick tomorrow to bring him in and the vet will give him a shot. We suspect that he ingested something inedible, so we carefully swept the house to see if we could find a clue. Sure enough, under one of the beds we found scraps of cardboard and a chunk of hard foam that had been chewed on. There's no way to know it he actually ate pieces of either of those, but we can't rule it out either.
I don't know if this is related or not, but on Saturday afternoon he threw up a hairball for the first time.
Right now, he's curled up on the couch with Tiramisu and seems to be resting. I've never been through anything like this before and was hoping that the good folks here with experience would let me know if I could be doing more to make him feel better, or what to expect if I have to take him to the vet tomorrow. lt feels awful to not be able to do anything to help, and it's even worse to think that he could have been eating cardboard and foam without us having a clue about it!
ETA: Almost as soon as I posted this, he hopped off the couch and threw up a little bit more! What can I do???
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