Connie is an adopted Siamese girl who will be nine in November.
I had the vet do bloodwork in September, and everything was perfectly normal except for the globulin levels being on the high side of normal.
She has been vomiting her kibble since I brought her home (Labor Day), but we initially thought it might be due to the hacking, coughing, gagging, etc. of the URI. Thinking maybe she was eating too fast, I have been adding water to her kibble, since it slows her down and gets a little more water in her (she won't eat wet food right now). That seemed to stop the vomiting for a little while, but she's back at it.
I bought some probiotics, but only used them a few times, since they are human probiotics, and I kept reading different opinions on them. They're a powder in a capsule that I poured on her moistened kibble.
She is eating NV Raw Instinct in the chicken variety, but I'm going to pick up some California Natural today. I give up on the NV for now.
She's been seen by the vet a few times since we got her, and we have to go back for her rabies vaccination (the vet didn't want to vaccinate her while she was sick). The vet knows about the puking. We treated for hairballs. She wasn't puking at the shelter (at least, not enough for them to mention it to me), so I'm thinking a new food will help.
I am going to raise her food dish, switch to California Natural, keep adding the water, and see how that helps. She hasn't puked plain chicken breasts (cooked) or other "people food", so I'm thinking it's the food. I know Sharky has mentioned grain-free foods being a bit much for some older kitties?
Anything else I'm forgetting? The vet seems to think she's very healthy. She's not losing weight (she's in much better flesh since we got her home from the shelter and got her over the URI), her coat is soft and sleek (not rough or otherwise abnormal). She's acting perfectly normal. She looks great. She just keeps puking. If she wasn't puking, I'd be singing NV's praises, because she looks so much better than she did a month and a half ago.
I had the vet do bloodwork in September, and everything was perfectly normal except for the globulin levels being on the high side of normal.
She has been vomiting her kibble since I brought her home (Labor Day), but we initially thought it might be due to the hacking, coughing, gagging, etc. of the URI. Thinking maybe she was eating too fast, I have been adding water to her kibble, since it slows her down and gets a little more water in her (she won't eat wet food right now). That seemed to stop the vomiting for a little while, but she's back at it.
I bought some probiotics, but only used them a few times, since they are human probiotics, and I kept reading different opinions on them. They're a powder in a capsule that I poured on her moistened kibble.
She is eating NV Raw Instinct in the chicken variety, but I'm going to pick up some California Natural today. I give up on the NV for now.
She's been seen by the vet a few times since we got her, and we have to go back for her rabies vaccination (the vet didn't want to vaccinate her while she was sick). The vet knows about the puking. We treated for hairballs. She wasn't puking at the shelter (at least, not enough for them to mention it to me), so I'm thinking a new food will help.
I am going to raise her food dish, switch to California Natural, keep adding the water, and see how that helps. She hasn't puked plain chicken breasts (cooked) or other "people food", so I'm thinking it's the food. I know Sharky has mentioned grain-free foods being a bit much for some older kitties?
Anything else I'm forgetting? The vet seems to think she's very healthy. She's not losing weight (she's in much better flesh since we got her home from the shelter and got her over the URI), her coat is soft and sleek (not rough or otherwise abnormal). She's acting perfectly normal. She looks great. She just keeps puking. If she wasn't puking, I'd be singing NV's praises, because she looks so much better than she did a month and a half ago.
