White Foamy Vomit - please help...

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You need to go to the Er Vet now.

I am sorry that no experts have answered you question. Unfortunately, I'm not an expert, but I do know that dehydration is a serious problem. Have you been feeding the cat any soft food? If so, he's getting water that way.

Has your vet done any blood work to rule out things like kidney failure or liver disease? Clear or white foamy vomit is a common symptom of Feline Chronic Renal Failure (CRF.) If your cat likes canned food, you can mix water into it, to make kind of a slurry. Also, most cats love baby food meats (make sure it contains NO onion.) You can also add water to that to help increase his fluids. You can also try giving your cat 1/4 of a 10 mg Pepcid tablet (famotadine) to see if that will control the nausea. Do not use Pepcid Complete, because this contains other ingredients that your cat doesn't need.

On Tuesday, talk to your vet about anti-nausea drugs, such as the Pepcid, or Reglan, or even Zofran (Zofran is quite expensive, so it probably wouldn't be the first choice.) My Angel kitty, Spooky, was a chronic vomiter, due to chronic renal failure. I gave her 1cc of Reglan syrup, twice a day, for the last 4 years of her life. It controlled her vomiting very well. My parent's Angel kitty, Samson, was also on Reglan syrup for nausea/vomiting caused by CRF. He successfully took it for at least 3 years, before he finally succumbed to other complications caused by his renal failure.

Also talk to your vet about learning how to do sub-Q fluids. I've been doing them for over 6 years for my CRF girl, Cleo, and I did them for about 4 years for my parent's Samson. They are very easy to do, and they are a God-send for preventing dehydration that can be caused by CRF, chronic diarrhea, or chronic vomiting.

Good luck! Please let us know what you find out on Tuesday. I will keep you and your kitty in my prayers.

I’d like to ask you, does he throw up each and every time after he eats something?

Are you feeding scheduled meals, or are you free feeding?

And a very important question: what are you feeding? Canned food or dry? What’s the food? Please let us know.

For the time being my vet would advise you to get some all-meat baby food (no onions and other ingredients) and offer that instead of cat food. She would also advise you not to offer any dry food.

(You can safely feed baby food for two or three days.)

Unfortunately, yes, a one year old can have CRF, but thankfully, it's not very common. Cleo was diagnosed with CRF at 6 months old, when my vet did pre-op blood work for her spay surgery.

Could he have gotten into any household poisons, or poisonous plants? Asthma can cause wheezy symptoms, but doesn't usually cause vomiting. Try the Pepcid. If it doesn't help, you should probably try to get him to the Emergency Vet tomorrow, instead of waiting for your regular vet Tuesday.

Good luck.

Well, since this is the situation PLEASE, get him to an ER vet as soon as possible. He desperately needs fluids, and medication to control the nausea, etc.

In the meantime PLEASE do NOT offer ANY food. Canned or dry. NO FOOD.
Do NOT encourage him to drink either, just in case he has pancreatitis.
You need to find out what's wrong, why he is throwing up like this, without delay.

I dont want to scare you but the day before Stormy was Pts she was throwing up white foam. Her Kidneys were gone. She would throw up once and awhile and drool sometimes. She was only 5. Kidney problems can come at any age.

The Wheezing could be Asthma. I have a Cat with Asthma and she can not eat Tuna. It makes her Wheeze and cough so much she barfs.

The green bits in the vomit is very worrisome, indeed. I think that a trip to the E-vet is probably the best idea. If he has eaten something like a lily plant (lily plants are nephrotoxic and nearly always cause renal failure) quick treatment is essential to prevent severe illness, or even death. I don't think waiting until Tuesday is an option anymore.

Have you checked whether any of the plants you have are toxic to cats?
(Plants can cause vomiting, kidney damage, respiratory symptoms, just to name a few.)
It would be extremely important for you to check how safe your plants are for cats.
One list you can quickly look at:
http://www.cfainc.org/articles/plants.html

Originally posted by Pookie-poo:
I wholeheartedly agree. PLEASE go to the ER vet NOW.

All vets have someone who covers emergencies. If you call your vet now, most likely they will have a recording telling who to call, or where to go in an emergency. I suggest you call and find out for your kitty's sake.

please please please please call your vet or a local vet and the machine will tell you what to do in an emergency. Your kitty needs your help.

when Mouse was vomiting, i gave her unflavored Pedialyte [actually, a generic brand]. i tried 3cc at a time, & she kept most of it down, most of the time...

I would not feed him until you see a vet. You don't want to nullify the liquids he is keeping down.
Keep us posted on his condition.

my boy cat buddy had a similar problem. He kept throwing up each time he ate and it seemed like his stomach just kept cramping causing him to throw up foam and dry heave. Same thing happened at the vet, that there was nothing wrong he was just dehydrated and gave him fluids, but he didnt seem to get better...i didnt know if he ate a bug or something..i went to a forum and asked a vet online what it may be, and she said it could possibly be a corn allergy in his food...sure enough she was right.. buddy only got sick after he ate...so i switched him to corn free dry cat food...this includes corn gluten meal...ever since then hes been fine and my other two cats like the same food...thats something to consider

Please give us an update when you can.... I've only experienced the "white foam" once with my kitty and it turned out she was allergic to her food. Since switching to another brand, she has been fine.