Hello all, new here.
I was recommended this site by a fellow forum member on another board. I have a question that hopefully you all will be able to help me with.
I have an adult female cat that is aproximately 4 years old. I have had her since she was around 2 years old. She is a very sweet cat and a perfect comapnion too. She stays inside at my home (1500 sq ft 1 level house) and she is left to roam freely while I am away at work. She has a litter box which she uses like she is supposed to. She rarely goes outside, and if she does she runs back in first chance she gets, lol.
Up until about a month ago, I left food for her 24/7. She always had a bowl of some type of dry food and she always has water as well. For the last couple of years that I have been doing this I would consistently find places where she had regergitated her food. My home is mostly carpet, so this isn't good. I would find it in unusual places sometimes and other times it would be right in the middle of the floor. I figured she might be a little sick because she didn't like the food she was eating, but changing it didn't help. I changed cat food, and I must have used every brand I could find. None of that helped and it continued to happen. As far as leaving food for her all the time, this has worked out fine because she doesn't eat a whole lot. She is a very large and slender cat, not fat at all, and she controls her weight.
After being frustrated with her to a last straw, I finally started feeding her canned food. Some flavors of that she throws up too. The only problem with feeding her canned food is that she constantly bothers me in between meals because she is hungry. Every time I get up and move she runs toward the kitchen. If I happen to walk into the kitchen it gets really bad. She basically begs.
I am looking here for advice on how to remedy this situation. What could it be that is making her sick? Is it the food? I just don't know and I would really appreciate some advice. Thanks all.
I was recommended this site by a fellow forum member on another board. I have a question that hopefully you all will be able to help me with.
I have an adult female cat that is aproximately 4 years old. I have had her since she was around 2 years old. She is a very sweet cat and a perfect comapnion too. She stays inside at my home (1500 sq ft 1 level house) and she is left to roam freely while I am away at work. She has a litter box which she uses like she is supposed to. She rarely goes outside, and if she does she runs back in first chance she gets, lol.
Up until about a month ago, I left food for her 24/7. She always had a bowl of some type of dry food and she always has water as well. For the last couple of years that I have been doing this I would consistently find places where she had regergitated her food. My home is mostly carpet, so this isn't good. I would find it in unusual places sometimes and other times it would be right in the middle of the floor. I figured she might be a little sick because she didn't like the food she was eating, but changing it didn't help. I changed cat food, and I must have used every brand I could find. None of that helped and it continued to happen. As far as leaving food for her all the time, this has worked out fine because she doesn't eat a whole lot. She is a very large and slender cat, not fat at all, and she controls her weight.
After being frustrated with her to a last straw, I finally started feeding her canned food. Some flavors of that she throws up too. The only problem with feeding her canned food is that she constantly bothers me in between meals because she is hungry. Every time I get up and move she runs toward the kitchen. If I happen to walk into the kitchen it gets really bad. She basically begs.
I am looking here for advice on how to remedy this situation. What could it be that is making her sick? Is it the food? I just don't know and I would really appreciate some advice. Thanks all.