My cat vomit blood last night

Hello all.

I have a 12 yr old senior cat, in very good health condition.
His habits have not change, food, water, litterbox

Yesterday in the middle of the night he got out of the bed to vomit, and when I turned on the lights I see that it was liquid with blood. It was clearly blood as when I picked it with a tissue it was bright red (not brownish from food residues)
Then after around 30 min he went to poop and let out some very hard poops.

How worried should I be if it is one incident, what should I do. As I said on many posts my vet is a rural vet and he does not have any experience with diseases.

He has never had a senior panel. He is a very stressed cat, and when I take him to the vet he is super frightened...
His only issue is an ocassional constipation, which it might take him 2-3 days to go, this can happend once a year...

IF someone have any similar experience and can let me know how worried I have to be let me know because I will have to travel 6 hrs to a good Vet in Athens.

Thank you !

Ronit

Get to Athens asap!

If you were vomiting blood you would seek (or want to seek) emergency medical care, correct?

Blood is not a normal substance for a cat to vomit. Doing so means that your cat in "very good health condition" is actually very very ill. Get ready for a trip, your cat needs a vet ASAP.

Excellent info about vomiting blood in this article

http://www.petplace.com/cats/hematem...ats/page1.aspx

My two year old Jack vomited last week and it was tinged with a bit blood. I'm putting his down to straining due to a hairball because i watched him.

With your cat being older i would seriously take that long journey because he could be in pain, and we all know their good at hiding it

Originally Posted by Rosiemac

My two year old Jack vomited last week and it was tinged with a bit blood. I'm putting his down to straining due to a hairball because i watched him.

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I'm not trying to hijack here, but I could've sworn last week I found a reddish substance in a tiny hairball. No idea who did it, but probably long-haired Scaredy, who is the normal culprit (she's probably a year-and-a-half old). Is what you mentioned above a common thing? None of the three cats seems a bit sick - they all eat, play, etc. etc.

Originally Posted by threecatowner

Is what you mentioned above a common thing? None of the three cats seems a bit sick - they all eat, play, etc. etc.

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It can be. Several months ago Jack was vomiting 3-4 times a week, sometimes twice a day. I took him to the vet who told me to stop the wet food and just give him the dry because it was causing him problems hacking up the fur ball. I did and the vomiting stopped.

Then last week i gave him some wet food for the first time with the weather being a lot cooler and the shedding slowing down, but he vomitted again 2 days later.

I could tell it was a fur ball because he couldn't get it up and you could see him straining, and that's when i saw some clear liquid tinged with blood.

Had he vomited blood again though he would have been straight to the vet again, but he's back on his dry and he's back to normal

^That's odd that Jack has such problems with hairballs. You have only short hairs (in case he grooms anyone else) and I've never had serious hairball issues in a short hair no matter what the food. Maybe he needs extra omega fatty oils to control his shedding? I'm sure you brush him, maybe he needs a schedule more like a long hair or a different brush.

I have a very very fluffy DLH that I've had since December. He had his first hairball a couple weeks ago. The DSH never have them, not even Sho with his thick undercoat.

Thank you all for your messages ! I called the vet in Athens and said that in case he does it again I have to take him there but in the meantime I should make some blood tests and see what comes from that. I will take him tomorrow, I have an apointment.

I hope all will be clear !

Panchito was as normal as always yesterday and has not vomited since.. so we will wait for tests.

Thanks

Good luck with the tests. I hope everything is normal

Originally Posted by ronit

I will take him tomorrow, I have an apointment.

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Brilliant!, keep us updated

Originally Posted by strange_wings

^That's odd that Jack has such problems with hairballs. You have only short hairs (in case he grooms anyone else) and I've never had serious hairball issues in a short hair no matter what the food. Maybe he needs extra omega fatty oils to control his shedding? I'm sure you brush him, maybe he needs a schedule more like a long hair or a different brush.

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Him and Rosie groom each other. I have some salmon oil on order, and he has two brushes and the Furminator, so other than that i'm at a loss

Their on Royal Canin Intensive hairball and that's helped a lot. Rosie and Sophie might cough a hairball up twice a year, but Jack seems more sensitive with them, especially where wet food is concerned.

Originally Posted by Rosiemac

Him and Rosie groom each other. I have some salmon oil on order, and he has two brushes and the Furminator, so other than that i'm at a loss

Their on Royal Canin Intensive hairball and that's helped a lot. Rosie and Sophie might cough a hairball up twice a year, but Jack seems more sensitive with them, especially where wet food is concerned.

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Odd. That food would have one of mine vomiting (due to the corn) . I hope the salmon oil helps Jack.


To the OP. Good luck at the vet. I hope they can find the cause of whatever is going on and can treat it.

Hi. What ended up being his problem? My cat just did the same, today. He howled twice like as if in pain, then left two poops on the floor.  Then went underneath the bed to vomit.  He had clear liquid (a few drops) but then solids came out (looking like feces) with pools of bright red blood.  I haven't taken him to the vet, yet.

why? are you sure it wasn't hairballs? there most definitely SHOULD NOT be blood...he could have an obstructed intestine so get him in asap imo

 If it's pure blood l would take him to the vet. If you want your own thread started send me a pm, because this one is over 4 years old