My 1.5 year old neutered indoor only cat has started vomiting food every day. He's vomiting up food, not hairballs. I wouldn't be so worried if it was just a hairball.
He vomited again on our bed last night at 2am, and that was not fun. This started about 2 weeks ago, and we took him in to see the vet since this is highly unusual for him. The vet could not determine what was wrong, just a stomach bug perhaps and we should just wait it out. He said there was no bowel obstruction, no worms, his temperature was normal. Our cat was given fluids and an anti vomiting drug and went home with us.
He has IBD, diagnosed by our vet from cronic diarrhea about a year ago. He has been on a prescription diet of Royal Canine Green Pea and Rabbit and hasn't had a single episode of diarrhea since then. We are very careful not to let him eat anything besides his food, terrified it will trigger his diarrhea again. So unless he developed an allergy to his current food, its not his food that is causing this vomiting If it is an allergy to his current food, I don't know what he'll eat since he is allergic to everything on the face of the earth. Every other food makes him have diarrhea, even some of the prescription foods gave him the runs too.
We are really are at our wits end here with this cat. $1000+ in vet bills in the past year alone. Then another $200 the other day for the emergency vet visit and the meds. Plus he eats the really expensive prescription food $35 for a 6 lb bag. I seriously do not have the money to keep doing these expensive vet visits. We've already had to severely adjust our lifestyle to keep this cat. But if the vomiting continues, we may have to turn him over to the breeder. I really want to keep him, but DH says cat has to go if the cat keeps doing this. I can see where he is coming from, and I am torn between husband and cat. Just a crappy situation all around no matter how you look at it.
He vomited again on our bed last night at 2am, and that was not fun. This started about 2 weeks ago, and we took him in to see the vet since this is highly unusual for him. The vet could not determine what was wrong, just a stomach bug perhaps and we should just wait it out. He said there was no bowel obstruction, no worms, his temperature was normal. Our cat was given fluids and an anti vomiting drug and went home with us.
He has IBD, diagnosed by our vet from cronic diarrhea about a year ago. He has been on a prescription diet of Royal Canine Green Pea and Rabbit and hasn't had a single episode of diarrhea since then. We are very careful not to let him eat anything besides his food, terrified it will trigger his diarrhea again. So unless he developed an allergy to his current food, its not his food that is causing this vomiting If it is an allergy to his current food, I don't know what he'll eat since he is allergic to everything on the face of the earth. Every other food makes him have diarrhea, even some of the prescription foods gave him the runs too.
We are really are at our wits end here with this cat. $1000+ in vet bills in the past year alone. Then another $200 the other day for the emergency vet visit and the meds. Plus he eats the really expensive prescription food $35 for a 6 lb bag. I seriously do not have the money to keep doing these expensive vet visits. We've already had to severely adjust our lifestyle to keep this cat. But if the vomiting continues, we may have to turn him over to the breeder. I really want to keep him, but DH says cat has to go if the cat keeps doing this. I can see where he is coming from, and I am torn between husband and cat. Just a crappy situation all around no matter how you look at it.
