I'm very puzzled with my cat's health at the moment.
Background: He is almost 5 years old short haired Bombay-ish male. He is being fed good food (Blue).
His problem about a year ago is now what is happening again. He throws up periodically. He does not throw up every day. He threw up today after being fine for a week, but last week he threw up twice (monday and wednesday). Before that... he hadn't thrown up for a couple of months. Every time he throws up it is different. Sometimes it is right after he eats, I assume because he eats quickly, but there are times that he doesn't eat for hours and then throws up. he does not throw up hairballs, most of it is food in various stages of digestion. He is on a hairball/weight control formula to give him extra fiber to help pass anything that might be making him throw up. He is given hairball treats and cream with active ingredients like malt syrup... which should solve the problem.... but hasn't.
He has been to the vet, the vet palpated his stomach and said he didn't find anything. They did a blood test and everything came back fine. The only thing we didn't do was an x-ray because I wanted to try hairball stuff first to treat the issues at home first. The vet also said he needed to loose a few pounds (this was all a year ago). Since then he has lost about a pound and has been on hairball food/treats/cream. He was fine for months.... until fairly recently. Most of the time he will throw up after I give him wet food, so I stopped doing that (also helped with weight loss).
I'm thoroughly puzzled as to what his issue is. I've spoken to a vet tech recently about him and she said as long as he acts fine, eats, poops, drinks, basically everything else normally (which he does) she said he would probably be fine. He never acts lethargic, even right before he throws up, he will play, act normally, eat normally, drink and poop normally... nothing else to show any sign of a blockage, or anything else more serious.
So... I'm asking anyone if they have ever had these issues or might know any other tips to calm a stomach. He is on a good food and has been for years, so I doubt that it is a food allergy or intolerance.
The nest step at the vet would be an x-ray... and I'd rather not do something so extreme if its just a slow digestive system or hairballs.
Any ideas to treat something so irregular when the cat shows no signs of anything else and has been to see a vet that only suggested hairball treatments.... it worked but only for a short time....
I need new ideas to avoid unnecessary vet treatments and stress on a cat that has stress induced U.R.I.
Background: He is almost 5 years old short haired Bombay-ish male. He is being fed good food (Blue).
His problem about a year ago is now what is happening again. He throws up periodically. He does not throw up every day. He threw up today after being fine for a week, but last week he threw up twice (monday and wednesday). Before that... he hadn't thrown up for a couple of months. Every time he throws up it is different. Sometimes it is right after he eats, I assume because he eats quickly, but there are times that he doesn't eat for hours and then throws up. he does not throw up hairballs, most of it is food in various stages of digestion. He is on a hairball/weight control formula to give him extra fiber to help pass anything that might be making him throw up. He is given hairball treats and cream with active ingredients like malt syrup... which should solve the problem.... but hasn't.
He has been to the vet, the vet palpated his stomach and said he didn't find anything. They did a blood test and everything came back fine. The only thing we didn't do was an x-ray because I wanted to try hairball stuff first to treat the issues at home first. The vet also said he needed to loose a few pounds (this was all a year ago). Since then he has lost about a pound and has been on hairball food/treats/cream. He was fine for months.... until fairly recently. Most of the time he will throw up after I give him wet food, so I stopped doing that (also helped with weight loss).
I'm thoroughly puzzled as to what his issue is. I've spoken to a vet tech recently about him and she said as long as he acts fine, eats, poops, drinks, basically everything else normally (which he does) she said he would probably be fine. He never acts lethargic, even right before he throws up, he will play, act normally, eat normally, drink and poop normally... nothing else to show any sign of a blockage, or anything else more serious.
So... I'm asking anyone if they have ever had these issues or might know any other tips to calm a stomach. He is on a good food and has been for years, so I doubt that it is a food allergy or intolerance.
The nest step at the vet would be an x-ray... and I'd rather not do something so extreme if its just a slow digestive system or hairballs.
Any ideas to treat something so irregular when the cat shows no signs of anything else and has been to see a vet that only suggested hairball treatments.... it worked but only for a short time....
I need new ideas to avoid unnecessary vet treatments and stress on a cat that has stress induced U.R.I.
