Vomiting after meals

Ok it's bad enough I have one in the hospital right now (everyone keep your fingers crossed for Lindsey), but, I'm new to the board and though I would also see if anyone has experienced this other issue my adult boy cat has (Noodles).

He was very sick as a kitten and young cat with IBS (Inflamatory Bowel Syndrome), he had ulcers in his intestines and would howl and excrete blood from his rear,.. he was terribly miserable and we tried all kinds of medication. We were at the point where his vet suggested we put him down, when I decided to just try taking him off all his meds, if he was suffering I would consider letting him go. Luckily, after his meds were taken away he actually recovered and is a VERY healthy young man now.

The issue is, on occasion he seems to over eat and then vomits his entire meal (only cat food in his vomit). This doesn't happen frequently maybe once every few weeks, but, consistently enough that I know it's always after meal time. Could this be a latent side effect of the IBS or is he just a pig and over stuffs himself?

Anyone have any ideas? He's tested negative for FIV/Leukemia

Well, if this happens when he overeats it may just be because he's a pig . Try raising the height of his food dish, this may slow down his eating. Or try and feed him several small meals instead of one large one. But with his history of IBS, I'd call and check with my vet just to be sure.

IF he's healthy, and just vomits right after the meal (w/i 4-5 mins), and you can usually tell - the vomit is whole/partially chomped, not digested - then kitty's just eating too fast. My Ginza does that (every couple weeks, sometimes a few days in a row). I end up having to feed him tiny portions 15mins apart. He looks at me like I'm torturing him, poor thing.

Can't help you on the IBS part, I don't know anything about the condition, and how the vomiting factors in.

Yep, that's pretty much it,.. un-chewed pieces partially digested. Sounds like he's really just wolfing it down. I'll try the mini-meals and see how he does. Thanks everyone.

My old cat ChiChi throws up sometimes, not digested food in whole pieces She's been doing it for years, maybe once every few weeks or month or so. She hasnt done it for a long time but I think it was because she eats too fast, because she had no other problems.

We have nicknamed our Stumpy guy "Captain Bolemia"(sp?). As alpha male, he feels it his right to be the first at any newly filled food bowl. He wolfs food down and often throws up (just food) shortly thereafter. We got him over this by never letting the food bowls get empty. He no longer has to be first at a new bowl of food because it is always there. Vomiting now happens only on rare occasion.

We have a calico that does this too. Particularly in the morning. She eats too fast. Drinks too much. Then urps it all up Now we feed her little meals all day long. Less urping altogether. We have also found that low allergen food and sensitive stomach food stay down better.

Cats are not slow eaters, they are gulpers, a trait left from their ancestors who just knew they had to eat quickly either to compete with the other siblings or because food wasn't easily found in the wild, and when it was around, it was literally inhaled.

One of the ways to stop gulpers, is to add water to their food if you are giving dry- water or broth. Another trick is to elevate their food bowl. I use an old telephone book, and make a pattern of the dish, carve the pages down a bit to make a stand for the bowl. Makes a pretty nifty elevated feeder, Elevating the bowl causes the throat to relax and the cat slows down a bit while eating.

Felicia used to vomit after she was through eating. I noticed this happened if she drank water right after eating. She can drink 10 minutes after eating.

Hope Lindsey gets better.

My 17 year old cat Sphinx has a mild case of IBS. He wasn't having blood in his stool but he was vomiting up his food. He eats like a pigs for a few days than doesn't eat for a day. We had him on a cortisone shot for 2 months and he takes 1/4 pepacid A/C or some pink meds the vet gave him as he needs to settle his stomach and intestines.

He likes to eat with his bowl slightly elavated off the floor or he'll eat from the bowl in my hand. He also gets 6 small meals a day, both dried and canned - both are without fish.

Have they checked for a food allergy? That can also be a concern with an older cat - IBS or not.

Please keep us informed on how your precious furbabies are doing.

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I have no solutions, but one of my cats has this problem.  I have four cats, two adult males and two kittens (one male, one female).  The kittens are about eight months old and have been living here since November (they're former strays/ferals).  The female cat, Delilah, has been vomiting up her food just about every day for the past week or so.  She seems otherwise healthy. Her stools are fine. She's active and her coat is shiny and healthy.  She's fully vetted, FIV/FELV negative, has had all shots, and been spayed.

I feed the cats high-quality dry food (Merrick or Orijen) and wet food 2x a day.  The wet food seems to be the main problem.  I feed them Fancy Feast (but Delilah doesn't eat that) and I was also feeding Merrick wet food until the vomiting started. It was pretty clear that it was the food because she'd vomit immediately after feeding.  So I switched from the Merrick and have been trying other brands.  I've had the best luck so far with Weruva - the variety that looks like shredded chicken.  Sometimes I give them chopped cooked chicken breasts - that was working fine until this morning when she barfed it all up.   Also, in the morning, I sometimes find a small amount of clear spit-up on the floor which I suspect is her.  

I know I probably need to take her to the vet but ini the meantime, does anyone have tips about types of food that are good for a sensitive stomach?  Or any other suggestions?

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Another technique is to flatten the food to slow down the eating.  And even though it sounds like over eating / eating too quickly, and cat with a history of IBD/IBS and is vomiting should in my opinion get a vet checkup.

Stephen