My cat vomits a lot, she is 6. She goes outside in am. Should I try to prevent her from going outside to see if vomiting slows down?
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I tend to have a bias about kitties going outside but that's for other reasons. You could try it but I don't know that that would help. We had a feline geneticist here for an expert forum and she was of the opinion that kitties going outside helped with digestive issues. Her thinking was that their commercial diet was being supplemented by natural prey.
You could try probiotics and possibly a diet change. I personally do not believe that it is normal for a kitty to vomit a lot. Has she had complete blood work done recently.
You could try probiotics and possibly a diet change. I personally do not believe that it is normal for a kitty to vomit a lot. Has she had complete blood work done recently.
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That is the next step, first vet said to keep her in for extended period of time (few weeks) and feed her lid diet. Well easier said than done. She won't touch that lid prescription food and she scratches on glass door making my dogs bark until I relent and let her out. She was feral and lived outside for 18 months before I brought her in and by then she was set in her ways.
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I feed her high quality stuff and give her vets best hairball relief tabs(contains slippery elm). I just ordered a furminator. She has short hair. She grooms ALOT and has vomit issues for years. I know she has umbilical hernia could this cause any issues? She eats grass also.
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Can anyone recommend a good probiotic?
This is the probiotic several of us use:
Whenever two of my cats eat grass (the kind of grass that I grow indoors specifically for them
), the almost immediately throw it all up
. When your girl vomits, do you see grass in it? If not, then I don't think it's eating grass that's causing it.
Now, oddly enough, another of my cats throws up every time I give her the Vets Best Hairball and Digestive Aids tablets with the Slippery Elm in them. This never used to happen, but now it does. I believe theyrecently changed them, and now she can't tolerate them
My boys can eat them with no issues, but not my girl. Strange, huh?
Have you tried Slippery Elm Bark syrup? Here's a thread about it and ways to use it that might be helpful: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/257544/slippery-elm-bark-and-grass-eating
Whenever two of my cats eat grass (the kind of grass that I grow indoors specifically for them
Now, oddly enough, another of my cats throws up every time I give her the Vets Best Hairball and Digestive Aids tablets with the Slippery Elm in them. This never used to happen, but now it does. I believe theyrecently changed them, and now she can't tolerate them
Have you tried Slippery Elm Bark syrup? Here's a thread about it and ways to use it that might be helpful: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/257544/slippery-elm-bark-and-grass-eating
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You give human probiotic to cat?This is the probiotic several of us use: http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Factors-Acidophilus-Strength-180-Count/dp/B00028P5PU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354292476&sr=8-2&keywords=natural+factors+probiotics
Whenever two of my cats eat grass (the kind of grass that I grow indoors specifically for them. When your girl vomits, do you see grass in it? If not, then I don't think it's eating grass that's causing it.
Now, oddly enough, another of my cats throws up every time I give her the Vets Best Hairball and Digestive Aids tablets with the Slippery Elm in them. This never used to happen, but now it does. I believe theyrecently changed them, and now she can't tolerate them
Have you tried Slippery Elm Bark syrup? Here's a thread about it and ways to use it that might be helpful: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/257544/slippery-elm-bark-and-grass-eating
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I started with vets best hairball due to vomiting could it make it worse?????This is the probiotic several of us use: http://www.amazon.com/Natural-Factors-Acidophilus-Strength-180-Count/dp/B00028P5PU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1354292476&sr=8-2&keywords=natural+factors+probiotics
Whenever two of my cats eat grass (the kind of grass that I grow indoors specifically for them
Now, oddly enough, another of my cats throws up every time I give her the Vets Best Hairball and Digestive Aids tablets with the Slippery Elm in them. This never used to happen, but now it does. I believe theyrecently changed them, and now she can't tolerate them
Have you tried Slippery Elm Bark syrup? Here's a thread about it and ways to use it that might be helpful: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/257544/slippery-elm-bark-and-grass-eating
Well, I suppose there could be an ingredient in there that disagrees with her. I'm thinking that's the issue with my Callie
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Yes. Many of us use this one. We give 1 capsule per day, usually divided into two portions. 1/2 capsule mixed into their food in the morning, and 1/2 capsule in the evening. The capsules pull apart and the powder pours out easily, then the capsule can be put back together again for storage until the evening.
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My cat is sleeping a lot and her eyes are half closed, do cats look like this when their sleep in interrupted?
My little girl will sleep with her eyes half open with her third eyelid completely covering the eye. She does this when she's deep in sleep and just napping. It's a little disturbing to see sometimes, but it doesn't seem to bother her.
Mine sleeps with her eyes wide open (no third eyelid), I'd say, 80% of the time. It's a bit creepy. Since she is terminal, I sometimes have to check her torso to see if she's breathing or not. Interesting, though, to watch the rapid eye movement while dreaming.
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Well I did it, I have not let her outside for one week and she only threw up one hairball which is a big improvement. I bought a furminator and give her vets best hairball remedy 1/2 tab morning and night. Now I am interested to see how the vomiting goes. I feel guilty because she was feral and lived outside for more than a year. I had been letting her in and out because that is what she loved. I can only imagine if someone told me I could never leave the house I would be devastated. It has cut down drastically on the vomiting and was the vets suggestion to see if she was eating something outside that made her sick.
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