Penelope..DSH. .indoor cat..9 yrs old

Hi everyone, im new here, my cat 'penelope is a 9 year old DSH, indoor cat and such a darling, having no children I'm afraid I see her as just that really (silly I know), I rescued her when she was around a year and a half old so have no genetic history, making times when she's unwell a bit of a guessing game, being an indoor cat unfortunately she tends to suffer with attachment anxiety when we have our one holiday a uear, stressful for us as it normally manifests itself in vomiting that as a rule we get her through it with some TLC and a bland diet of chicken and rice, just recently we returned after she spent 11 nights in our local veterinary cattery where we trust she was well cared for,a day after being home she started vomiting as per normal so we went through the usual routine?Unfortunately after nearly two days of barely eating, drinking and bringing up yellow bile we took her off to the vet,she suggested keeping her in, put her on a drip to rehydrate, gave her antibiotic, anti sickness, anti inflammatory, took blood to test, after a very long stressful night I called to see how she was- the vomiting had stopped, she was bright and vocal , the bloods had come back slightly high on the liver and alittle jaundice, my vet assured me the results were probably due to penelope being unwell and wasn't overly concerned as everything else was fine, after a very long discussion we did agree that as the anxiety, vomiting ect is stress related and although this seemed much worse this time penelope has always had slight digestive problems in that she doesn't drink alot of water, her stools are very dry and hard which must cause discomfort at times even though she ate both wet+dry food that we would change her diet to Royal Canin feline gastrointestinal moderate calorie dry food..my question is has anyone else done this and is it ok for her to be on it longterm,?how have your cats health been since? Cats are carnivores will not eating meat be ok? (I know the food is developed by vets so should be ok)..any help or advice would be appreciated. ..meant to say after four days at home she seems well and enjoying her new kibble...

It sounds like your kitty is prone to constipation which can make a kitty nauseous.  Stress could actually be making this worse which is why you are seeing vomiting after you have been away.  Some people have had success with the vet diet, it is really individual to the kitty.  Upping fluid intake will also help.  Have you considered going to an all wet diet, that will increase fluid intake.  Some kitties will drink more out of a running fountain like the Drinkwell.  I tried it with my  kitties and it didn't work for them but it does work for many kitties. 

Hi thankyou for responding, penelope diet was predominantly wet food which is why we used to wonder why pooing seemed alittle troublesome, however I must say this new vveterinary kibble which is designed for easier digestion seems to be having a more positive affect in that since last Thursday and being put on it, she seems to be enjoying the kibble+drinking more fresh water, pooing seems much better+easier to pass so at the moment penelope seems alot happier, relaxed+content, the royal Canin gastrointestinal moderate calorie dry food is expensive but my little girl being happy+well is priceless to me so if I need to keep her on this obviously with the vets advice then I'm happy too...

Sometimes it takes a prescription food to do the trick.  Glad she is doing better.