Hi all,
I'm having a (hopefully) slight issue with one of my cats. He is a boy, will be 2 years old in March. He vomited once, in my presence, this past weekend - there was no food in the vomit, it was all just liquid - may have been bile, honestly it looked like saliva with a couple bubbles in it - but there was no food or anything else in there.
I haven't changed anyone's food or feeding schedule - they get a breakfast meal, a lunch meal, and a dinner meal. My husband said that while I was work yesterday, somebody vomited - there were 2 little puke piles of bile liquid - no food - and while he didn't actually see who vomited, I'm guessing it was Bumper since I saw him vomit once over the weekend.
What would be some causes for the bile vomit? It seems like once a year (thus far, anyways) Bumper has a little bout of gastritis - vomiting and not wanting to eat - but the vet is always able to clear him up. The last time this happened was back in September. The two times it has happened before, I could tell from his actions that he didn't feel good. But this week, he seems totally fine - he is eating and playing and generally happy, so nothing seems wrong apart from the vomiting. Of course I will keep monitoring him, but should I be worried over the bile vomit if he is eating & acting normal? The last time he was sick, one of the meds the vet suggested was OTC generic pepcid (Famotidine) - she told me to give Bump half a pill every 12 hours during his little episode back in September. Should I start doing that again for him now - would that help with the vomiting? If he starts refusing food or acting listless, I'll take him into the vet - but I'm not sure how worried I should be over the bile vomit since he is acting totally fine. Any ideas what could be causing this?
I'm having a (hopefully) slight issue with one of my cats. He is a boy, will be 2 years old in March. He vomited once, in my presence, this past weekend - there was no food in the vomit, it was all just liquid - may have been bile, honestly it looked like saliva with a couple bubbles in it - but there was no food or anything else in there.
I haven't changed anyone's food or feeding schedule - they get a breakfast meal, a lunch meal, and a dinner meal. My husband said that while I was work yesterday, somebody vomited - there were 2 little puke piles of bile liquid - no food - and while he didn't actually see who vomited, I'm guessing it was Bumper since I saw him vomit once over the weekend.
What would be some causes for the bile vomit? It seems like once a year (thus far, anyways) Bumper has a little bout of gastritis - vomiting and not wanting to eat - but the vet is always able to clear him up. The last time this happened was back in September. The two times it has happened before, I could tell from his actions that he didn't feel good. But this week, he seems totally fine - he is eating and playing and generally happy, so nothing seems wrong apart from the vomiting. Of course I will keep monitoring him, but should I be worried over the bile vomit if he is eating & acting normal? The last time he was sick, one of the meds the vet suggested was OTC generic pepcid (Famotidine) - she told me to give Bump half a pill every 12 hours during his little episode back in September. Should I start doing that again for him now - would that help with the vomiting? If he starts refusing food or acting listless, I'll take him into the vet - but I'm not sure how worried I should be over the bile vomit since he is acting totally fine. Any ideas what could be causing this?
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