So, when we adopted 2 baby girls, I fed them nothing but Blue Buffalo indoor kitten food. I kept stressing to my mom that they don't need to be eating that crap in Walmart or whatever, so for the first few months we strictly been giving them Blue Buffalo. My parents.. are 'old'.. they don't exactly understand or want to understand the importance of giving pets good quality food. My dad had it in his mind that 'oh, they don't need to be eating the same stuff every day' and he started introducing them to wet food.. not just any wet food.. stupid knock off brand wet cat food.. and I kept telling them 'don't give them that stuff, if you're gonna buy wet food, get something from blue buffalo!' .. they never listened. Their 'only once a week' turned into 'every other morning' then it turned into almost every day.. so they're getting a mix of Blue Buffalo and Friskies wet food (bleh) and I eventually just gave up on it. Two days ago, we completely ran out of Blue Buffalo and my mom goes out and buys them IAMS Indoor .. Weight and Hairball control. Why weight and hairball control? WHY IAMS? I don't know. Like I said, my parents are old and they just grab shit off the shelves 85% of the time.
The next day, one of the cats started vomiting.. (the other was completely fine, she has a stomach of steel or something. she might just have the poops, i don't know) she started getting lethargic, not her usual self. At the time, I didn't know she had fed her a completely different dry food, so I asked her what she ate.. the second she showed me, I said 'that's why, you gave her something she isn't use to' .. that's what I'm assuming anyway because she was completely fine until she ate it. She hasn't eaten or had any water all day and she's vomiting to the point where it's just.. saliva and stomach bile, I feel so bad for her.. and I'm sure my mom does too, I kept trying to tell her before to not buy a different brand of food, they're gonna get sick. (I know this because when I had a german shepherd, he got into another dogs dry food and he had a nice diarrhea dump waiting for me in his kennel after work) .. so I'm not sure what I can do for her. She isn't dehydrated (yet), I checked by pulling up on the nape of her neck, but she just looks so sad.. and miserable.. she sits in one spot all tucked under herself and she'll throw up literally nothing. A cat who purrs extremely loud and follows everyone around the house has just completely shut off, I don't know how to make her feel better. I don't think it's vet worthy since I'm almost sure it's because of the terrible dry food she had to eat, so what can I try to do for her at home. Will it just pass over on it's own? Should I try to force feed her water? If all else fails at home, I'll definitely take her to the vet, but like I said, I don't think it's that serious.. I just wanna help her get some food and water in that fat kitty belly.
The next day, one of the cats started vomiting.. (the other was completely fine, she has a stomach of steel or something. she might just have the poops, i don't know) she started getting lethargic, not her usual self. At the time, I didn't know she had fed her a completely different dry food, so I asked her what she ate.. the second she showed me, I said 'that's why, you gave her something she isn't use to' .. that's what I'm assuming anyway because she was completely fine until she ate it. She hasn't eaten or had any water all day and she's vomiting to the point where it's just.. saliva and stomach bile, I feel so bad for her.. and I'm sure my mom does too, I kept trying to tell her before to not buy a different brand of food, they're gonna get sick. (I know this because when I had a german shepherd, he got into another dogs dry food and he had a nice diarrhea dump waiting for me in his kennel after work) .. so I'm not sure what I can do for her. She isn't dehydrated (yet), I checked by pulling up on the nape of her neck, but she just looks so sad.. and miserable.. she sits in one spot all tucked under herself and she'll throw up literally nothing. A cat who purrs extremely loud and follows everyone around the house has just completely shut off, I don't know how to make her feel better. I don't think it's vet worthy since I'm almost sure it's because of the terrible dry food she had to eat, so what can I try to do for her at home. Will it just pass over on it's own? Should I try to force feed her water? If all else fails at home, I'll definitely take her to the vet, but like I said, I don't think it's that serious.. I just wanna help her get some food and water in that fat kitty belly.
