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my cat recently had bouts of vomiting after eating. the vet gave him bland food for a while, and pepsid, and he was fine. i thought the dry food was giving him problems so i switched him to wet, but he didn't like it and wouldn't eat it, and i put him back on his dry food. he's vomited a couple of times since then (this was all months ago), but not after every meal like before. now every once in a while he'll....wheeze...??? at first i thought he was about to vomit but it sounds more like heavy exhaling rather than his stomach heaving. it'll hit him suddenly, then he'll be fine. it only lasts about 10 seconds. and it only started after the vomiting, which he's recovered from. every time we went to the vet for the vomiting she said his lungs sounded fine. i'll probably take him to the vet next weekend. has anyone experienced this?
 
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Yup, my cat Hank (age 14) has been doing it for years. I have asked the vet bout it and he doesn't have a clue as to what I'm talking about.

I think it's probably got something to do with the way a hairball is forming but I'm not sure. It last for about 15 or20 seconds and then that's the end of it with no apparent harm.
 
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i haven't given him anything for hairballs. i did put a little olive oil in his food last night. how long can a hairball stay in his stomach, he's been doing this off and on for a few weeks and nothing has come up. he's eating and eliminating fine. but over the past year he's had quite a few visits to the vet for various things so i wouldn't be surprised if this is more than a hairball. i'll try the olive oil, and maybe vaseline until i find something for hairballs (or are home remedies enough?). and i'll brush him more.
 
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Both olive oil and vaseline should be effective for hairballs. The commercial hairball treatsments use either mineral oil and/or white petrolatum ("vaseline") as active ingredients. Olive oil works the same way and some people prefer it as a more natural substance. Be sure to give on an empty stomach a couple hours before the next meal.
 
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Originally Posted by RedsMom79

my cat recently had bouts of vomiting after eating. the vet gave him bland food for a while, and pepsid, and he was fine. i thought the dry food was giving him problems so i switched him to wet, but he didn't like it and wouldn't eat it, and i put him back on his dry food. he's vomited a couple of times since then (this was all months ago), but not after every meal like before. now every once in a while he'll....wheeze...??? at first i thought he was about to vomit but it sounds more like heavy exhaling rather than his stomach heaving. it'll hit him suddenly, then he'll be fine. it only lasts about 10 seconds. and it only started after the vomiting, which he's recovered from. every time we went to the vet for the vomiting she said his lungs sounded fine. i'll probably take him to the vet next weekend. has anyone experienced this?
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well, i've looked into this a little more and i've decided to take kitty to the vet this weekend for some bloodwork. i'm thinking he could possibly have kidney problems, which would make sense since he was at death's door a year ago with huge bladder stones that had completely obstructed him.
 
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