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Hello, I have two orange tabby cats about 14 months old, one male and one female. Lately, it seems like my male cat has been vomiting/regurgitating an hour or so after he eats. Not after every meal, but often enough to worry me since the stuff is undigested food with no fur. (I never catch him in the act, so I'm not sure if it's just him or if his sister is also doing this also, I'm just going off of his guilty behavior when I find the mess.) This issue has been going on for about 2-3 months; originally it was about once every week or so and now, as of this past week, its about every other day. He hasn't been acting any differently, he's still overly playful and rambunctious, and neither of them has lost any weight nor are they dehydrated.
About 2 months ago I started feeding them both dry adult cat food, at first mixing it with their dry kitten food for about a week or so. Then, this past Friday/Saturday, he woke me up really early and proceeded to try and hack up a hairball (I think) but all that he spit out was this clear, frothy stuffy. Then, for the rest of the morning, he was on and off licking his lips and swallowing loudly like he was nauseous. I spoke to a Vet Tech and she believed, due to his age and his normal behavior, that is was most likely a hairball. (This would have been his first hairball ever, neither he nor his sister have coughed one up.) To help him, I gave him some over the counter hairball medicine I remember using on the cats I has growing up. He seemed fine for the rest of the day until he ate dinner, which he threw back up, so I started putting his food out on a cookie tray just in case the issue was him eating too fast. Sunday he was perfectly fine, didn't vomit at all.
Yesterday he really kind of scared me. He was completely fine and normal in the morning, then around noon, I found what I believed was a runny hairball until I went to clean it up. He'd vomited the pieces of shoe laces he'd eaten back in March! (I'd taken him to the vet when I realized he'd eaten nearly 6 inches in total of shoe laces [3 inches off each side of the laces]. She did a through exam and determined he'd most likely eaten them in small pieces since nothing seemed wrong and they would pass through his system in about a day. He never had any issue eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom so I assumed they'd gotten out of him.) I kept a close eye on him for the rest of the day after I found the mess and he had no other issues. Then today, I found another pile of regurgitated food that must have been from what he'd eaten for breakfast. Again, aside from the vomit I keep finding, he has been just like normal. I will also point out, his sister hasn't done anything or acted in any way that would even hint she's the one throwing up. Both of them have not lost any weight and are not dehydrated, so they are getting nutrition.
I'm a little worried about my cat and I tend to over explain things, so, sorry this is so long. But, basically, I would just like some advice on what to do. If there is anything I can do that might be able to help him out? Anything I might need to change with their diet or whatnot? Or if this seems like it might be a symptom of something worse. I don't have money right now and am not sure I could afford anything past a simple exam (if I had anything extra, I'd be taking him to the vet in a heartbeat). Thank you for your time and advice.
About 2 months ago I started feeding them both dry adult cat food, at first mixing it with their dry kitten food for about a week or so. Then, this past Friday/Saturday, he woke me up really early and proceeded to try and hack up a hairball (I think) but all that he spit out was this clear, frothy stuffy. Then, for the rest of the morning, he was on and off licking his lips and swallowing loudly like he was nauseous. I spoke to a Vet Tech and she believed, due to his age and his normal behavior, that is was most likely a hairball. (This would have been his first hairball ever, neither he nor his sister have coughed one up.) To help him, I gave him some over the counter hairball medicine I remember using on the cats I has growing up. He seemed fine for the rest of the day until he ate dinner, which he threw back up, so I started putting his food out on a cookie tray just in case the issue was him eating too fast. Sunday he was perfectly fine, didn't vomit at all.
Yesterday he really kind of scared me. He was completely fine and normal in the morning, then around noon, I found what I believed was a runny hairball until I went to clean it up. He'd vomited the pieces of shoe laces he'd eaten back in March! (I'd taken him to the vet when I realized he'd eaten nearly 6 inches in total of shoe laces [3 inches off each side of the laces]. She did a through exam and determined he'd most likely eaten them in small pieces since nothing seemed wrong and they would pass through his system in about a day. He never had any issue eating, drinking, or going to the bathroom so I assumed they'd gotten out of him.) I kept a close eye on him for the rest of the day after I found the mess and he had no other issues. Then today, I found another pile of regurgitated food that must have been from what he'd eaten for breakfast. Again, aside from the vomit I keep finding, he has been just like normal. I will also point out, his sister hasn't done anything or acted in any way that would even hint she's the one throwing up. Both of them have not lost any weight and are not dehydrated, so they are getting nutrition.
I'm a little worried about my cat and I tend to over explain things, so, sorry this is so long. But, basically, I would just like some advice on what to do. If there is anything I can do that might be able to help him out? Anything I might need to change with their diet or whatnot? Or if this seems like it might be a symptom of something worse. I don't have money right now and am not sure I could afford anything past a simple exam (if I had anything extra, I'd be taking him to the vet in a heartbeat). Thank you for your time and advice.