Hello, I'm new here and also very concerned.
Our 3 year Kissie started vomiting blood yesterday. She had thrown up some of her food and I thought that maybe something didn't agree with her. Then she threw up two more times after that, each was liquid and red tinged. I called the emergency vet and they told us to bring her in straight away So we did.
We thought maybe she had gotten into tinsel but she has never ever touched it before, and we had informed the lady on the phone of this possibility so they were thinking that maybe she had tinsel obstructed somewhere.
We get her into the emergency vet and they give her and x ray to rule out tinsel. The vet said she was backed up some and that there was this oval mass in her stomach that is either a hairball or something oval shaped that she may have swallowed. She said that if it's a hairball it'll pass if it's something foreign then she'll have to have surgery.They said that they were sending us home with medicine to coat her tummy so it would settle and medicine to soften her stools to help her go. And to also separate her from the rest of the cats so we can monitor her intake and output and to also check in with our main vet today.
We went about 5:30 pm last night, and I've given her two doses so far of each medicine...no vomiting..she's eating and peeing but not producing any BM's. I called our main vet today and told them about what was going on and they said that if she hasn't had a BM by the morning to call to have her come in, but I'm just really concerned about her not having a BM. Is there anything that I can do besides her medicine to help her? She's alert and is wanting attention...she seems to love when I massage her tummy which is rare for her because she normally tries to "extend and rip" when you do.
Our 3 year Kissie started vomiting blood yesterday. She had thrown up some of her food and I thought that maybe something didn't agree with her. Then she threw up two more times after that, each was liquid and red tinged. I called the emergency vet and they told us to bring her in straight away So we did.
We thought maybe she had gotten into tinsel but she has never ever touched it before, and we had informed the lady on the phone of this possibility so they were thinking that maybe she had tinsel obstructed somewhere.
We get her into the emergency vet and they give her and x ray to rule out tinsel. The vet said she was backed up some and that there was this oval mass in her stomach that is either a hairball or something oval shaped that she may have swallowed. She said that if it's a hairball it'll pass if it's something foreign then she'll have to have surgery.They said that they were sending us home with medicine to coat her tummy so it would settle and medicine to soften her stools to help her go. And to also separate her from the rest of the cats so we can monitor her intake and output and to also check in with our main vet today.
We went about 5:30 pm last night, and I've given her two doses so far of each medicine...no vomiting..she's eating and peeing but not producing any BM's. I called our main vet today and told them about what was going on and they said that if she hasn't had a BM by the morning to call to have her come in, but I'm just really concerned about her not having a BM. Is there anything that I can do besides her medicine to help her? She's alert and is wanting attention...she seems to love when I massage her tummy which is rare for her because she normally tries to "extend and rip" when you do.
The problem is that if it isn't a hairball, she won't be able to pass it herself. 
