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Hi all,
I'm a new member and I'm posting here for the first time to find out if anyone has experience of their cat "air chewing". I don't have a video of my cat, but this one on YouTube is exactly what my cat RoRo does
. She's started doing this more and more frequently, but mainly does it at night. She's also been vomiting up hairballs more and more frequently, and occasionally vomiting up well, just vomit. We've had 3 hairballs in the last week.
Bit of background - RoRo is a 7 year old female cat who I adopted from the SPCA in January. She's eating, drinking, peeing, pooping fine and is playful, energetic and very affectionate. Apart from the chewing and hairballs she seems perfectly healthy.
She's just been seen by the vet who suspects GI issues and that the chewing is a sign of nausea. She suggests we start with a hairball lubricant, and then possibly pepcid ac. The vet also suspects overgrooming/OCD. The vet checked RoRo's teeth and they all seem fine (she had 4 teeth removed before I adopted her in January so I was worried it was dental pain).
The vet said it's difficult to diagnose without further tests such as an abdominal ultrasound and a pancreatitis test. But she recommended the other solutions first as otherwise RoRo seems like a healthy and bright cat.
I was wondering if anyone else had experience of this air chewing with their cats, and if you got a diagnosis of the cause? I don't want to put my kitty through invasive tests unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks in advance!
Cat
I'm a new member and I'm posting here for the first time to find out if anyone has experience of their cat "air chewing". I don't have a video of my cat, but this one on YouTube is exactly what my cat RoRo does
. She's started doing this more and more frequently, but mainly does it at night. She's also been vomiting up hairballs more and more frequently, and occasionally vomiting up well, just vomit. We've had 3 hairballs in the last week.
Bit of background - RoRo is a 7 year old female cat who I adopted from the SPCA in January. She's eating, drinking, peeing, pooping fine and is playful, energetic and very affectionate. Apart from the chewing and hairballs she seems perfectly healthy.
She's just been seen by the vet who suspects GI issues and that the chewing is a sign of nausea. She suggests we start with a hairball lubricant, and then possibly pepcid ac. The vet also suspects overgrooming/OCD. The vet checked RoRo's teeth and they all seem fine (she had 4 teeth removed before I adopted her in January so I was worried it was dental pain).
The vet said it's difficult to diagnose without further tests such as an abdominal ultrasound and a pancreatitis test. But she recommended the other solutions first as otherwise RoRo seems like a healthy and bright cat.
I was wondering if anyone else had experience of this air chewing with their cats, and if you got a diagnosis of the cause? I don't want to put my kitty through invasive tests unless absolutely necessary.
Thanks in advance!
Cat
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