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Hello everyone,
Excuse the long post! I get long winded in forums, especially about my fur babies. I was going to make a post soon about adopting a new kitty since the death of my Hanzee in November. But I had another question about him first that was a bit more pressing.
A little bit of history. He is almost 15, my husband and I took him in from his parents who are about to move to Hawaii. He is old and very, very big but not overweight. Just big boned. We adopted him exactly a week ago and I took him to the vet this past Monday, where we did full tests just to make sure he didn’t have any underlying health issues (I’m scarred since all of my troubles with Hanzee), and he passed all of his tests with flying colors and the vet said he was in awesome shape. The only issue is that he has stiff hips and can’t turn around to clean his back so it gets dandruffy and lots of loose hair. Today I went to PetSmart and asked the groomers what they would recommend for this and they said a slicker brush and some waterless shampoo. He was very content with the brushing and only slightly perturbed by the waterless shampoo spritz, rub, and towel dry.
Rewind a tad. In the wee hours of this morning he threw up some chewed up food. Not very much, and he went and ate some more food immediately afterwards, went back to sleep. We brushed it off that he had just eaten too much before bed.
He was fine all day until after I gave him his waterless bath at about 2PM. About 15 minutes after giving him the ordeal, he started smacking his lips so I knew he was nauseous, then about five minutes later he threw up the largest amount of cat vomit I’ve ever seen produced in one go. No bile, all chewed up food, what looked like a couple days worth honestly. He poops regularly and in large amounts though, so I’m not worried about a digestive issue really. Anyway, I withdrew food and all but a little dish of water, because I know that eating immediately on an upset stomach can make things worse in people and animals. He went to wear his food should be and whined at me, but eventually left and went to his cat bed and made biscuits and lay down. About 10 minutes later he got up and got sick again, this time just a little bit of food-colored liquid, which I assume is more water than bile? Hanzee always puked up bile and it was yellow. Now he is sleeping in his bed again but he doesn’t seem to feel himself. He’s the most affectionate cat I’ve ever met, and he’s not really interested in being pet or given attention right now. He’s just been moving about the apartment and sitting down in different places before laying down again.
To recap, a rough timeline:
1AM: throws up a little bit of chewed up food, eats more.
2PM: waterless sprits bath.
2:30PM: huuuuuge amount of chewed up food vomited up. food withdrawn. lay down for nap.
3PM-ish: small amount of water food-colored substance thrown up.
It’s now 4:23, he’s sleeping, maybe occasionally smacking his lips.
I’m really worried that he could have licked the dry shampoo residue off of his back somehow and that it’s made him sick. There were no warnings on the bottle and a quick google search didn’t reveal any similar problems.... it’s GNC hairball and shedding control waterless shampoo. Now, I know this likely isn’t the problem, since when he first got sick today at like 1AM, he hadn’t had a bath yet. But could it have made it worse? If not, what could be the problem? Do kitties just have upset stomachs some days? I don’t think he has eaten anything strange, he’s inside all the time and we don’t leave small things laying around that he might eat. My vet is closed for the weekend, or I would call her and ask these things. For now I will monitor him and see if things get better throughout the day. I’ll put more food out this evening if he seems to improve today. Thanks in advance for any insight. <3
Excuse the long post! I get long winded in forums, especially about my fur babies. I was going to make a post soon about adopting a new kitty since the death of my Hanzee in November. But I had another question about him first that was a bit more pressing.
A little bit of history. He is almost 15, my husband and I took him in from his parents who are about to move to Hawaii. He is old and very, very big but not overweight. Just big boned. We adopted him exactly a week ago and I took him to the vet this past Monday, where we did full tests just to make sure he didn’t have any underlying health issues (I’m scarred since all of my troubles with Hanzee), and he passed all of his tests with flying colors and the vet said he was in awesome shape. The only issue is that he has stiff hips and can’t turn around to clean his back so it gets dandruffy and lots of loose hair. Today I went to PetSmart and asked the groomers what they would recommend for this and they said a slicker brush and some waterless shampoo. He was very content with the brushing and only slightly perturbed by the waterless shampoo spritz, rub, and towel dry.
Rewind a tad. In the wee hours of this morning he threw up some chewed up food. Not very much, and he went and ate some more food immediately afterwards, went back to sleep. We brushed it off that he had just eaten too much before bed.
He was fine all day until after I gave him his waterless bath at about 2PM. About 15 minutes after giving him the ordeal, he started smacking his lips so I knew he was nauseous, then about five minutes later he threw up the largest amount of cat vomit I’ve ever seen produced in one go. No bile, all chewed up food, what looked like a couple days worth honestly. He poops regularly and in large amounts though, so I’m not worried about a digestive issue really. Anyway, I withdrew food and all but a little dish of water, because I know that eating immediately on an upset stomach can make things worse in people and animals. He went to wear his food should be and whined at me, but eventually left and went to his cat bed and made biscuits and lay down. About 10 minutes later he got up and got sick again, this time just a little bit of food-colored liquid, which I assume is more water than bile? Hanzee always puked up bile and it was yellow. Now he is sleeping in his bed again but he doesn’t seem to feel himself. He’s the most affectionate cat I’ve ever met, and he’s not really interested in being pet or given attention right now. He’s just been moving about the apartment and sitting down in different places before laying down again.
To recap, a rough timeline:
1AM: throws up a little bit of chewed up food, eats more.
2PM: waterless sprits bath.
2:30PM: huuuuuge amount of chewed up food vomited up. food withdrawn. lay down for nap.
3PM-ish: small amount of water food-colored substance thrown up.
It’s now 4:23, he’s sleeping, maybe occasionally smacking his lips.
I’m really worried that he could have licked the dry shampoo residue off of his back somehow and that it’s made him sick. There were no warnings on the bottle and a quick google search didn’t reveal any similar problems.... it’s GNC hairball and shedding control waterless shampoo. Now, I know this likely isn’t the problem, since when he first got sick today at like 1AM, he hadn’t had a bath yet. But could it have made it worse? If not, what could be the problem? Do kitties just have upset stomachs some days? I don’t think he has eaten anything strange, he’s inside all the time and we don’t leave small things laying around that he might eat. My vet is closed for the weekend, or I would call her and ask these things. For now I will monitor him and see if things get better throughout the day. I’ll put more food out this evening if he seems to improve today. Thanks in advance for any insight. <3