A young black cat was brought to me 3 weeks ago. She was very thin, full of fleas and mites. She had been given perhaps more than enough to eat so I was not too surprised when she vomited everything during the first night in my care. However, even small portions fed to her during the next few days were thrown back at me once a day. I took her to the vet mainly to try to control vomiting but although she will now manage 2 days without problems on the third day I can still expect a meal to be returned, undigested, about 2 hours after being eaten. Because she is also suffering from giardien she was kept 2 days at the vet to ensure that the medication was kept inside her. She had blood tests done for virus infections but all were negative. She has put on quite a bit of weight while in my care but is still vomiting regularly. The vet says things will improve as soon as a new home is found for her. We have plenty of healthy cats waiting for a new home, so the chances of somebody taking on a cat which vomits violently on a regular basis in spite of being on a rather expensive gastro-intestinal diet are rather slim.
When I first visited the vet I was told she had a mild form of ataxia and was deaf to certain sounds. My own feeling is that she was in such a bad condition and so weak that she didn’t know where she was or how she was supposed to react. She now keeps herself clean, plays with cat toys and climbs to the top of the cat tree which she never did during the first week with me. I hope that her condition will continue to improve and that vomiting will cease completely. Has anybody any experience with such a problem? She is a lovely friendly cat with a bushy tail. We call her BB (short for Black Beauty). Pictures to come!
When I first visited the vet I was told she had a mild form of ataxia and was deaf to certain sounds. My own feeling is that she was in such a bad condition and so weak that she didn’t know where she was or how she was supposed to react. She now keeps herself clean, plays with cat toys and climbs to the top of the cat tree which she never did during the first week with me. I hope that her condition will continue to improve and that vomiting will cease completely. Has anybody any experience with such a problem? She is a lovely friendly cat with a bushy tail. We call her BB (short for Black Beauty). Pictures to come!