my roommate's cat constantly vomits his food. we've tried switching the food, but it still happens..what could be the problem?

4/3/2006 11:26:37 AM

just kill it

4/3/2006 11:28:53 AM

He's ingesting something else: carpet fibers, grass, etc. Is he an indoor or outdoor cat?

4/3/2006 11:28:55 AM

you didn't have to share this with us you know

4/3/2006 11:29:07 AM

stop feeding the cat.

4/3/2006 11:29:55 AM

he's an indoor cat...and his food sits open in his bowl until it's all gone, then he fills it up again.

4/3/2006 11:32:55 AM

is it vomit or regurgitation? there's a difference and whole different list of differentials for each

4/3/2006 11:35:39 AM

i guess it's regurgitation...everything that comes back up is his food.

4/3/2006 11:36:43 AM

take him outside and let him eat some grass

no bullshit

4/3/2006 11:39:37 AM

my roommate is afraid to let him go outside...haha..he's only been like once and got lost, but we found him...but does grass really help?

4/3/2006 11:41:10 AM

well too much isn't good, but usually when cats eat grass its to help their stomachs out

4/3/2006 11:47:29 AM

i just need to figure this out..i know we could ask a vet and all. It'sjust getting really annoying to come home and find regurgitated food all over the floor and i don't even like cats all that much..haha

4/3/2006 11:55:24 AM

by roomate do you mean boyfriend, cause cat owners are fags LOLOL

4/3/2006 12:10:25 PM

^^they have things that are similar to chia pets where you grow a little bit of grass inside and its for your cat to eat

4/3/2006 12:29:11 PM

take your cat to a Vet...the last cat that came into my hospital that was vomiting everything it ate had a MASSIVE stomach tumor that literally was not allowing any food in it's stomach...

odds are though that the cat has a hair ball, etc... but if your roommate gives a damn about their cat, they'd take it to get it checked out

4/3/2006 12:42:01 PM

stop switching the food, it can take cats awhile to get use to new food-- they can reguritate it for a bit until they get used to it

4/3/2006 12:58:58 PM

Is it digested? Undigested? What texture/'consistency? How fast does the cat eat? Does it take its time or does it wolf down its food???

4/3/2006 12:59:30 PM

we've only switched the food once. The food isnt really digested and it's pretty much the same color as the food is when it's fresh(he uses hard food by the way)..I'm not sure how fast the cat eats, becuase like i said..he just pours some food in the cats bowl and whenever it is low, he'll refill it.

4/3/2006 1:53:36 PM

i would suggest not feeding it eggs

4/14/2006 1:09:29 AM

feed it to a dog, or a large snake, or something.

cats suck.

4/14/2006 1:10:15 AM

we have a cat that is incredibly nervous all the time, so when she eats, she eats real quick cause she's afraid the other two cats will get her (they never attack her, she's just weird). this leads her to regurgitate the food a lot. some foods work better, but its nothing malicious cause we've had her checked out. she's been like this for a couple years, so its nothin new.

4/14/2006 1:16:26 AM

If he's too scared to take it outside, buy a cat grass thing from PetsMart.

4/14/2006 1:20:51 AM

i spread jekyll's food out on the floor. he eats too fast otherwise, which causes him to throw it all up.

4/14/2006 1:41:58 AM

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"i spread jekyll's food out on the floor. he eats too fast otherwise, which causes him to throw it all up."

Our kitten does this too. We have to feed him slowly because if you put it in a dish the little shit eats it really fast and then throws it back up.

4/14/2006 1:55:58 AM

You really need to consider taking the cat to the vet, unless this is like a regular occurrence since the beginning of time...then it may result from behavioral issues. When I was with my wife, we had a big orange tabby (well, she's got him now, dammit) that would simply HOOVER his food in the mornings. I've never seen a fat housecat eat so desperately. And it never failed. He'd hurl. I don't know how many times I've cleaned up Daytona's hurled-up food (not even chewed much at all). Even so, I really miss that cat. He'd play fetch with his catnip mice, and he'd jump on the bed in the morning and try to paw the covers off of me so I would scratch him. And every time I was on the computer, he'd be sitting in my lap watching what was going on.

Are you feeding him dry food? If so, you ought to try moist or canned food and see if it has the same results. It might be better to feed him canned in the morning, and dry later in the day. Portion it out.

Oh, BTW, Daytona had a habit of chewing any kind of sheet plastic, like shopping bags, plant bed plastic, etc. His throwing up got really bad one time, and there was no food in it. Took him to the vet, and ended up having him operated on to remove the handle segment of a Dillard's shopping bag. He had a serious stricture.

4/14/2006 2:04:34 AM

if you're not comfortable spreading it all over the floor, put a golf ball in the dish, to make the cat work around it in order to eat.

problem with jekyll was that he was too voracious for that to work, so i eventually resorted to the floor.

4/14/2006 2:05:03 AM

he thinks he is fat

4/14/2006 2:17:28 AM

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"You really need to consider taking the cat to the vet, unless this is like a regular occurrence since the beginning of time...then it may result from behavioral issues. When I was with my wife, we had a big orange tabby (well, she's got him now, dammit) that would simply HOOVER his food in the mornings. I've never seen a fat housecat eat so desperately. And it never failed. He'd hurl. I don't know how many times I've cleaned up Daytona's hurled-up food (not even chewed much at all). Even so, I really miss that cat. He'd play fetch with his catnip mice, and he'd jump on the bed in the morning and try to paw the covers off of me so I would scratch him. And every time I was on the computer, he'd be sitting in my lap watching what was going on. Are you feeding him dry food? If so, you ought to try moist or canned food and see if it has the same results. It might be better to feed him canned in the morning, and dry later in the day. Portion it out. Oh, BTW, Daytona had a habit of chewing any kind of sheet plastic, like shopping bags, plant bed plastic, etc. His throwing up got really bad one time, and there was no food in it. Took him to the vet, and ended up having him operated on to remove the handle segment of a Dillard's shopping bag. He had a serious stricture. "

You pretty much just covered everything about my cat Andre, except he's not fat. He inhales his food and then throws it back up. We've had to portion it out and we switched him to wet food. He had a blockage before so he's been on wet food for his urinary blockage. He's ok if we give him small amounts at a time, it just takes like 15 mins to feed him. Pretty much like you said he's on the bed at 6 in the morning begging. He even begs right after he eats. He eats anything he can find if it's left on the floor. He eats bags, plastic, anything. He found the top ring that goes on a milk carton and tried to eat that as well. He plays fetch too, I swear he thinks he's a dog. That was crazy. You were describing Daytona and it felt like I had a stalker. Sorry your wife got him.

4/14/2006 12:00:33 PM

Its because he is eating to fast, probably. Either that or a hairball. My cat used to do that too, we finally found some food that is shaped like cherrios that makes him slow down when he eats. Its siamees <sp?> cat food, since they normally have that problem.

If its a hairball, and it may be because its the time of year to shed, get some cat treats that are made to help hairballs.

4/14/2006 12:57:58 PM

one of my gf's friends had the same prob. started as vomiting, progressed to not eating to hardly moving in a few months. Turns out it had feline leukemia. they took it to the vet, but it died anyway........

....damn thing had it coming though, it kept shitting in my gf's bed, UNDER THE SHEETS!!!

4/14/2006 1:20:40 PM

we give one of our cats petromalt to help with the hairballs. she doesn't puke nearly as much as she did prior to giving her that stuff.

4/14/2006 1:31:46 PM

my cat was doing this and the problem was she was secretly eating plastic. from like CD or DVD covers are any grocery bags laying around.

4/14/2006 1:32:32 PM

we have a cat that puked every time we give her a cat treat, and then some other times, we eventually figured out that she needs bigger bits of food or she just inhales them, so at the end of the bag, with more small bits she was puking more. now we just feed her big food, and no treats and no more puking!

4/17/2006 2:43:39 PM

You can buy little pots of cat grass at pet smart, not too expensive, I'd do that. Also, do you have any plants that he can get to? Many are toxic to cats.

4/17/2006 4:55:40 PM

my roommates cat ate some ribbon one time and kept tryin to puke it up. she had to have surgery to have it removed. i wish that spawn of satan had died though.

4/17/2006 4:59:06 PM