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? asked in PetsCats · 4 years ago

My Cat keep throwing up. Help.?

She eats dry, diet food twice a day and is currently overweight (but losing weight at a healthy rate due to the diet food). Her sick is a yellowish colour and she's been throwing up maybe 5 times a week. We're worried.

Don't give me any bullshit about being a bad owner. We love our cat which is why she's dieting.

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  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Your cat is probably having a hairball blockage or is not getting hairball treats or petromalt to help with that. You also need to realize that diet pet food is very hard on your cat (even less protein and more fiber than a cat actually needs or should ever have). Your cat needs tons of fresh water next to the dry food bowl, available at all times. Make sure your cat is getting plenty of exercise rather than worrying about diet food. Normal food, particularly high quality wet food or a mix of wet and dry, given according to proper portions for your cat's size and weight/weight loss plan, is safer and healthier. Ultimately, your cat is not an herbivore or omnivore. It did not evolve with humans and is not able to digest the grains in regular cat foods, particularly in a "weight-loss" or indoor cat dry food. You need dry food that strives for at LEAST 40% protein. Go with Grain Free. Wet food should have an extremely high content of protein. All food should be GRAIN FREE.

    This is the other thing: your pet is very likely dehydrated. Most cats who have only dry food or even half dry food are already dehydrated all of the time, despite water a good level of water intake. The dry food also puts a big strain on their organs (kidneys, etc) and can lead to diabetes. Wet food from good companies (I prefer MaxCat or Wellness) that comes in a BPA-free can (cans that are the smaller aluminum ones, holding 5.5 oz of food or less are usually BPA-free whereas the larger tin cans are sometimes not). BPA is known to cause hypothyroidism in cats and many manufacturers have or are phasing out the BPA lining in their larger cans. Hypothyroidism can cause steady weight loss, or even extreme weight loss, due to BPA and often hits around age 13 but can come on earlier, so a BPA-free lining is essential. Be careful not to mistake weight loss for healthy dieting.

    Finally, if your cat is not holding food down, is having diarrhea as well or extremely dark hard stool, and a dose of Petromalt, etc isn't doing well, he may have a blockage from foreign items like pony tail holders, string etc. If your cat's nose is dry and hot, gums feel dry, ears feel hot, etc, take him to the vet asap.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Change her food.

  • 4 years ago

    Change her food. The food is the problem

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    Well firstly those diet foods are bs. Dry food is the reason your cat is fat, it is awful for cats and the dry diet foods are the worst. They lack all of the healthy fats as well as the bad. Your cat needs a species appropriate food, a raw diet, canned food diet, or a mix of both would be ideal. There is absolutely no good reason to feed kibble to a species that evolved to get almost all of its water from its food, not to mention all the carbs in dry food is what causes obesity in the first place. My cats eat all the canned or raw food they want and have never been overweight. A species appropriate diet that contains higher amounts of meat protein and little to no carbs, along with exercise, will help her lose weight. Losing weight needs to happen slowly though. A fat cat that loses too much weight too quickly can develop hepatic lipidosis aka fatty liver disease, and vomiting is a symptom.

  • Laura
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Its great that you are working on her weight.

    My cat had the same issue, she would throw up about once a day. She was eating only a high quality dry food. I took her to the vet and the vet said that it was all on the dry food. She eats quickly, and the dry food expands in the stomach, so she feels full then the dry food expands and then she gets sick because her stomach can't hold it all in. I switched her to a mostly wet food diet and she hasn't thrown up since.

    My cat was also getting a bit pudgy, and the wet food seemed easier to manage her calories in too.

    I would consult with your vet though, but I'm 99% sure that its the dry food.

  • ?
    Lv 6
    4 years ago

    Does she have plenty of water?

  • 4 years ago

    Cat throwing up 5 times a week, you haven't taken it to a vet... so yes, you're a bad owner. And your attitude stinks too.... have a nice day, moron.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    This is the same person that's asking these fake questions about their veterinarian

  • ?
    Lv 7
    4 years ago

    Not giving you bullshit, but you may consider a vet? Yellow throw up could mean a kidney infection or that her kidneys aren't performing correctly which happens in a lot of cats that are on dry-only diets.

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Cool

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