I have a 5 year old siamese who has been regurgitating his food one or two times a day. I asked the vet and she said it was normal, but he keeps throwing up on the couch, floor, bed, everywhere! Is there something to do to help him to stop? A special type of food maybe?
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You can try using the food that prevents hairballs. Not really sure it will work but its worth a shot!
if you have had this cat 5 yrs, and it just started doing this, then something is wrong. with the cat and the vet,,, get a new vet,,,and take him in..
It sounds serious...and it sounds like its time to find a different vet.
Many siamese just DO vomit, more frequently, but one or two times a day sounds like the cat is having serious problems.
Stress can cause it and so can a lot of other things.
My first response in a situation like that would be to restrict his food. In the wild cats sometimes go for several days without eating if they are ill and nature takes care of it.
I would just give him water for a day or so and then small amounts of food. And yes, find a vet who will help you.
Two of my cats were like this. The only thing that really helped was Science Diet hairball control food. It's expensive but worth every penny in terms of the couch, carpet, bed, etc. Barring that, find a high fiber food that will help them move things along in their digestive system. (Most pet food companies don't put enough fiber in their food because people seem to like it when their animals poop less. Stupid, huh! It's really bad for them as they age.) Good luck!
My kitty does this too -- but not as often. The vet gave us kitty laxative to see if there was some blockage --- there wasn't. I've tried to limit his food intake but that's hard because we have 3 cats. The best thing you might try for your kitty is smaller meals more often.
Siamese Cats are as you know much more particular about there diet than some other breeds are. Get away from any canned food you might try one of the good dry varietys Maxcat, Ukanuba, Science Diet.
You may have to expieriment. I have even went so far as going to the grociery store and buying 2 for a dollar tuna in water Save brand and they will eat that sometimes.
If you really want to get fancy, as some cats demand go buy legs and thighs and boil them for 30 minutes and then pick the meat off and put in a bowl they love fresh chicken.
But not all people treat there cats like one of there kids like we do either.
Don
Usually cats do this when they eat too fast or they eat on an empty stomach. So if he's eating too fast put a golf ball or something in his food to make him slow down and eat around it. If you think he's eating on an empty stomach, leave food out all the time for him.
I had a cat that did this only when she ate can food. My vet said she was allergic to something in it. Changed food and she never did it again.
My vet gave me some stuff for my cat, it was used for hairballs she has never had one, since that medicine.I assume it could work for your cat.
Its not the food, it's probably the fact that the little lovely is eating all his food in one seating and eating it up too fast. I have had this problem with one of my cats in the past too. In order to try and get it to stop somewhat, what we did was to give smaller portions. We would let the cat eat his little portion, get it down, wait a little while and then give him some more, and go on like this until he had what was equal to what would have been he normal portion, and no more vomiting all over the place. Of course it was more work for us, but the cat got to keep his food down.
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