I have a 4 year old cat who vomits after eating. We have...

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Question by Debbie
Submitted on 10/1/2003
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I have a 4 year old cat who vomits after eating. We have changed her diet several times. The Vet says nothing is wrong with her. She gorges on her food constantly. She eats so fast she vomits. We feed her 1/2 can of wet food in the morning and a bowl of dry food at night. That does not seem to be enough for her. She is always looking for something to eat. She nurses the carpet constantly as well. I am at my wits end. She is not losing weight she is very healthy and active. We have another cat that is 3 years old and she eats normally. She does not vomit either. The older cat is always eating her food as well as her own. I don't know what to do anymore. Can someone please help?

Answer by Tamiko
Submitted on 5/26/2005
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My cat is doing the same thing. I feed her Science Diet Senior Hairball Formula (it does work on hairballs...both of my cats hardly cough them up anymore). After constantly waking up to puke on the floor, I decided to completely eliminate night feedings...I don't think that it's necessary that any sort of animal needs food 24/7 (except if the cat is pregnant or nursing). They get what I put in their bowls during the day and that's it. She in particular seems so much more relaxed now that there's nothing to finish by dawn. I also give them very little first thing in the morning in two separate feedings (I'm talking about 12 grains of kibble) and then put the rest of the day's food in around late a.m. Being a member of the "Clean Plate Club", she would scarf everything down until she became sick. The food bowl has always been a big issue with her, especially since we adopted her daughter a year after getting her. I'm pretty sure that this is some kind of psychological problem that I don't understand...it seems to have some sort of competitive foundation. In any case, there's nothing fun about cleaning up cat vomit...especially when I need to get to work. I also read that putting a few 2-3" clean river rocks into the food bowl will force a gorging cat to slow down when they're eating, as they need to maneuver between the rocks to get their food. I may possibly start that should the vomiting begin again, but so far, it's been a week without any barfing and this seems to be working for me.

Answer by Tamiko
Submitted on 8/16/2005
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Our 2 cats have always been weird about food. I'm not sure what it is, but the food bowl is a major source of anxiety for them. The older cat was vomiting on a regular basis about 4 times a week. The vet said that her health was fine and that she was a gorger. I have two cats and the other wasn't vomiting at all, but very competitive for the food bowl. First, I stopped leaving food out 24 hours a day. Reason being is that no animal needs food available during the night (unless pregnant or nursing). Then I found some advice on the web and started putting river rocks in their bowls to slow them down. In addition, I also fed them about five times a day. It worked and the vomiting virtually stopped. However, there were times when I actually had a life and wasn't there to feed them and they'd rightfully get upset. I also got tired of the cats waking me at 5:30 a.m. because they were "starving" (believe me, they didn't lose an ounce, even during the new schedule). In addition, since I'm going back to school in the fall, I won't be able to feed them at key scheduled times during the day and realized that this solution would no longer work for me. I bought a plug-in automatic pet feeder (patented name is Auto Pet Feeder) that has a timer (timer has a battery back-up in the event of a power outage) that is plugged into the wall. The feeder will dispense any amount of (dry only) food that you program it to, up to 8 times a day. I have mine set for 6 times a day. I feed them the recommended amount of food for their age and weight, but it's slowly throughout the day. The cats are learning to not associate me with the food bowl anymore and the morning wakings have stopped. In addition, the older cat has not vomited once since I've been using this.

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Answer by Zoya Jouravska
Submitted on 2/13/2004
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2/13/04 My cat has the same exact thing. So I tried to do this.It works for my cat. (READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!) 1.Put in 1/4 can of tuna in bowl. But make sure you brake up the tuna really well. 2.Next put some spring water in the tuna until it becomes sorta like a soup. Stir really well. 3.Then you get a piece of black bread break it up into little bits. Like the size if your pinkies finger nail. Spread it on the tuna. If it does not work I have other comments just e-mail me at zoyajcomcast.net Hope your cat gets better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer by poopy
Submitted on 9/23/2004
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my cat did this and died

Answer by Erin
Submitted on 2/5/2005
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You're not feeding her enough. She doesn't know you're going to feed her. Free-feed her the dry food, don't make her go all day without eating, no wonder she's gorging herself. Also, if she's nursing the carpet, that's a form of comfort, so something'sgoing on emotionally. Ever missed a feeding time or anything? Something might just be stressing her out.

Answer by jo mama
Submitted on 9/13/2005
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This worked for me. dont feed them for a while. they will eat a penutbutter and jelly sandwich. hope this helps

Answer by jo mama
Submitted on 9/13/2005
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This worked for me. dont feed them for a while. they will eat a penutbutter and jelly sandwich. hope this helps

Answer by danette
Submitted on 6/2/2007
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Debbie I have a vomiting cat with the exact same symptoms. Please let me know if you found something that works. At wits end too. Tired of cleaning up the mess and stepping in it.

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