Good food for cats who throw up a lot?

[Micca]

Our cat likes to hangout outside all night, when she comes inside in the mornings she wolfs down her food and occasionally throws it up. Our vet suggested putting some small stones in her food dish so that she would have to pick out her dry food from between the stones which would prevent her from eating too fast.

 

[Tina]

Thanks for all the advice! I will try the food suggestions and a visit to the vet. Our one cat is the mom of our other one. The mom was a pregnant stray living under a car. We found a home for all her babies then much to our dismay she got preganant again before we could have her fixed. We found homes for all of the second litter except for one baby which we kept. The "baby" is now 14 and her mom must be 15 or 16? Thanks again for the help.

At those ages, a trip to the vet is definitely in order. When my cat started vomiting more frequently than the standard "scarf and barf", he was diagnosed with intestinal cancer.

 

[wdw_girl_18]

Try buying them the cat grass (that is already grown in the pot) by the cash registers at petsmart. This always helps our cats stomachs!

 

[SusanWasHere]

I had cats that threw up on my bed all the time!! And it was a pain having to wash the king size sheets, comforter, and pillows all the time and throwing out the egg crates underneath. It would be 3 loads of wash at all times of the day and night! Costly and not fun at all! Those cats have since passed, but the ones I have now will do it once in a while. So what I have been doing for years sounds crazy, but makes my life so much easier. I make my bed, then take a shower curtain liner (from a dollar store) and throw that over the top of the bed. It fits my king size bed almost perfectly. Over that I just throw and old twin size comforter that I have from 20 years ago. They love to lay on the comforter, and in the event they throw up, it doesn't go through to my good king sized bedding or mattress. I can just wipe up the comforter and throw that in the wash. Those dollar store shower curtains have been a life saver. (my cat's life)

I give my cats Iam's Hairball and Weight control and it's helped a lot! Good luck!

 

[dizluvah]

I had cats that threw up on my bed all the time!! And it was a pain having to wash the king size sheets, comforter, and pillows all the time and throwing out the egg crates underneath. It would be 3 loads of wash at all times of the day and night! Costly and not fun at all! Those cats have since passed, but the ones I have now will do it once in a while. So what I have been doing for years sounds crazy, but makes my life so much easier. I make my bed, then take a shower curtain liner (from a dollar store) and throw that over the top of the bed. It fits my king size bed almost perfectly. Over that I just throw and old twin size comforter that I have from 20 years ago. They love to lay on the comforter, and in the event they throw up, it doesn't go through to my good king sized bedding or mattress. I can just wipe up the comforter and throw that in the wash. Those dollar store shower curtains have been a life saver. (my cat's life)

I give my cats Iam's Hairball and Weight control and it's helped a lot! Good luck!

Susan that is a great idea and I will be stealing your suggestion - as our 10 year old cat spends 80% of his day sleeping on my bed and sometimes "shares" his food with me....bleh

 

[SusanWasHere]

Susan that is a great idea and I will be stealing your suggestion - as our 10 year old cat spends 80% of his day sleeping on my bed and sometimes "shares" his food with me....bleh

LOL mine too! And another good thing is the comforter on top gets the majority of the cat hair! So I throw it in the wash on the weekends and start over! People used to tell me to lock the cats out of the bedroom during the day but I couldn't do that, lol!