Advice about vomiting cat
Posted: Sat Aug 10, 2019 5:13 pm
Back in early July my 19 year old moggy, Bacy, lost a lot of weight. We took him to the vets and after blood tests it turned out to NOT be a kidney problem - much to my vets surprise. She reasoned that he might have gum problems, so put him on Metacam. Fantastic - Backy started eating properly again. Unfortunately he wasn't gaining weight.
For the last few days he's been vomiting up food (and been extremely flatulent). As he's been drinking a lot, the vomit has got a lot of liquid in it and so spectacularly covers anything that doesn't move quick enough. I have no pet insurance because such purveyors vanish into the ether as soon as you mention Backy's age. Consequently we can't shell out £160 to see an emergency vet on a whim. Once Backy has vomited he seems fine. He's probably not going to get dramatically worse before we see the vet on Wednesday (though I'll be ringing Monday to see if we can get him in any earlier).
Our current plan is to be careful what/how we feed him so he doesn't chuck up in the meantime. Normally we give him over the course of the day a some Whiskers jelly 7+, whiskers dry food 7+, or Gourmet pate normal adult age. Should I just give him pate and stop the other two? Or only give him a small amount of food every few hours?
If anyone knows of an advice line or website I'd be very grateful.
This is all very depressing - this could be a stomach bug easily sorted, some kind of condition that can be managed, or it could be something very serious. We just don't know, but are preparing for the worst. If Backy didn't appear so content except for the vomiting & weight loss, we could say our goodbyes. But what if he's going to be fine? I'll be very cross at our vet if this is something she just missed back in July.
For the last few days he's been vomiting up food (and been extremely flatulent). As he's been drinking a lot, the vomit has got a lot of liquid in it and so spectacularly covers anything that doesn't move quick enough. I have no pet insurance because such purveyors vanish into the ether as soon as you mention Backy's age. Consequently we can't shell out £160 to see an emergency vet on a whim. Once Backy has vomited he seems fine. He's probably not going to get dramatically worse before we see the vet on Wednesday (though I'll be ringing Monday to see if we can get him in any earlier).
Our current plan is to be careful what/how we feed him so he doesn't chuck up in the meantime. Normally we give him over the course of the day a some Whiskers jelly 7+, whiskers dry food 7+, or Gourmet pate normal adult age. Should I just give him pate and stop the other two? Or only give him a small amount of food every few hours?
If anyone knows of an advice line or website I'd be very grateful.
This is all very depressing - this could be a stomach bug easily sorted, some kind of condition that can be managed, or it could be something very serious. We just don't know, but are preparing for the worst. If Backy didn't appear so content except for the vomiting & weight loss, we could say our goodbyes. But what if he's going to be fine? I'll be very cross at our vet if this is something she just missed back in July.