Young cat being sick after every meal
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Hi, I'm at a loss what to do about my young cat.
She is 10 mths old. I have already been to the vet about this - she gets diarrhoea and sickness after she eats her food. I normally give a small amount of Iams with a tiny bit of wet pouch food - Tesco brand. In the past, she has been totally ok with this combination but lately she just throws up each and every time she's eaten.
I have put her on a starvation diet as per vet's instructions and gradually inroduced food back. It all goes well for a few days and then she's sick and diarrhoea again. I don't want to have to keep doing this, it doesn't seem right. She's had lab tests done and nothing showed up.
I tried a sachet of food that the vet said to try but she wouldn't even try one bit of it.
I was therefore wondering if anyone has any food that they recommend for a cat with a sensitive digestion? I just want her to stop puking up every day!
Thanks very much in advance
She is 10 mths old. I have already been to the vet about this - she gets diarrhoea and sickness after she eats her food. I normally give a small amount of Iams with a tiny bit of wet pouch food - Tesco brand. In the past, she has been totally ok with this combination but lately she just throws up each and every time she's eaten.
I have put her on a starvation diet as per vet's instructions and gradually inroduced food back. It all goes well for a few days and then she's sick and diarrhoea again. I don't want to have to keep doing this, it doesn't seem right. She's had lab tests done and nothing showed up.
I tried a sachet of food that the vet said to try but she wouldn't even try one bit of it.
I was therefore wondering if anyone has any food that they recommend for a cat with a sensitive digestion? I just want her to stop puking up every day!
Thanks very much in advance
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My cat did well for a time on a diet of coley plus a vet-prescribed dry food - he has two types: Hills D/D Venision and Pea; and Waltham Intestinal. Both these foods are genuinely palatable - all three of my cats voluntarily eat them!
When you are introducing a new food like this it helps to do it gradually. Mix a little with their usual food, and gradually increase the proportion of new food to old. (By the way I would not feed Tesco own brand to a cat with sensitive digestion, I'd go for a premium, I use Felix pouches.)
For my cat the Special Diet was ultimately not enough and last Christmas he was being sick regularly so he was put on a low dose steroid treatment - 1mg prednisolone per day. This has completely stabilised him. Vets are reluctant to prescribe this for young cats (mine was 2 years old when he began it) but there comes a point when it is a far better option than the cat being regularly sick/diarrhoeal and not absorbing their food. The vet told me that being constantly ill that way could cause irreversible changes in the bowel.
He still has to have a limited diet - the biscuits as mentioned above, plus Felix as good as it looks. The meds plus the diet has made him a new cat - such a relief after a seeing him unwell 50% of the time.
You bred from a cat with colitis?
BTW I too am saddened anyone would breed from an animal with colitis having had a dog with this it is a very distressing disease
Potato??
But I agree, my vet did an exclusion diet to begin with - they call it 'intolerance' rather than allergy. That's why my cat was fed coley and a 'novel' protein in the Venison dry food - something he would never have come across before. My vet said these type of diets usualy help but they are rarely the full answer - hence my cat having to go on to steroid therapy.
Most cats will tolerate cooked white fish as it is low residue, so that is definitely worth a try - but it lacks vital nutrients and roughage, so it has to either be supplemented with a dry food, or only fed for short periods.
But I think the OP needs to go back to the vet for further advice and an alternative prescription diet. (Ask him about the Hills D/D Venison - it is fairly new so he may not be familiar with it.)
Yes potato - some cats/dogs are intolerant of rice but potato seems to be less likely to cause a reaction.
I'm not saying keep the cat on it forever - it's a way to begin excluding things that could cause allergies. I would personally be at the vet though if the cat is not able to eat and keep it's food down rather than taking advise from here.
I completely agree re the vet - as I said before. I don't think it is something the OP can sort out without veterinary help.
I always get the dry food versions of these diets, my cats will never eat 'special diet' wet food (I don't blame them, it always looks like a damp nappy:D).
I think that the grain they use to bulk out most cat foods is at the root of a lot of cat problems - especially digestion.
Perhaps try kitty on a little beef mince, or chuck some chicken breast and giblets in a food processor. Just a taste - if she eats it and keeps it down try just that for a couple of days. If her bowels also improve, you might want to make the switch to raw feeding. It isn't as expensive or complicated as you might think. Some care needs to be taken to ensure she is getting all the vitamins, minerals and amino acids she needs.
One problem might be persuading her to eat it or persuading her to eat enough of a variety. It has taken months to get my two cats ready to switch completely to raw - they will stop getting commercial dry after this bag is finished.
As an alternative, Applaws wet food has barely any rice and their dry has very little.
He was on Burns food for something like 8 years and his digestive problems rarely raised their ugly head again. I personally couldn't recommend it highly enough, it might be worth looking into?
All the best OP, I know from experience it's difficult knowing that there is a problem and all you want to do is put it right! Please let us know how you get on.
On Friday, the diarrhoea was just unbelievable so I called the vet and had a chat. Also arranged to see her today and get various things done.
Well, wouldn't you know that the little bugger was totally fine on Saturday and Sunday and has done normal business in her tray!! Grrrahhh.
I took her to the vet to be looked at anyway and she's fine, really good condition, perfectly normal behaviour and looking bright, right weight etc.
All I have done that is different is to stop giving her the pouches, so I am now hoping that this is the culprit and it doesn't happen again.
Thanks for everyone's input