My Cat is 14 1/2 years old. She has been vomiting up green stuff and has diahorrea. I took her to the vet, and he said that it appears to be some form of a bug. He gave her an antibiotic injection and zantac injection I presume to settle her stomach. This was yesterday. Today her vomiting has stopped, and her diahorrea has just been a very little bit just once.

She is eating very little pieces of tuna, she has eaten 3/4 of a small tin of tuna but not her usual cat food which she normally scoffs down in one go. I am just getting a bit anxious as shes not eating enough. She is starting to look thin as shes given up food. Her over all mood is good, shes purring away and is interested in whats going on around her.

Just wonder if I should leave her a day or two before returning to the vets for more tests, but am thinking maybe she will just eat when she feels ready to again? This is the only thing thats worrying me is getting her to eat as everything else about her is fine.

Anybody got any advice or just reassure me?

Thanks

3/4 of a tin of tuna isn't a lot - but it isn't starving. Her symptoms are improving and she is well in herself.

I am not medically qualified in any way - if it was my cat I would see how she was in the morning. Perhaps try her on poached chicken and/or warmed wet cat food or dry food soaked in warm water. Warm is often more apertising for cats.

Maybe phone the vet in the morning and ask advice.

I'm surprised the vet did not give you more advice about what to feed her at the moment. She shouldn't be given ordinary cat food, she should be on a bland diet - white fish or as SM says poached chicken. Even tuna is a bit too rich for a poorly stomach.

I microwave coley portions for my cats when they're off colour, goes down very well, the smell of it cooking often stimulates their appetite. And because it's 'wet' it keeps them reasonably hydrated (the immediate risk is not starving to death, it's dehydration). I'd keep her on bland food for a few days, until she seems to be back to her normal self. But if she deteriorates rather than improves I would go back to the vet.

Thanks for your replies. My Cat was sick once this morning, which I thought oh no!! But then later on I offered her some food, and she ate 1/2 of it which I was pleased with. She's kept it down for 6 hours now and appears to be in tip top form Hopefully she will remain this way now.

Aren't they worrying when they're Ill?

One of my cats had a tummy bug a few months ago and I had to take him to the vets on a bh monday. The vet checked him over and gave him an injection and told me to bring him back the next day which I did (in fact he ended up going there 2 more times thank goodness for pet insurance!) He didn't eat for 5 days in total despite me cooking plain chicken and fish which he normally loves. He looked so thin but thankfully after his second lot of injections he perked up a bit and started to groom himself. Once he got his appetite back there was no stopping him but it was such a worry when he was ill

If she's been really ill, then she's doing well to be eating 3/4 tin of tuna. I would say, give her time to recover. As long as she's got water, then she'll eat when she feels better. It sounds as though the vet has done everything correctly, you just need to give her time to come around. If you're bothered she's not getting the nutriments, buy some Nourishment paste and put a blob of that on your finger twice a day and this will keep her going til her appetite is back.

Really, the amount of times I recommend that stuff on this forum, I should get commission! But it really is good. I gave that to my two when they were kittens (the sister was less responsive to food than her brother) and they are HUGE and very healthy cats now. But when they are a little poorly, I give it to them as well. Just keeps them going when they are off their food. Avoid milk, just give water.

Tuna's not actually that good for cats, especially if it's in brine (waaaay too salty for them). If it absolutely has to be fed, it's best when it's in spring water.

But they can become addicted to something in it and if fed it too often can refuse to eat anything else, which isn't good as it doesn't give them all the vitamins/minerals they need - I seem to remember it leaches them from their systems too.

Poached chicken or white fish is better.