Some cats vomit due to indigestion or various reasons. Although some cats often vomit, some vomiting is beneficial, and some vomiting is a sign of physical crisis. Inexperienced cat owners don’t know how to respond. First of all, you must know the cause of cat vomiting in order to better prevent and treat it. Here are some common reasons why cats vomit.

1. Spit out gastric juice

If your cat’s vomit is a thick, transparent liquid with a little white foam, it is gastric juice. There may also be a bit of brownish-green color. This is because the vomiting is too violent and causes a bit of bile to be vomited out.

When poop scrapers see this, they don’t need to panic. This is a typical cat vomiting on an empty stomach. To put it bluntly, even when a cat’s stomach is empty, the cat will feel stomach discomfort and vomit. If the fasting time is too long, it will cause excessive gastric acid secretion, making the cat uncomfortable and even leading to gastritis.

Solution:

Do not leave the cat’s food bowl empty for too long. The cat’s eating habit is to eat small meals frequently, which can maintain the cat’s normal gastric juice secretion level.

2. Completely undigested food

Cat's vomit may contain undigested food, such as whole grains of cat food, usually in the form of thin strips. This situation indicates that the gastric juice in the food is reduced and is vomited out before it reaches the stomach, which is a reflux condition.

Solution:

Cats with this problem may be born with esophageal stenosis or esophageal compression. You must be careful with the food you usually eat. You can feed your cat food that is completely mashed or made into paste. You must feed it a little less each time to let the food enter the stomach little by little.

3. Undigested food

Sometimes the owner has just finished eating, but spits out the food again within a few minutes. The food spit out has not been completely digested, and there are still many formed cat food particles. Even some cats will quickly vomit out the entire cat grass just after eating it.

One reason is that the cat eats too much too quickly. The other is because the cat’s stomach is intolerant to certain ingredients in the food, which is more likely to occur during the stage of changing cat food.

Solution:

You can give her a hypoallergenic formula. It is worth noting that cats with food intolerance are also prone to producing soft stools and require special attention.

4. What was spit out was a hair ball

half of a cat's dayThey spend all their time licking their fur. When the fur they lick into their stomach becomes united to a certain extent and irritates their intestines and stomach, they will spit it out. The hair balls are usually mixed with gastric juice, and sometimes they are just a few hairs. Sometimes it feels like it has been compressed and the texture is very hard.

Solution:

Regardless of whether long-haired or short-haired cats, excess coat can be removed through frequent grooming to reduce the amount of licking into the coat. In addition to combing your hair, you should always have hair removal cream or healthy oil (olive oil) at home. Occasionally feeding your cat some can lubricate and decompose hair balls in the body. .

In addition, there are two situations that need attention.

Blood in vomit

If the cat's vomit is mixed with blood, it may be that the vomiting is too severe or it may be a sign of gastritis. It may also be that the gastrointestinal mucosa is scratched by foreign objects and causes bleeding. Pay special attention to whether the kitten has swallowed needles, glass and other foreign objects.

Foreign objects in vomit

If the cat spits out some foreign objects instead of food, such as plastic, tape or other things, it means that the cat has ingested the foreign objects, which may have caused the cat to be poisoned, or a larger amount of foreign objects are still accumulated in the intestines and stomach.

Although we are all accustomed to cats vomiting, it is more serious when a cat vomits along with other symptoms. When a cat appears in the following situations, it should be sent to the hospital in time.

1. Severe vomiting several times a day or over a long period of time

2. Vomiting every day for several days

3. Accompanied by severe diarrhea

4. Accompanied by fever

5. Sometimes I retching and can’t spit out anything

6. Lack of energy and loss of appetite.

Vomiting not only reflects gastrointestinal problems, but may actually cause vomiting when most of the body's organs are diseased. If vomiting is accompanied by other symptoms, you must be sent to the hospital.

If you still can't accurately judge the cat's vomiting situation, don't blindly use other methods. It is more effective and safer to find a veterinarian.