What should you do if your cat vomits?

Jun 09,2024
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Many pet owners encounter symptoms of vomiting in their cats during the process of raising cats. They must first learn to judge the cat’s condition and then take measures. Next, let’s learn what to do if a cat vomits~

 

1. Fasting and drinking, and observe the situation

When a cat vomits, the pet owner should immediately deprive the cat of food and water for about 12 hours to observe the situation, so as not to aggravate the cat's vomiting symptoms.

At the same time, observe the number of times the cat vomits and whether there are foreign objects in the vomit.

2. Pathological vomiting requires prompt medical treatment

If your cat continues to vomit, you should take your cat to the veterinarian in time. Frequent vomiting in cats is likely to be infected with feline distemper, coronavirus, cat-borne infection, etc. This situation cannot delay the cat’s treatment, otherwise it will be life-threatening.

If there is blood, foreign matter, etc. in the cat’s vomit, it may be food poisoning or enteritis, and it is necessary to seek medical treatment in time.

3. Deworm the cat

In addition to vomiting symptoms, cats also have other symptoms of parasite infection such as loss of appetite, parasites in their feces, etc. Pet owners should deworm the cat in a timely manner. Pet owners must pay attention to deworming their cats regularly and deworm their cats regularly. This can reduce the symptoms of vomiting caused by irritation of the cat's gastrointestinal tract due to parasite infection.

 

4. Give the cat hair balls

It is normal for cats to vomit hair balls in their vomit. The cat may have eaten cat grass and developed hair balls. If the pet owner does not remove hair balls from the cat for a long time, a large amount of hair may accumulate in the cat's intestines and stomach, which may irritate the cat's intestines and stomach, causing it to vomit.

Then the main thing is to feed the cat some hair removal cream in time to help the cat evacuate hair balls. In order to prevent hair balls, cats should also evacuate hair balls regularly.

5. Feed probiotics

Cat owners should prepare some pet probiotics for their cats at home. When cats vomit due to indigestion, gastrointestinal discomfort, etc., they can be fed probiotics to relieve the symptoms. Probiotics contain Bacillus subtilis and fructooligosaccharides, which not only regulate the gastrointestinal tract, but also relieve symptoms of vomiting and diarrhea.

6. Change appropriate cat food

If the cat food fed to the cat is inappropriate and contains allergic ingredients, the cat may also vomit. Then it is best for pet owners to change their cats to a suitable cat food, but they should pay attention to using the 7-day food change method to change cat food. mostChoose a cat food that contains probiotic ingredients for your cat.

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