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buffy the bulimic cat
Hi,
My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this, and if you have any success dealing with it. Thanks, Steve |
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wrote in message oups.com... Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this, and if you have any success dealing with it. ---------- I've never tried this myself, so I don't know if it works, but I have read that putting one or more large stones in your cat's food dish along with the food will make it more difficult for her to get to the food, and she will be forced to eat more slowly and with smaller bites. Then, you won't have to supervise her eating. It goes without saying that the stone(s) should be too large for her to take in her mouth; they are not supposed to create a choking hazard. Best regards, ---Cindy S. |
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On Jun 18, 12:31 pm, dgk wrote:
On Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:58:54 -0000, wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. I am wondering if anyone else has experienced anything like this, and if you have any success dealing with it. Thanks, Steve We need a little more info Steve. How old is Buffy and when did this start occurring? There are quite a few reasons that cats upchuck and this article summarizes them pretty well: http://www.suevet.com/petEd/VomitingCats.html My experience with Nico (the wonder cat) was IBD (as the article says, very common). I don't think that it has anything to do with the speed of their eating. Cats don't seem to chew stuff very well so it often looks just like it did when it went down. As you noticed, it looks so much like food that someone else will likely come along and eat it. Good food shouldn't go to waste I guess.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Hi. Sorry I've been away for a while. Thanks for that link. I never considered it might be a hairball as the article suggests. I'll definitely look into that. To answer your question, Buffy is 2.5 years old. One thing I see her do sometimes is actually eat hair that is stuck to her cat tower. If hairballs are the issue, I'm sure this isn't helping the situation. Thanks again for the article. Cheers, Steve |
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buffy the bulimic cat
wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? |
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In article .com,
Rene S. wrote: wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? Bubba was gobbling his kibble and then throwing it back up. I switched him to a larger kibble that he couldn't swallow without chewing it up and he keeps it down, for the most part. |
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Claude V. Lucas wrote:
In article .com, Rene S. wrote: wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? Bubba was gobbling his kibble and then throwing it back up. I switched him to a larger kibble that he couldn't swallow without chewing it up and he keeps it down, for the most part. Kibble size makes no difference for Luna and her hork-habit. I call it her hork cycle, since it happens about monthly, a few times and then goes away. Usually, I find a hairball in there somewhere during one of the episodes, but not all. The article about feline vomiting pretty much explained luna in a nutshell. |
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Luna's Mom wrote: Claude V. Lucas wrote: In article .com, Rene S. wrote: wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? Bubba was gobbling his kibble and then throwing it back up. I switched him to a larger kibble that he couldn't swallow without chewing it up and he keeps it down, for the most part. Kibble size makes no difference for Luna and her hork-habit. I call it her hork cycle, since it happens about monthly, a few times and then goes away. Usually, I find a hairball in there somewhere during one of the episodes, but not all. The article about feline vomiting pretty much explained luna in a nutshell. Petromalt seems to help Bubba with his hairballs... |
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Claude V. Lucas wrote:
In article , Luna's Mom wrote: Claude V. Lucas wrote: In article .com, Rene S. wrote: wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? Bubba was gobbling his kibble and then throwing it back up. I switched him to a larger kibble that he couldn't swallow without chewing it up and he keeps it down, for the most part. Kibble size makes no difference for Luna and her hork-habit. I call it her hork cycle, since it happens about monthly, a few times and then goes away. Usually, I find a hairball in there somewhere during one of the episodes, but not all. The article about feline vomiting pretty much explained luna in a nutshell. Petromalt seems to help Bubba with his hairballs... in the past ive tried to give that to Luna but she usually had no interest. maybe it's time to try again. i do use anti-hairball food, which i do think helps a bit. it's gross though! |
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On Jun 19, 7:00 pm, Luna's Mom wrote:
Claude V. Lucas wrote: In article .com, Rene S. wrote: wrote: Hi, My cat buffy frequently throws up the food she has just eaten, within 20-30 mins of eating. This leaves a mess, unless my other cat eats it up, which she is kind enough to do on most occasions. What I notice with buffy is that she doesn't really chew her food and she wolfs it down. Someone told me also that she might be eating too fast so to serve smaller portions, but unless I watch over every bite she eats, and make sure she takes time between bites, I haven't been able to eliminate this problem. Have you tried feeding canned food? Does she have hairballs when she vomits or any other symptoms? Bubba was gobbling his kibble and then throwing it back up. I switched him to a larger kibble that he couldn't swallow without chewing it up and he keeps it down, for the most part. Kibble size makes no difference for Luna and her hork-habit. I call it her hork cycle, since it happens about monthly, a few times and then goes away. Usually, I find a hairball in there somewhere during one of the episodes, but not all. The article about feline vomiting pretty much explained luna in a nutshell.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - It sounds like kibble size also didn't completely eliminate the issue. One thing about Buffy is that she doesn't have any hair in the food she is throwing up. It probably happens on average about once a week though. My other cat is the one with the hairballs, but she doing just fine with the food, as fat as she is! |
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