<p>Our cat has had a habit of vomiting semi-regularly. She seems to barf immediately after eating, food is not really chewed or digested. She is in no apparent discomfort and the vet just said to put golf balls in her food dish to make sure she eats slowly, but was unconcerned about it.</p>
<p>Sometimes she barfs once a week or even only a couple of times a month, other times it is 2-3 times a week.</p>
<p>Anyone solved this issue? It seems not to be an actual health issue, but it does not look pleasant and is not great for the carpet, etc.</p>
<p>I had a kitty like that. According to the vet random vomiting without any other signs of distress can be the result of feline heart worm. Unlike canine heart worm which can be fatal if left untreated, felines can often fight off the disease without the owner ever knowing. Even though kitty has fought off the heart worm, vomiting may be one of the long term side effects. Our kitty did this for the better part of her life - she lived to be 14.</p>
<p>Does your cat live at our house? Our cat does the same thing. When I asked the vet, he said “Some cats do that.” Great. I recently switched our cat to Purina One Sensative Systems and I think she is barfing less often. Watch…tomorrow she will puke.</p>
<p>We bought a carpet shampooer because of this kitty. Our daughter calls her the “bulimic cat”.</p>
<p>We also have a cat who has been vomiting all her life. She’s 15 now, and it hasn’t caused her any health problems.</p>
<p>Her vomiting is related - at least in part - to hairballs. We’ve tried every remedy suggested by the vet, special foods, home remedies, etc., etc. And yet, still she throws up. All we can do is clean as quickly as possible.</p>
<p>Our dog barfs. Bright yellow. Always two spots. Always on the carpet. If he starts heaving while on the hardwood floor, he makes sure to move to the carpet. Ugh. In 10 years he has not once barfed on the hardwood floor where it would be easy to clean. When he goes, so do my carpets!</p>
<p>The only really really bad thing about these healthy yet barfing animals is finding their ‘product’ with bare feet - first thing in the morning while stumbling to make the coffee.</p>
<p>Momlove, that’s terrible. I think I can top that. My old kitty was the Barfing Queen. In addition to her hairball problems, she used to eat really fast, gobling up her food like an excavator. Quite often, after finishing her meal, she would run to the top of the stairs and send a flow of partially digested cat food down the stairs, hitting every single step! She preferred not to barf on flat surfaces. I spent ungodly amount of money on SpotShot, but my carpets are spotless. Ms Kitty lived to be 13 and grieved herself to death when her companion kitty died of old age/diabetes complications. Sigh. I miss you, kitties. My new feline babies do not lick themselves as much, and -knock on wood! - hairballs do not seem to be a major issue.</p>
<p>Oh and did I mention that most of our house is either hard wood floors, or tile. BUT our cat MUST have her front paws ON CARPET before she pukes. I mean really…why couldn’t she just puke on the floors that are easy to clean up?</p>
<p>Our cat died about a year ago. I was missing her over the weekend; but now I’m not. She, too, was a puker. Thank you all for reminding me why I really don’t miss having a cat!</p>
<p>After she died we replaced all of the carpet. It’s nice to have no spots : )</p>
<p>Our 19 yr old cat vomited all the time. The vet suggested switching her to wet food only but that didn’t seem to help. We now give her a spoonful of wet food every morning and switched her dry food to one for a sensitive stomach. She still vomits but nearly as often.</p>
<p>A lot of dry cat food has dye in it. When our cat was still alive, he was a medium vomiter, I switched around several different brands until I found one without dyes. The vomit did not stain the carpet.</p>
<p>So I guess I should assume that our vomiting cat (who, in classy fashion, only pukes on the oriental rug, never the tile, wood floor or wall-to-wall) upchucks a a lot more than I realize because I also have Lab? CC is SO educational! I wouldn’t worry about this happening once or twice a week–this is what many cats do; one of ours is a vomiter, one isn’t. I consider it a reasonable trade-off for their always being immaculate and never having to be walked.</p>
<p>Our cat barfs too, but only upstairs on the carpet, never downstairs on the hardwood floors. The dog is not allowed upstairs, thank goodness. DH thinks that he barfs when he’s peeved at us, but admits that the correlation is pretty weak. The vet thinks DH’s theory is incorrect, but can’t come up with a better one.</p>
<p>I had a cat who barfed because he was obsessed with running water. In the morning he’d eat a reasonable breakfast and then join DH in the bathroom while he shaved. DH would turn the water on and the cat would drink and drink. A few minutes later it would all come back up.</p>
<p>All of the other pukers we’ve had were long-hairs. The only thing that seemed to help with them was daily combing. But I’ve learned my lesson; now whenever we’re in the market for a new kitty, my one non-negotiable is short hair.</p>