Question:
This morning I heard a strange sound while I was getting dressed for work, but it sounded like it was coming from outside.

Low and behold, when I go into the kitchen to get my coffee that Meeko got sick in a few spots.

I'm wondering if there is something that would indicate it was normal/abnormal.

Basically, in several of the piles it was cat food. The liquid part was milky coloured with a ring of what I would guess was either tummy acid or saliva.

Meeko seems fine, his normal self after all that. Playful, energetic, friendly.

I know he didn't get into any chemicals as those are all under the sink, where he can't get at them (I tied the doors shut with a hand towel after he figured out how to open it last week). The only thing that comes to mind was I was soaking a pan in the sink. It would have had grease and dishsoap in it. I'm not thinking it was that.

Possible it was just that he ate to much and then made himself sick running around like an idiot, throwing a fake mouse into the air?

Pickles is fine.


Answer:
Occasionally Aoife and Hamish will do this - they'll get sick in a few spots, throwing up food and then a bit of the liquid, but then they're absolutely fine and it won't happen again for weeks or months. It happens so rarely that I've never taken them to the vet for it (they go for their shots and exams every year). I just think their tummies get upset so they throw up their food, and then the liquid is just 'empty-reaching' or 'dry-heaving' because there's no food left to get rid of. Aoife tends to eat plastic (no matter how careful I am to keep it from her, she still finds some), and sometimes that's the culprit.

I think he prolly just made himself sick running around or eating too quickly (or a combination of both), and he should be okay. If he starts doing it regularly, though, I'd take him to a vet.

There's no worse sound than the sound of a cat getting ready to throw up. Believe it or not, I worked with someone whose shoes made that sound as she walked. It was horrible hearing her approach down the hallway!


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Thanks Bridget!

I am relieved. It just makes me nervous because he hasn't thrown up since this summer. And that was because he overate. Pickles sometimes gets sick when she gets really hot and then goes crazy playing.

It probably was him being over-active after eating. He tends to eat everytime he see's Pickles having some food. Even if it's just to eat one or two bites. LOL He's a copycat.

I will definately take him to the vet if I find more vomit. It was just so many little piles. *shudder*I stepped in it cause it's the same colour as my floor tiles. I almost got sick myself.


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Originally Posted by Pickles
*shudder*I stepped in it cause it's the same colour as my floor tiles. I almost got sick myself.
I'm sorry - I'm laughing because I've done the exact same thing and it's absolutely gag-making. Especially when it's warm. Ewwww!!!!


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So, are you thinking this is different than a hairball? B.B. seems to leave a little pile every now and then, but it seems to be related to periods of shedding and I have always assumed it was due to hair unless there was specific evidence that she had eaten plant leaves (we have a palm which is not supposed to be toxic, or she will occasionally eat grass in the summer) and then I will see pieces of plant in it.
Our Simon (RIP) died from choking on a very large hairball. I didn't even know that was possible before that happened to him.
He used to leave very large patches behind which almost looked like poop. Which I have stepped in myself, so I could also relate to that *shudder, uggh! feeling* Had I known it was so serious I would have given him hairball remedy. For sure if it happens for more than a day I would at least call the vet.


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God, I hadn't realized a cat could choke to death on a hairball. I'm so sorry I give my guys hairball stuff from the vet. Aoife is the only one who doesn't like it, so I have to glob it onto her lips and she spends the next 15 minutes distastefully licking it off


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There was a bit of furr in one of the piles. I don't think he was choking though. It wasn't a big ball. I think it was a case of him being a hog with his food and then being hyper. No puke now that I'm home and he seems fine.
Poor little fellow thought he was in trouble when I stepped in it and went "arrrrrgggg" took off in the bathroom to watch me from a distance. LOL


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well I had to pop in on this one, because I have a cat that throws up a hairball at least 2-3 times per month.
During the fall it was every week and sometimes twice.
It's not as bad with dried food, but I've seen him do it all.
I've even tried getting him to do it in the laundry room, so far he did it once. I've had him for 2 years now.
It's gross, it's the worst, I urge myself.
Vet told me it was normal for him, and to give him the hairball treatment to help him get it up.
It could be caused by other things, so get each cat cheacked when your not sure.
He said cats the go out side will do it then, so it's not noticed as much as a total house cat.
Mine seems pretty short haired, but his underside is very long, and he is a constant groomer.
I love my cat, so I made a deal with Hubby. LOL It was his mothers cat.
He gets the barf, and I get the litter box.


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My cats throw up from cat treats- I don't buy them but they get some every year from Grandma for Christmas, and of course Isaac gives them some- then sure enough- they are all sick sometime within the next day. I think it's the dye in them. Yucky. Mouse also gets sick when she eats dog food. You'd think she'd put the two together, but she is just a cat.

I don't trust those over-the-counter hairball remedies. I still suspect Petromalt had something to do with the death of my bunny Dexter. I depend on brushing and wheat grass.