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Advice for a puking cat!
Help!
I Am At My Whits End!
My Cat, Female, Domestic Short Hair, Only Child, Seems To Puke On An Almost Daily Basis. She Eats A Limited Ingredient Diet, She Is Allergic To Fish And Chicken. We Feed Her No Treats And There Are No Plants In The House. The Puke Is Usually Just Swollen Morsels Of Food With Liquid. I Have Taken Her To The Vet And She Has Stayed Overnight And I Never Get A Definitive Answer As To Why She Is Puking.
I Do Not Have The Resources To Continually Take Her To The Vet To Cure Her Puking Problem. Particularly, when no one can seem to tell me why she does it and what I can do about it.
I Feed Her Special Food And Have Gone To Greath Lengths To Figure "what Is Wrong With Her", But I Am Almost At The Point Where I Feel Like I May No Longer Be Able To Handle Her Puking On Everything Bed, Rugs, and Couches.
Any Advice?
I Am At My Whits End!
My Cat, Female, Domestic Short Hair, Only Child, Seems To Puke On An Almost Daily Basis. She Eats A Limited Ingredient Diet, She Is Allergic To Fish And Chicken. We Feed Her No Treats And There Are No Plants In The House. The Puke Is Usually Just Swollen Morsels Of Food With Liquid. I Have Taken Her To The Vet And She Has Stayed Overnight And I Never Get A Definitive Answer As To Why She Is Puking.
I Do Not Have The Resources To Continually Take Her To The Vet To Cure Her Puking Problem. Particularly, when no one can seem to tell me why she does it and what I can do about it.
I Feed Her Special Food And Have Gone To Greath Lengths To Figure "what Is Wrong With Her", But I Am Almost At The Point Where I Feel Like I May No Longer Be Able To Handle Her Puking On Everything Bed, Rugs, and Couches.
Any Advice?
thank you for the advice!
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Daily vomiting could be due to lymphocytic/plasmacytic enteritis, which is an inflammation of the GI tract, or it could be due to hyperthyroidism, heart disease, GI. parasites, some infectious diseases, and cancers of the GI.
Hyperthyroidism, bartonellosis and other infectious disease can be diagnosed by blood tests. Cancer's and heart disease can be diagnosed by X-Ray, ultrasound or echocardiogram.
Lymphocytic/plasmacytic enteritis requires a biopsy and endoscopy.
To save money your veterinarian could try a therapeutic trial with a steroid (prednisolone) and if it helps than your cat probably has lymphocytic/plasmacytic enteritis.
You could also try a low-dose of daily pepcid and anti-emetics (anti-nausea medications) such as Reglan or Cerenia (off label use), which are available from your veterinarian.
Symptomatic therapy may be all that she needs. Once the symptoms are under control with (for example), steroids and reglan, than the doses can be decreased to the lowest effective dose that can be safely used long term.
Other possibilities could include herbal therapy. Another posting listed listed the herbal preparation: Stomach Happy, from Jing Tang herbal company. This may also be effective for your cat.
Hyperthyroidism, bartonellosis and other infectious disease can be diagnosed by blood tests. Cancer's and heart disease can be diagnosed by X-Ray, ultrasound or echocardiogram.
Lymphocytic/plasmacytic enteritis requires a biopsy and endoscopy.
To save money your veterinarian could try a therapeutic trial with a steroid (prednisolone) and if it helps than your cat probably has lymphocytic/plasmacytic enteritis.
You could also try a low-dose of daily pepcid and anti-emetics (anti-nausea medications) such as Reglan or Cerenia (off label use), which are available from your veterinarian.
Symptomatic therapy may be all that she needs. Once the symptoms are under control with (for example), steroids and reglan, than the doses can be decreased to the lowest effective dose that can be safely used long term.
Other possibilities could include herbal therapy. Another posting listed listed the herbal preparation: Stomach Happy, from Jing Tang herbal company. This may also be effective for your cat.
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