Daily Vomiting

[Cbasile]

I have a long haired female cat who is 13 years old. She has maintained a pretty steady diet of dry food and the occasional treat for about four or five years. Recently I added a wet food that had her favorite flavors instead of the dry treats. Around once a week for three weeks I would give her half a serving size (no bigger than the size of a thumb). She very much enjoys it. For a little over a week, she has been vomiting a mass of hair and bits of food, surrounded by a little amount of yellow liquid every other day or two. But, immediately after throwing up she returns to her cuddly, happy self and has maintained a thick, healthy winter coat. I have read this could be caused by the change of diet, but I was wondering if there were any recommendations for some at-home help I could give her to assure she is safe, considering her age she does not like to travel or meet new people.

Already I have tried
-Letting her out to get fresh air
-Brushing her with a longer comb to get any loose hair out
-Down sizing her food portions to avoid overeating

[opus88]

Fancy feast pate or classic isn't a bad food, but fish is not a good idea....yeah I know how cats love it! Way too much Mercury for cats. Once u get them on fish it is VERY hard to get them off, I know b/c I had an addict too. Try hard to get her on chicken instead, may need to mix chic half and half wth the tuna for awhile tho:(
Also stay away from anything with gravy or sauces, that is all carbs, full of empty calories
Good luck

[Cbasile]

This is great advice thank you very much! I am planning on gradually increasing her wet food so thank you for those ratios I didn't know exactly how to proportion it. Currently I'm feeding her Fancy Feast Tuna Flake because she likes tuna/shrimp flavors and they're quite small so I can easily eye the portions I'm giving her.

I will gladly be updating thanks to your help!

[opus88]

sounds to me like she is vomiting up hairballs and that is a good thing!!! you should be feeding her mostly if not all wet food, but you do have to transition slowly. everyday give 25% wet to 75% dry and gradually increase that a bit every other day...work up towards at a min of 75% wet food....what kind are you feeding?
also get her some hairball gel at your Vet clinic(not the ones sold in stores) this comes in a tube, squeeze out abt an inch of this and she should lick it off your finger, if she won't than dab it on her paw and she will lick it off...she really really needs to get this everyday by the sounds of it.
Keep on with the extensive grooming to get rid of as much loose hair as
possible
if she starts to vomit more frequently with NO hairball visible than she really needs to see a Vet
keep us posted and if you have anymore questions we'd be happy to try and help:)