Cat question

[veronica_rich]

(This is for the cat people, any vets, experts out there. If you can answer my questions, you may be helping others besides just me. At any rate, I'd like to know if anyone's having similar problems.)

I have a cat who's been throwing up every day for the past two weeks - he doesn't just throw up, he strings the food and hairball along half the length of the room (cleaning it up is a major pain, but I'm worried about him). It didn't occur to me until this morning that it could be a change in his food - I've fed him Purina One Advanced Nutrition Hairball Control for three years with no problems, and the latest bag or two I've purchased was different packaging. So, I called the company today and it turns out they did take the yogurt out of the formula, and I was told it shouldn't make a difference in how he processes the food. WELL, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY IT HAS.

Anyway, I need to try to find something else for him to eat. It's dry food; I may need to go to some wet food too (he's 11 years old). He doesn't seem in pain or dehydrated or otherwise unhealthy, but this can't be good for his trachea or stomach, can it? I tried to give him a little plain yogurt, but he didn't like it. Have you had this problem? Is there a food that would help? (My budget is limited, but within reason, I can try something new.)

Comments

[smtfhw.livejournal.com]

It's not a problem we've had, but if it was one of ours I'd have been at the vets by now... I certainly wouldn't try giving a cat yogurt, or any other dairy product for that matter, as they tend to find cows' milk indigestible and then they do throw up.

[veronica-rich.livejournal.com]

We've been to the vet's recently, not long before all this started; in fact, I paid extra this time for a blood test and workup just as a preventive to see if anything had changed in the last few years. He shows as somewhat anemic - but he has been for several years and it hasn't caused this kind of problem before.