sapphireangel81
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So I have a 10 year old domestic medium hair cat. She is fixed and has been since she was born. She has never had any real medical issues. About a year ago she started throwing up her food after eating. We were feeding her 9 lives dry cat food. We started supplementing the dry food with wet canned cat food which was also 9 lives. This worked very well for the past year or so until about a month ago.
Last month we fed her and within an hour or so she was vomiting, drooling uncontrollably, having bowel movements that were watery, watery eyes, smell coming from her body like that of fish, stomach spasms. We thought we were losing her so we rushed her to the ER vet. By the time we got her to the vet she was just exhausted but all other symptoms had stopped. The vet could not figure out what had happened but suggested she get a round of antibiotics and nausea meds.
This seemed to fix her right up. She was back to herself and we decided to stick with a dry food diet for awhile to see how she did. Well last night she started acting like she was still hungry after eating a bit of her dry food and since it had been a month with no issues I figured I could try a bit of wet canned food again. I gave her the canned food and by this morning she was back to the same symptoms as a month ago. This time since we knew she wasn't dying but actually becoming severely dehydrated from the vomiting, we gave her water through a dropper and gave her a bath to relax her.
She seems to be doing ok now but I am just at a loss as to what this could be. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Why after a year of having wet cat food is she all of a sudden having severe reactions? She did have a vet visit about 2 months before the first episode and everything checked out just fine. She was super healthy. I would also like to note that she does not go outside. She is an indoor cat. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.
Last month we fed her and within an hour or so she was vomiting, drooling uncontrollably, having bowel movements that were watery, watery eyes, smell coming from her body like that of fish, stomach spasms. We thought we were losing her so we rushed her to the ER vet. By the time we got her to the vet she was just exhausted but all other symptoms had stopped. The vet could not figure out what had happened but suggested she get a round of antibiotics and nausea meds.
This seemed to fix her right up. She was back to herself and we decided to stick with a dry food diet for awhile to see how she did. Well last night she started acting like she was still hungry after eating a bit of her dry food and since it had been a month with no issues I figured I could try a bit of wet canned food again. I gave her the canned food and by this morning she was back to the same symptoms as a month ago. This time since we knew she wasn't dying but actually becoming severely dehydrated from the vomiting, we gave her water through a dropper and gave her a bath to relax her.
She seems to be doing ok now but I am just at a loss as to what this could be. Has anyone else experienced something like this? Why after a year of having wet cat food is she all of a sudden having severe reactions? She did have a vet visit about 2 months before the first episode and everything checked out just fine. She was super healthy. I would also like to note that she does not go outside. She is an indoor cat. Any suggestions are greatly appreciated.