I have a 4 year old male cat. I have had him for his entire life. Found
him few days after he was born and feed him with a dropper for a while.
Now he is a big, fat 21 pound cat.

For some reason, unknown to me, he throws up about once a week. Seems to
happen after he eats a lot. I think he is just such a pig that he stuffs
his face, then pukes because he over ate.

Anyone have any other idea's? He has no other heath problems and is an
active, fun cat.

I just took my cat to the vet for the same problem. He told me to
take away all dry food and start my cat on 1/2 can of wet twice a day,
instead. He thinks my cat is just not getting enough moisture from
his food to make it pass through his system. It's been a few days now
and so far so good, but my cat can go for several weeks between vomit
episodes. My cat is also a good eater and will eat just about
anything I put in front of him. He's a shorthair, but he sheds all
the time, so the vet said a lot of his problem could be hairball
related, although all he's ever thrown up has been clear fluid and
food (7-8 hours after eating it). He also recommended a tsp. of
Petramalt three times a week. I'm going to take him back and have
some blood work done in a few weeks to rule any diseases.
pepsi

One of our cats (8 yrs) still throws up if he eats too quickly. You'd
think he'd have learned after 8 years...

Hilary

Brush him, stop free feeding him (feed him twice a day, preferably
high-quality
canned food, or ask your vet what and how much to feed him) and get a
laser
pointer. I have a very fat cat (I didn't DO it, she arrived that way!)
and she is
steadily losing weight on a diet and a regimen of laser pointer play
every night.
It is HILARIOUS, like having a kitty remote control. I make the light
go
down the hall just ahead of her and she zips right after it. I let her
"get" it
once in a while--i.e. turn it off when she pounces on it--to keep her
interest.
Another great thing--it doesn't wear out your arm like a feather on a
string can.

Cats appear to have the ability to puke at the drop of a hat.

My first cat, Sabina, did this regularly her whole life (17 years). She was
healthy, just seemed to gobble her food too quickly sometimes, sans any
chewing. Would throw it up soon after eating it, & it'd come up looking as
it had in the bowl (dry food), only wetter & warmer. ;-) Then, if I didn't
clean it up *immediately*, she'd eat it again, & it'd stay down the second
time. To each their own. <g>

Cathy

--
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("The Boy in the Bubble") Paul Simon

circa Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:01:58 -0500, in rec.pets.cats.health+behav,
Cathy Friedmann (clfr@adelphia.net) said,


Sabina and Oscar must have been related. ;-)

Laura
--
I am Dyslexia of Borg,
Your ass will be laminated.

Kami does that sometimes and I think it's just a burp gone awry.


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Brandy**Alexandre®
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Well, would you?

I love to run the light up to his foot and then turn it off. 9 times
out of 10, he'll either back up or pick his foot up thinking he
trapped the light.
If he's up on his condo, I'll flash the light on the ceiling and he
does a perfect head waving, mouth open, Stevie Wonder imitation.
Hilarious.
pepsi