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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:08 PM
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In 4 1/2 years, my cats have failed to puke on the carpet exactly four times
Edited on Fri Nov-23-07 10:47 PM by Orrex
One of those four times was on our bed, and another was on our sofa. Once was on the window sill, and once was on the kitchen linoleum. That's it.

One cat or the other throws up at least three times a week, and with about 30% non-carpeted floor in our house, you'd think that random chance would come into play.

But no.



I'll give them one more week. After that, I'm luring them into an alcove with a cask of Amontillado and bricking them up, dammit.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:13 PM
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1. Not to put too fine a point on it, is it throwing up or is it just hair balls?
Because you can get this gel stuff for the latter that will solve the problem.
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:16 PM
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2. No fine point at all; more like a viscous paste
And very closely resembling the kitty kibble that they'd eaten minutes before.

Occasionally one of the wretched beasts will make a noise like a rutting elephant seal and deposit a hairball in some hard-to-clean location, but that's a comparitive rarity.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:21 PM
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3. Here's what you need:
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Der Blaue Engel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:27 PM
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4. The window sill!
:rofl:

Omigod, I can't breathe. Cat puke posts are the best. :D
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Orrex Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:34 PM
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6. It was the weirdest thing
We clearly heard it occurring in the next room, but we couldn't find it anywhere. It was about twenty minutes before the other cat hopped up behind the curtain and made distinct "burying it" motions, thereby revealing it to us.

Yikes!
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:32 PM
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5. We have wooden floors throughout the house, dotted with the few....
Edited on Fri Nov-23-07 10:43 PM by Robeson
...random rugs. They have NEVER thrown up on the wooden floors. They always hit the rugs. I think it's a cat thing.
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kaiden Donating Member (811 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:42 PM
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7. And cat puke is one of the reasons we got a small, auxilliary dog.
All we have to holler is, "Lookee here, Cranston!" and voila! Better than a shop vac!
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Critters2 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 01:28 AM
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10. I don't even have to tell the beagle. The nose knows!! nt
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 03:56 AM
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12. Yeah
I call my dog the "Bio-roomba"
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graywarrior Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 10:43 PM
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8. I so love cat puke/carpet threads.
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electricmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 01:25 AM
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9. Have you had it checked out by a vet?
Edited on Sat Nov-24-07 01:26 AM by electricmonk
I had a cat that puked all the time and everyone was always telling me it was normal so I ignored it and just cleaned up after him. Then one weekend he looked really listless so I took him to the vet and found out he had intestinal cancer. After the fact I thought about it and the vomit did change right before he got really sick. Turned more watery and looked like coffee grounds in it.

Just something to keep an eye on.

Been over 2 months and I still miss the little bugger.

edit: wrong image link
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KT2000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 03:41 AM
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11. Some cats are barfers
but sometimes they have hairballs that they are not coughing up. Try giving the cats some Petromalt or Maltolatum. Bet it will help.
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Maraya1969 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 05:04 AM
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13. They could have gastrointestinal disease. Prednisone works wonders.
Please take them to the vet before you do away with them. They could be all inflamed. If the vet wants to do all sorts of tests like a sonogram and hundreds of $ of blood test say NO and just ask for something that will help the symptoms for now.

I had the same problem with a cat I was babysitting and the first vet pulled that crap but the second put her on prednisone and an antibiotic and she has been great.
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Orsino Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 08:37 AM
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14. Such a negative tone!
Why won't the liberal media report on the 364 days per year that your cats succeed in puking on the carpet?
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 09:01 AM
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15. My cats puke less now
I put the food in a single layer on a cookie sheet. They can't inhale it and then puke it up.

Might be worth a try, once the vet rules out any medical cause.
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quip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 10:56 AM
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16. Nice post, Edgar
A common cure for this type of vomitous behavior can be simply to change their diet to a different cat food. Try some that claim theirs is more easily digestable. If that doesn't work, good luck leading the little pukes into the cellar ;-)
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Sanity Claws Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 11:40 AM
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18. I think you should try different food too
One of my cats tends to be a puker. There are some brands of food that he has never barfed up so I always go back to them. One brand he has never barfed (at least not yet): Organix by Castor & Pollux.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 01:40 PM
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20. My cat used to puke regularly, too
Then I switched him over to Science Diet and in the last 3 or 4 months, he's puked once. I don't miss that hacking sound at all. :)
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 05:53 PM
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22. sensitive kitty tummies
A common cure for this type of vomitous behavior can be simply to change their diet to a different cat food

I have three cats and one of three cannot tolerate any form of beef, even if it's beef and chicken combined. I stopped serving them beef and she stopped barfing.

I think cats just have sensitive tummies. From the sounds of the stories on this thread, a little adjustment with the diet and you could be home free.



Cher
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kedrys Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 11:20 AM
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17. Is it Hork Day again?
Come to think of it, Dave overate at breakfast this morning and deposited a small amount of, er, overflow. :P
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Hand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 01:36 PM
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19. Clearly they hate America.
Off to Gitmo with them! :rofl:
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-24-07 04:43 PM
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21. You are not alone
:grouphug:
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