Flippin cats!!!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

rubyshoes — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:18:37 GMT

All cats should be graze fed due to their hunting nature they feed have bursts of energy and hunt etc, then sleep then start the cycle again. They regulate themselves and don't overeat. HOWEVER! this can only be introduced as a young kitten as they learn to regulate it cannot be introduced later in life. One of the main reason for vomiting in cats isn't actually vomiting its regurgitation because they have eaten too much so try mimicking graze feeding by feeding 4-5 times a day the same daily allowance but small meals. You can get those timed bowls which can be set to open at certain times during the day

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Katy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:04:03 GMT

3 nights in and no vomiting! Woo!

Thanks for your help guys!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Katy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:03:51 GMT

3 nights in and no vomiting! Woo!

Thanks for your help guys!

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Katy — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:09:48 GMT

Lol Sal! Morris sounds fab!

Hmm well after feeding Cleo at 9ish last night, we had no throwing up! Yay!

Let's see what happens tonight shall we!

I might get her some hairball paste just in case tho!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Mark Hedberg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 12:51:29 GMT

Back when my old cat Harry (God rest his soul and bless his cotton socks!) was alive, many years ago, he got a weekly treat of about an inch of hairball paste on a paw or down the hatch, otherwise he vomited intermittently as well.

Hence the suggestion. Fine otherwise, just needed the hair sorting. He hung around for 19 years so it must have had some good stuff in it! :D

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Vickipr — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:20:03 GMT

*hear, not here! I can spell, honest!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Vickipr — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:19:21 GMT

My cat is fed on a mixture of wet and dry food, we have to feed him his dry food in a food ball, otherwise he will eat it all, and vomit! Food ball defintely helped with that. Mind you, he still vomits on a fairly regular basis, (monthly?) and he's had every test he can have done, and he's fine, just vomits. We just have to move him away from the carpet and onto the laminate if we here the vomit noise!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Sal the 1st — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 10:00:31 GMT

[quote user="Mark Hedberg"]Don't forget to treat for hairballs! :)

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- no he didnt manage to eat the sheepskin rug -( sorry couldnt resist that one)

but seriously hairballs is a good suggestion.

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Mark Hedberg — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:06:59 GMT

Don't forget to treat for hairballs! :)

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Sal the 1st — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 23:04:01 GMT

well lets just say there is w/d in the bowl now that has been there since about 6.30 this evening. Jasper is crashed in front of fire and Morris has just left the bedroom after eating what he wanted of the rabbit he went out to catch. Morris is an anytime/anywhere/anything sort of cat where food is concerned but I would like to bet there will still be a few w/d biscuits in that bowl come breakfast time

PS does anybody have any tips for cleaning a sheepskin rug

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Katy — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 21:42:56 GMT

Katie- that's quite funny!!!

So glad that i'm not the only one with vomming cats!

Sal - what is this miracle w/d food you speak of?! Will the food thieves like it?! (they try to run off with defrosting meat from the kitchen, prawn crackers, eat your brekky if you leave it unguarded for a second!) And will it upset Lionel's delicate tum?

Grazing not going to happen then. Glad you agree.

Will try this w/d food to bulk up their evening snack. Tbh Mia and Lionel could put on a teeny bit more weight, it's chunky Cleo that needs to shift some!

Thanks!

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Katie Mansfield — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 20:21:43 GMT

Totally agree with the "grazing" and the cat wolfing it down and throwing up. A few years ago (quite a few, actually, now I come to think of it!!) I was going to Nottingham for the weekend to see my bf (now hubby, which is how I know it was longer ago!!). Anyway, I left a huge bowl of cat biscuits down cos my neighbour couldn't come in until the following evening. When she got there the cat had quite obviously wolfed the lot in one go as there were little piles of puke all over my flat. Only up-side was it was cleaned up by the neighbour!!

K x

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Sal the 1st — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:49:02 GMT

one of mine does this if I have a lie in and he is late eating or its the summer (hell whats that - do we actually get one in this country?) and he is an early riser with no food in his tum - this is our solution.a few w/d biscuits in the bowl with their normal dry food at teatime so they are not getting anymore than they should but just a bit less of what they like, neither cat is particularly keen on them so unless they are actually starving hungry they tend to stay in the bowl a bit longer, and there is usually something left for them to nibble on when they get the munchies around 5am without me having to drag my carcass out of bed to feed the little bleeders.

Re: Flippin cats!!!

Julie-Anne Wilson — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:40:25 GMT

I had to do this with my old dog. He started throwing up every night so I started feeding him just before I went to bed and it stopped.

I'm not sure about leaving food down all the time. I do that with my dog but that's because she'd be super skinny otherwise, she's got really high metabolism. If they're scarfers, I'd think they'd scarf and puke if it was just there for them.

Could you try a time release food dish?