Sassy cats — Sasha update

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I gots a bellyache!

It’s the peep today. Sasha’s at the spa getting a mani-pedi with a whisker curl.

Last week I took her to the vet for excessive vomiting. Since she almost only does it at breakfast time, my thought is that she eats too fast. The vet was thinking more along the line of food allergies. A food mat didn’t work for her. We are going to start her on a limited ingredient diet but it hasn’t come yet so in the meantime I’ve been feeding her smaller portions at breakfast. That worked and we went a whole week with a barf…until today.

To complicate matters she has an irritated ear. It’s not infected but irritated and it bothers her. She was hanging her head in that way that cats do when they have ear issues. She has ear drops now (her favorite! Not!) and her personality has turned around. I was hoping that the ear was contributing to the barfing. The vet didn’t think so but she was clearly uncomfortable.

Sasha with her best friend!

I will not be taking a victory lap. I’m still not convinced it’s a food issue but I’ll start her on new food anyway to see if that helps. In the meantime she had a second breakfast, which she kept down. She’s been busy looking for her boa for Halloween! She is Sasha the Magnificent after all! A bellyache will not stop her from celebrating!

 

50 thoughts on “Sassy cats — Sasha update”

  2. I’m glad the ear trouble and tummy trouble seem to have settled for the moment. It seems odd it would be an allergy if you feed her the same at every meal and she only barfs at one of those meals, but who knows? Maybe that’s when her stomach is the most sensitive.

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  5. My dog pukes every time he scarf’s/inhales/gobbles his food too fast. I don’t know if that happens with cats, too. All I know is, it’s happened to my past dogs and also my guy Tre now. If it works where Sasha doesn’t get sick when you feed her in smaller increments, then that might just be what’s going on. Good luck. Have a nice weekend.

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  7. Having never had a kitty, I can only offer sympathy, well wishes and not advice. I hope you come up with a fix as I know it is unpleasant for both of you. Didn’t you give Gracie the rotisserie chicken because of her sensitive stomach, or was it because she was a finicky eater – so could this be an option for Sasha too?

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  9. Poor Sasha. Was blood work done? I know Penelope was vomiting often and it was thyroid. A probiotic may help too. I am surprised the vet didn’t suggest that.

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    • She had bloodwork done earlier in the year and everything was perfect. The vet suggested either a prescription diet (which I’ve never been successful getting a cat to eat) or limited ingredient cat food which I will try. She rarely does it except for breakfast.

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  13. I think I could have an urpy tummy if my ear was hurting. The whole week without a barf sounds pretty good. I’d be as cautious as you are having had some sick kitties that you couldn’t lock down a cause plus the whole food thing is a conundrum. I do think you are onto something that it is a breakfast issue from eating too fast. Have a good rest of your Friday and a peaceful lovely weekend!
    **No barfs 🤞

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  14. I’m glad the ear meds have helped. She’s gotta feel better. We have a cat that throws up several times a week. It just is, so we don’t worry about it anymore. She’s healthy otherwise, good weight, good appetite. Some cats are just like that, especially ones who groom a lot and swallow lots of fur like ours does.

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  18. So Sasha is an enigma huh? (is that the right word??) Mysteries are sometimes tough to solve as our cats don’t talk (thank heavens). They do give us signs, signals, “looks”, and if they talked heaven knows they’d be driving us crazier than we are already but sometimes we are just not sure what’s up! Hope you and Sasha’s vet can figure it out.

    Hugs, Pam (and Teddy)

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