Cat vomiting: when to observe and when to seek medical attention
Occasional vomiting of hair balls can be observed, and projectile vomiting should be treated immediately.
Common causes of vomiting in cats include vomiting hair balls, eating too fast, eating foreign bodies, gastroenteritis, parasites, pancreatitis, kidney disease, etc. The key to judgment is not the single dimension of frequency, but the accompanying symptoms.
Conditions that can be observed: What is vomited is hair balls or undigested food. After vomiting, the patient is mentally normal, has normal appetite, and has normal defecation. Treatment is to stop eating for 6 to 8 hours, give small amounts of warm water, and then resume smaller, more frequent meals.
Situations that require medical treatment: vomiting more than three times in a day; vomitus with blood or brown color; accompanied by diarrhea, lethargy, and refusal to eat; abdominal pain when touching; projectile vomiting (suggesting possible obstruction). Foreign body obstruction is common in cats, especially linear foreign bodies such as wool, ribbons, and string toys.
Recording the color, characteristics and frequency of vomitus before seeing a doctor can help the doctor save a lot of time for investigation. Taking photos is the most direct way.
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