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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
This is something all indoor cat families have to endure. Cat's will eat grass to make themselves throw up, just to eliminate various things that won't pass through their digestive systems, fur being the most common. Most pet shops sell oat seeds to plant, or even pre-grown oat grass in small containers for cats. It's just part of cat physiology, and nothing to be alarmed about. Folks who have outdoor cats usually don't notice this behavior.
Cat's will do this fairly often, depending upon their eating habits. We brush our cat every day to reduce the need, but she will still leave little puddles once a week or so.
Stitchawl
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Occasional vomiting is normal, especially if it's a cat that gets hairballs. Frequent vomiting is not normal, and is often caused by a food allergy, which are surprisingly common. Stress or anxiety is a big one for some cats, too, as Rumpelteazer explained for her girl. Once a week is at the upper end of normal. More than that, or repeated episodes of vomiting in a short time, are not normal for most cats.
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Originally Posted by Rumpelteazer
Nikita's stomach is easily upset. Tonight she got wetfood she didn't like but a couple of hours later she wolfed it down anyway.
Don't know if she threw up before or after eating, but she throws up either because she's stressed (being hungry or getting something she doesn't like) or because she ate too fast.
Lexie is so much easier, every once in a while a hairball and that's it.
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Poor Nikita, that's no fun. Have you tried giving her little bits of food at a time so she can't eat it all so fast? Cats are goofy critters, I can never figure out if I love mine because or despite that.
