The MOST likely scenarios are either/or 1)eating too fast, and 2) not eating often enough. If he’s a fast eater and tends to gulp his food down, and maybe gets fed once or twice a day, try smaller meals more frequently. Cats bodies are built for small frequent meals throughout the day. Puzzle feeders for kibble (you can google diy ones for cheap) and lick mats for wet food can slow down his eating too. If this doesn’t solve it, or he has other signs of illness, a vet visit is in order.

It could just be that he's eating too much too quickly and that's causing him to throw up.
Try reducing the amount that you're feeding him each meal, say by a 3rd, and see if he keeps that down.

If he still throws up then it's time to see a vet.

Is your cat a bigger cat? How much does he weigh? My maine coon sometimes does this because the pellets are so little, he eats so fast. And then throws up directly back into the bowl. I swapped him to a large kibble and it helped a lot. Now he's a senior and just generally eats slower so hes back to the smaller pellets but its a special diet for sensitive stomach and it happens a LOT less now.

A cat’s health very much depends on getting sufficient nutrients regularly. They have to eat (and keep it down) at least once every 24-48 hours or their bodies will start to use their own fat reserves which will strain their liver and can make them sick, leading to a vicious circle since being sick prevents them from eating. They can die from hepatic lipidosis. If your cat keeps throwing up the food it ingested directly after eating, you have to take it to a vet asap.

There are puzzle feeders that help slow down fast eating kitties. But I'd talk with a vet. An obstruction in his digestive tract can also cause inability to keep down food and that's a serious problem.

I had a cat who would vomit regularly and I had never had a cat before so I thought it might be hairballs or something. Eventually switched her food a few times and she stopped vomiting.

I eventually got another cat who liked the food the first cat used to eat so I tried giving it to my first cat again and she started vomiting again. That’s when I realized her vomiting was caused by the food.

I would try changing your cat’s food and see if it helps. You could try limited ingredient cat foods just to be safe but my cat in this instance just needed a different brand of regular cat food and she was fine.

Is he eating potted plant dirt (that’s what the vomit looks like to me)

Two cats that live upstairs were throwing up multiple times a day… I finally asked if they had cleaned the water fountain in their bedroom…

They stopped vomiting after i switched it out. It’s a frustrating fountain to clean so i suggested they get another easier to clean pet libro like they already have in the common area.

going thru the same with our mackerel tabby girl and I think we are up to 8 vet visits/30 days.

have you looked into hyperthyroidism? next up I would say is ultrasound for IBD. can you get meds from your vet to treat symptoms in the meantime since the chronic inflammation is definitely doing damage.

cerenia and zofran. good luck!!!

Get xrays done to look for a blockage. If she's throwing up semi digested food and bile, that's a sign that the food is making it to her stomache and begins being broken down, but cant make it through the intestines (most likely from a blockage/obstruction) blood work would not show this. You need to pay for xrays.

We had 3 cats projectile vomiting from Orijen foods. We use science diet’s perfect digestion and it put a halt to it.

Also see if theyre getting into anything poisonous.

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I think one of my cats ate an advil or something of the sort and started vomitting

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The other was eating my plants and I realized they were poisonous and was vomitting. Also affected her stool.

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Watch their stools and urine as well. It'll help the vet diagnosis

I always thought cats vomiting up hairballs was perfectly normal. Turns out it isn't normal at all. Them vomiting up once or twice a year is fine but anything other than that is a red flag. So, what needs to happen is to take them all to the vet to rule out anything bad. Then switch their food. I know cats like shredded food but try something more of a pate, especially since kitties don't chew their food most of the time.

Like the other poster said, look for anything they could be getting in to. The biggest culprit is plants, which 85% of houseplants are actually really bad for cats (including lillies).

But the number one should be taking them all to the vet. And check is your vet will let you bring them all in at the same time or a couple at the same time, it'll help keep costs down.

It's the Friskies. I bought a single can of friskies once just to see if my cat would like it (and save me money) and he ended up vomiting and having diarrhea all night. An old man I know had the exact same problem. Give them something else to eat

Mine was so bad that I started referring to her as Spewtwo. I took her to the vet and she's in perfect physical health with no obvious underlying cause. They put a worming tablet down her and it was an overnight success. It could be worms.

Also, fleas. They are a cause for worms as well and even indoor cats can get fleas. It's time to bomb their furry little asses.

I feed mine Hills for senior cats (she's twelve), so quality food is a must. Never feed them Whiskers or Friskies, it's like feeding them fries and cheap pizza every night.

Your mother is wrong, it is definitely not normal for multiple cats to vomit multiple times a day. It isn't normal for cats to vomit frequently at all. My family's longhair, Maine Coon mix cat doesn't even get hairballs that often and he grooms constantly. I have no clue what could be causing the cats to vomit like this, if it is the food or some illness, but I would 100% take them all to the vet as soon as you can to figure out what is going on.

My one cat vomits everyday depending what food she's eating. She was on the same one for 5 years and suddenly now throws up with it. I've tried many foods and now I'm under the theory of her needing a higher fiber content. What fiber % is yours? (On the guaranteed analysis chart on the bag). Also, have you tried probiotics (fortiflora) sprinkled on the food? Pumpkin puree may help too if she will eat it.

Can you share his bloodwork?

My cat in early stages of kidney disease looked a bit like this. He would vomit 1-6 times in one day, sometimes there would be a hairball, but most were just clear, with a bit of foam. Then he'd not eat and be a bit constipated for about a week (I didn't know at the time that constipation = dehydration, nor about what to look for). Then he'd be fine for about a month. Then the cycle would repeat. It would happen more often if I gave him more kibble than usual, so I thought it was because of the kibble, but, in retrospect, it was because he'd eat less wet food and not drink a whole lot more water, so he'd get dehydrated, which triggered the cycle.

The bloodwork was all in normal ranges, but, in retrospect, creatinine and SDMA were on the high end of normal, enough to qualify for Stage 2 CKD, and the vet never considered this and never did a urine test, and I didn't know at the time.

So there may be other values that are still in normal range, but higher or lower than usual, that could point towards the cause. You can also try getting a 2nd opinion at an online vet service, there are some which are cheap and very knowledgeable, and they can give you ideas to bring up to your usual vet.

If you don't have the blood values, you can ask the vet to send them to you. That way you'll also know for sure if the vet checked for hyperthyroidism, which is another possible cause for this.

Regarding hyperthyroidism, try to check his heart rate while he's asleep. Like, hold a hand on him while he's snoozing where you can hear the pulse, grab a stopwatch and see how many badumps you hear in 1 min. If it's larger than 160, I'd consider asking the vet for a T4 and Free T4 blood test (even if the vet did a t4, the free t4 is normally not done unless there is reason to suspect hyperthyroidism, and cats normally freak out at the vet and have a <200 heart rate, so they can't really tell during a consultation).

I'd also consider switching him to a senior food, if you haven't already. They're made so they help a little bit with the early stages of various conditions, including having lower phosphate levels in case cats develop kidney disease.

He is, thank you! He hasn't vomited at all in 3 months now. CKD isn't curable, but some cats have lived for a decade after their diagnosis.

I had a similar situation with my cat not eating for several days even though he wanted to, and was vomiting clear liquid. Bloodwork was normal but an X-ray revealed he had eaten a little stone which was blocking his digestive tract. Maybe ask for an X-ray?

My cat is 10ish years old. She also vomits bile frequently. Maybe try an appetite stimulant when he starts not eating?

We also just switched her to Purina one indoor advantage for seniors (dry food) and she has been eating SO much. She really loves it.

This is exactly what happened with my cat and it was the beginning of symptoms of CKD in my cat too. Unfortunately in my case he masked his symptoms for a long time so it was already late stages when we caught it. He still lived for 3.5 years after diagnosis.

Thank you! Did this come up in normal blood work or did you have to request or do special testing? We did a bunch of bloodwork idk what was tested but I hope the vet would have thought of this.

Have you tried a different brand or kind of food?

I would honestly get a second opinion, maybe even get bloodwork and x-rays done. I hope your baby comes out of this safely!!

Yes go to the vet. If you were vomiting multiple times a day, would you stay home or go to the doctor?

Also it’s worth noting that my sister had a cat who presented to her vet like this and it turned out to be from a bracelet charm she had eaten, it hadn’t quite obstructed her bowels all together, they caught it early enough by bringing her in as soon as she started vomiting

Definitely a vet trip. My cat was doing this and we discovered she had kidney disease. Change in food and medication and now we're back to the occasional hairball every once in a blue moon

Vomiting is not a sign of good health. Time to schedule a visit. Expect X-rays and bloodwork.

Absolutely go to a vet please

It's been a couple months, the new place shouldn't be stressing her out that much. Please take her to the vet - I had a cat that had kidney failure that was vomiting a lot like this and I regret not taking him in sooner.

It could be over eating or eating too fast, I'd assume maybe eating too fast so a slow feeder may work. It could also be something entirely different like an allergy to dry food.

I got a 12 y/o cat after her owner had passed away, and they didn't specify she was on a certain diet so I just assumed she'd eat dry cat food just fine. She vomited literally 5+ times a week, and usually it was chewed up food and hairballs. The vet said she was probably over grooming herself and that was it so I'd feed her wet food with stuff to help/prevent hairballs. Barely helped, she still threw up constantly and the vets claimed she was perfectly healthy. After asking online someone suggested maybe she had developed an allergy for something in dry food and for a week or two, switched her to a strict wet food diet.

Hasn't thrown up, not one time, since (not food anyway; hairballs, she still has on occasion but not nearly as much). Vets think things are black and white sometimes when there can be literally something as easy as an allergy and it not sitting well with the animal. I hope it's just an overeating issue but if it persists, she could have an allergy to something in dry food. I tried multiple dry cat foods for my cat, she still threw up all the time, so it's some active ingredient in all cat food her body does NOT like.

My cat did this bc she ate dry food too fast and angle of her bowl was wrong. I bought those anti-sick orthopaedic cat bowls and she hasn’t vomited since!

Try different food. Wet food

Can you try some wet food for her and do feed her on a schedule?

My cat’s brother/litter mate (owned by my best friend) has a diagnosis of megaesophagus and she gives him a medication before he eats, to prevent vomiting. My cat vomits frequently, does not have a diagnosis, but there’s a chance she has a mild form of the condition. Basically, the esophagus doesn’t move right, and food gets “stuck” and does not move, causing the vomiting whole food pieces. I find it’s better if I feed her 3 small meals per day, instead of 2 larger ones. It might be worth asking your vet about this, if they haven’t already ruled it out? Both of our cats are 10 years old and living totally normal lives!!

I had a cat like this growing up - finally convinced my mom to get her a dry food that she likes less and the result was that she would just nibble at it when she was hungry instead of gorging herself the first moment she was peckish & hurling it back up again 5 minutes later. Changed the food & no more bulimic kitty!

These days I have 2 dumdums of my own, one of whomr constantly grooms herself and her brother & then hacks up great big furballs, followed by a bit of food...not exactly the same thing, but I'm working my way through trying different treatments & treats that might fix it. Mostly though I wish she'd just stop grooming for 2 just because her brother is too lazy to bathe himself half the time.

I can relate! With my cat, if I was going away for a night or so, I would put extra food in the bowl. Sometimes she would shovel everything in a few hours and then I'd come home to various piles of puke. Good times. She passed away a while back and still miss her. For the next cat: Invest in an auto feeder. :)

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Sometimes my cats get into play fights and puke. Sometimes they don’t it’s weird

I don't see anything abnormal in it. Sometimes they just puke if they eat too fast. Also changing foods can sometimes make them puke. Go a little smaller on the dinner portions just to be sure. My cats will puke if they eat bugs like flies or ladybugs. You can also give the food and water bowls a good cleaning just to rule them out.

I had a cat that would do this if she ate too fast or too much. Ironically she was a heckin chonker. I love and miss my Minnie moo

A cat I had as a kid intently watched me throw up into a bucket when I was sick, and a few minutes later went and threw up into the same bucket 😂😂

For one of my cats I had to switch from bowls to plates for this reason lmao. Otherwise SUCH big bites of unchewed food. Then it comes back up.

My vet had recommended my kitty probiotic powder to mix in with her wet food. She is a chronic vomiter, so if that sounds like your kitty, it could be worth a shot, but definitely ask your vet first. You can buy them over the counter at PetSmart.

My cat was doing the same thing every day, multiple times a day. We saw her doctor, did bloodwork, x-rays and all looked fine. Her doctor said it may be asthma of sorts so we started her on Prednisolone, one every day, then every other day to half every other day. It helped tremendously. She now has a coughing fit maybe once a day. It's nowhere close to how bad it was in the beginning. Maybe talk to her doctor about the potential for asthma.

Jesus just go to a vet instead of asking Reddit for advice

Two of our cats have asthma. They do this. It's especially bad when the air is stagnant or there is smoke from wildfires in the air. Highly recommend getting to a vet to see if it's something more serious, though.

Could be reverse sneezing, could be asthma....could also be many other things. This doesn't require an emergency visit but definitely get her to the vet within the next week or two. Cats are masters at hiding their ailments so even though she seems alright in between episodes, that doesn't mean something more serious isn't going on. Best to be on the safe side and have her checked out!

Vet here. That can me a myriad of issues. Mainly respiratory or heart, but also gastrointestinal. Take her to a doctor to run proper tests and this and other videos of it with you. Since it's so recurring I don't think it's just a furballl, it's probably something more elaborate.