One of our cats is about 5 years old. We got him from the Humane Society two years ago. He was very skinny and scrawny. Currently he weighs around 8 lbs and his hip bones stick out. He’s got a somewhat nervous disposition (always has). He eats dry indoor cat (low hairball formula) food and drinks water. He prefers wet food, but we don’t feed that to the cats often (our other cats are on the high end of average weight). He seems to really like “people food”, so I have always guessed that his daily throwing-up (which he’s always done) was related to sneaking some scraps out of the sink or off plates combined with his nervous disposition.

I brought him to the vet a couple of months ago for an eye infection and the vet commented on his weight. He performed a FLV test (feline leukemia), which was negative. His infection has since cleared up.

So this morning my husband was whining that the cat keeps throwing up on the rug in his office at home (ok… commenting) and suggested that one of us ask fluther why the cat might throw up daily and what we should do about it.

So here it is. Why does he throw up daily? What can we do about it?

P.S. I’ll be bringing them to the vet in the near future for immunizations. I am not mistaking fluther.com for veterinary expertise.

Topics: food, cats, ownership, health, diet, pets, anxiety, cat food, pet care, veterinary, nervousness, vomiting, hairballs