What could it be?
Vomiting is partly a normal physiological process and can occur for various reasons. Vomiting does not always require veterinary supervision.
Sometimes the animal vomits only after eating. The animal eats a lot, quickly, and as a result, the digestive system cannot cope with the volume and gets rid of excess pieces. The vomit contains:
- slime;
- foam;
- leftover food.
Overeating
This reaction occurs when there is an abundance of fatty foods in the diet. This is especially evident with a mixed type of nutrition, where industrial feed and natural food are used. In this case, the cat needs a special diet.
Long-haired cats actively lick themselves and the hair gets into the stomach. Over time, it clumps into lumps, which cause gastrointestinal irritation. In case of blockage, vomit contains mucus, blood, and foam. This condition requires urgent surgery.
The most dangerous situation is when the cat vomits bile, he does not eat anything and only drinks water. Symptoms are typical for injuries to internal organs, ingestion of a foreign body. Fish or chicken bones injure and irritate the gastric mucosa. In some cases, surgery is required.
If a cat has yellow vomiting with foam, this may be a sign of infectious diseases - panleukopenia or plague. The vomit will not contain impurities such as hair or food debris.
The gag reflex protects the body from poisoning by toxic substances. Infection with a large number of worms contributes to the development of intoxication. Parasites are a serious irritant and this contributes to the appearance of vomiting.
If this happens during pregnancy, then the cat’s gallbladder pathologies have worsened.
Cat vomits mucus
A cat may begin to vomit mucus if the animal suffers from chronic gastritis, an intestinal disease. The presence of various kinds of viruses in the body or worms can also contribute to vomiting mucus.
If a cat vomits mucus with white foam, then this does not pose a serious health threat, since such a pathology is considered vomiting on an empty stomach.
The situation is completely different when a cat vomits only mucus without any impurities - in this case, a trip to the doctor cannot be postponed, because this can be caused by a rather serious disease, for example, intestinal obstruction.
As with any animal illness, the main thing here is not to delay and urgently take the animal to the clinic.
Self-medicating when your cat is vomiting is completely useless and sometimes even dangerous! Not knowing the reason for this condition of the animal, having read “useful” advice on the Internet, many owners neglect medical help and try to improve the pet’s health at home, on their own. Thus, often the animal not only does not feel better, but on the contrary, its condition worsens!
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