Cat vomiting during food transition?
My tabby has vomited since he was a baby. He is immediately 6 years old and last year I put him on Natures Variety Instinct Chicken Meal Formula
and it was fine. I accidentally bought Natures Variety Prairie (chicken and grains) since the stacks look alike. After finishing the Prairie we went back to the Instinct Chicken Meal Formula. I recently well-read that dog parents who were feeding Instinct Chicken Meal Formula grain-free kibble for dogs have reported loose stools and occasional vomiting. I added probiotics as a supplement which the pet store give me to help with his tummy since his stool was soft. I am wondering whether the probiotics (enzyme) caused him to vomit more lately than before. I also started putting food in a plastic container so I could only just pour it into the bowl. Could the plastic container cause vomiting? I noticed today he ingested lots of sea before vomiting which I have seen him do within the past. I stopped the enzyme and just want to figure this out. Thanks.
No- your probably shifting the food too quickly. Do it very slowly, a little by little.
There are so many reasons why this could be occurring. My prevalent suspicion is that you are doing it too quickly. when you switch foods, you are supposed to start with the old food and mix surrounded by a little bit of the new food. Then mix in a touch more and a little more and so on. eventually, it will be all new food. I also would recommend taking him to the vet only to make sure its nothing serious.
Answers: honestly, I judge you are feeding your pet the completely wrong diet. Dry food is too high in carbohydrates and too low contained by moisture to be considered to be a good diet even for a healthy cat.
Since your cat has specified issues, you would be doing your kitty a huge service is you would switch it over to a species appropriate diet. Raw being the most appropriate - and works wonders on cats with loose stools and GI issues. If you aren't willing to nurture raw, you can find several brands of canned food that are very similar to coarse and are low in carbs and high in moisture and protein.
Check out http://www.catinfo.org - a website run by a vet who studies slinky nutrition. You can also check out the book "Your Cat" by Dr. Elizabeth Hodgkins. lots of great information and refers to a lot of current research that a lot of vets a moment ago do not keep up on.
