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#1336802 - 04/05/12 09:51 PM
Cat question
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raininite
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Registered: 03/15/08
Posts: 62
Loc: ny
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I have an indoor cat who is 8yrs old, and lately around the same time every night or should I say very early in the morning he gets sick. It is not hairballs but liquid. The food I give him is the same and its the indoor formula kind. Before I go and spend a lot of money at the vet, does anyone have any idea or suggestion of what it could be or what I could do to help him?
Thank you.
Edited by raininite (04/05/12 09:53 PM)
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#1336839 - 04/06/12 10:23 AM
Re: Cat question
[Re: Forest Girl]
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raininite
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Registered: 03/15/08
Posts: 62
Loc: ny
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It has happened 3 times always around 4am. He eats normal and drinks water normal and still very playful. I haven't seen any weight loss. It just seems that he wakes up and vomits and goes back to sleeping or whatever it is that he does. He did not get sick last night. I know I should take him to the vet but I'm scared as to what they will find and what I might have to do.
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#1336982 - 04/07/12 10:25 AM
Re: Cat question
[Re: all seeing eye]
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VM Smith
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Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 34611
Loc: Reality
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Exactly...none of us can examine the cat, and we aren't trained animal doctors. We can try to be helpful, but, as I said, if it dies, it's on her, not us.
She could ask us for advice, or her neighbor, or her plumber or car mechanic, or some dude she happens to meet in Wegman's, or a Vet. It's her choice. And her cat's health and life.
It's not as if she's asking, FI, which kind of siding to put on her house, in which case we all might have a valid opinion, and we'd love to be helpful. This isn't a matter of opinion; it's something that needs expertise, and it may WELL be extremely time-sensitive.
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#1336985 - 04/07/12 10:47 AM
Re: Cat question
[Re: VM Smith]
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raininite
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Registered: 03/15/08
Posts: 62
Loc: ny
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Called the vet and was told that since he is acting normal just to keep an eye on him. He hasn't gotten sick in 2 days so maybe he just ate something he shouldn't have.
Thanks to the ones who did offer advise and help.
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#1336997 - 04/07/12 11:50 AM
Re: Cat question
[Re: VM Smith]
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MissingArty
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Registered: 12/18/11
Posts: 216
Loc: Waterloo, NY
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I didn't mean to suggest to use ACV as a cure. I do believe that if it's not an emergency, that I myself, not suggesting it for anyone else, will try hollistic healing before going to a vet. Now in Arty's case, if you read the threads from the beginning, you know how many times we sought help, but I won't get into that here. Thanks for asking about Arty, Josephus. I will post an update on that thread.
FYI, Lollypop Farm posted info about a new pet food recall on their facebook page.
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#1337000 - 04/07/12 12:10 PM
Re: Cat question
[Re: MissingArty]
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VM Smith
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Registered: 11/28/05
Posts: 34611
Loc: Reality
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This turned out not to be an emergency, although there was no way of finding out for sure by soliciting amateur opinion; it may well have been an emergency, for all anyone knew.
You did say that ACV might be a good idea, without specifying what it might help. Absent any such specification, the obvious inference any logical person would make is that you meant it might be a good idea in the particular situation under discussion.
ACV may well have preventative/curative properties; I take it daily in salad dressing, partly with that in mind, although if I didn't like the taste, I probably wouldn't.
However, if someone were asking for advice on a GI tract disturbance of completely unknown cause, I would NEVER advise any cure or medicine without knowing the cause, and even then, I would advise to see a doc; I wouldn't want it to be on me if my advice were taken, and the cat then died.
The only reason I mentioned hydration was to possibly keep it alive until she could get expert advice; it was in the nature of commonly accepted good practice and/or emergency 1st aid in cases of excess fluid loss from the GI tract.
BTW, I've taken ACV straight many times. It's not sulfuric acid, and I didn't suffer any harm. I've read about ACV more than you have, I'll bet, and have never seen a caution against consuming that food undiluted (diluted to less than the 5-10% acetic acid commonly sold in grocery stores, that is). So, why, then, your caution?
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