Vomiting for cats is a peculiar mechanism of protection of an organism. Such reflexes arise for several reasons which are not always connected with diseases or infections. The attention should be paid not only to the general condition of an animal, but also to frequency of vomiting and also it is obligatory to establish its reasons.
Common causes of vomiting at cats
The cat can have a vomiting of a physiological, chronic and sharp form. Physiological reflexes, as a rule, are single and do not cause special concerns neither in an animal, nor in his owner. The sharp form is the vomiting which arose because of infections, injuries or some diseases. The chronic form of vomiting is caused by such serious diseases as gastritis, inflammation of intestines, a tumor or intestinal impassability.
Feeding, hit of too large amount of wool in a stomach of an animal and overeating is an improper forage the safest reasons of vomiting at cats. In such cases it is necessary to pay special attention to hygiene and feeding of the pet. Replace a forage, try to diversify a diet with additional vitamins and nutrients, comb out wool more often.
If the cat refuses food and water because of vomiting, it is necessary to make an injection on the basis of Ringera solution. Activated carbon well copes with poisoning symptoms, bismuth medicines - with injury of a mucous membrane.
Injury of internal mucous membranes is more serious reason of vomiting at cats. It can be connected first of all with the swallowed foreign objects. The cat can accidentally swallow a paper clip, a detail from a children's toy and other small particles which will injure a stomach. In a zone of extra risk there are kittens who play practically with any things which find on the way - laces, tulle, decorative room accessories, small souvenirs. Threads, appliques, iron parts - all this can do serious harm to pets. Usually swallowed objects leave an organism during vomiting, but the help of the veterinarian in certain cases can be necessary. It is better to show an animal to the expert and to carry out full survey. Infectious diseases, poisonings and injuries are the most dangerous reasons of vomiting at cats. The animal constantly coughs, carries out glotatelny reflexes, refuses food and food. The main task of the owner in this case, to try to remember everything that happened to the pet within several days. Perhaps, the cat fell, fell into hands of the street.
What to do if at a cat vomiting
Frequency of vomiting – the main criterion for evaluation of gravity of a situation. If vomiting arose at an animal after bathing when the cat carefully licked herself, or as a result of eating of a grass, then the pet does not need the help. Such reflexes represent natural clarification of an organism.
After poisoning or injury of mucous membranes of a stomach the cat should be fed in exclusively small portions of carefully crushed food. It is better not to include meat products in a diet within several days.
If vomiting arises at a cat several times per day, then the animal should be shown to the expert. Rapid breathing or, on the contrary, suffocation attacks, attempt during vomiting to tear claws furniture a floor covering are considered as disturbing symptoms. In such situations the special complex of treatment which only the expert can appoint is necessary for a cat. Besides, some time of the pet it is better not to feed, and to mix a small amount of table salt with water.