How to stop my cat from throwing up food when vet says she's fine?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Shorthair | Female | spayed | 3 years and 7 months old | 8.5 lbs
My cat, who is a former feral, regurgitates a meal once every week or two. She is fed wet food exclusively, and the regurgitation occurs independent of any particular protein as it has happened with every protein we give her. She gets 3 small meals a day. No weight loss or gain. We've taken her to the vet and bloodwork is normal and the vet "didn't see anything remarkable" during physical exam. What can we do to make the regurgitation stop?
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Published on August 3rd, 2017
Cats commonly regurgitate food. Often this seems to be for no reason. It can occur from eating too quickly, or if your cat has hair balls. Brushing daily to remove lose hair and using cat laxative will decrease hair balls and some of the regurgitation and vomiting. This is an annoying problem but is normal and nothing to be overly concerned about. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Momma Black.
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Related Answers from Veterinarians
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Published on March 2nd, 2019
Having screening bloodwork run to rule out liver/kidney issues is recommended, however the vomiting may be due to hairballs or a sensitivity to the food she is currently on. Giving over the counter laxatone daily may help if the issue is hairballs. If it doesn’t, and bloodwork comes back normal, switching to a prescription food such as Royal Canin Gastrointestinal Fiber Response may resolve the issue as it did for my 2 year old male ragdoll cat. Peeka is beautiful! Good luck!
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Published on May 22nd, 2018
Hello, sorry to hear about Nina. It sounds like she has been under alot of stress lately which can definitely make cats have some vomiting. You can try and make her more comfortable by using feliway diffuser to soothe her environment. Other things you can do is obtain Zylkene capsules to reduce stress and anxiety. If the vomiting persist, if she is not eating or drinking, or develops lethargy then she should be see by a veterinarian. I would recommend feeding her smaller and more frequent meals over larger meals. Hope this helps and best of luck.
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Published on October 3rd, 2017
The vomiting can be from a hairball that Alice is trying get rid of, same for the lack of stool. Also she may not have eaten regularly when you were gone. Eating too fast can result in vomiting. Give her a few days to see if the vomiting resolves and make sure she poops too. If you find her straining to poop she may need to go in for an enema. You can add a tablespoon of plain canned pumpkin to each feeding to add fiber to her diet. That will bulk up the stool and move the poop along. Daily brushing will remove the loose hair to prevent hairballs. Also you can give cat laxative weekly for hairball prevention. If Alice appears sick please take her in right away for treatment. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to help you care for Alice.
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