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My cat is throwing up white stuff and not eating. What's wrong?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed

My cat has been throwing up all night ao far and and still doing it the acts as if something is stuck when she does it she's not moving a lot or eating a lot and the vomit it clear with some white stuff in it what do you think could be the problem

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Answered By Laura Johnson VMD

Veterinarian

Published on November 7th, 2017

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Poor Tifa! Thanks for the pictures! The spaghetti noodle things in the vomit are adult round worms, which are an intestinal parasite. Since Tifa is lethargic, not eating and profusely vomiting I would recommend taking her in to the Vet. Hopefully with some supportive care and deworming medications we can get her back to normal. I have, in rare cases, seen intestinal parasites cause an intestinal obstruction. I hope this helps and I wish Tifa a speedy recovery!

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