Kitten throws up dry food, not wet. Why is she skinny and hungry?

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My kitten can't seem to keep down dry food. I wanna feed it to her along w her wet food because she's really skinny. I even tried mixing the dry and wet together and she still vomits. She's always hungry even though I feed her the suggested amount of food per day. I wanna feed her dry food instead of wet when she asks for more because dry food is cheaper. What can I do? This is what her vomit looks like. It doesn't happen w wet food and only noticed it when I started feeding her dry for snacks. Pet's info: Cat | Persian | Female | unspayed | 2 months and 19 days old

Lauren Kennedy, DVM · Accepted Answer

Since this has been going on for a while and your cat is consistently not able to keep down dry food I would be concerned that there is an underlying issue going on. The fact that she is not gaining any weight is also concerning. I would recommend taking your cat to the vet to be examined. Since she is young there is a high likelihood that she may have intestinal parasites that are causing the vomiting and failure to thrive. In the meantime, until you can get to the vet, feed her only canned food, or hard kibble that has been softened with warm water, since she seems able to keep this down. I hope this helps. Please let us know if you have any further questions.

Kitten throws up dry food, not wet. Why is she skinny and hungry?

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