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My 8-year-old cat won't eat dry food and is vomiting green.

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Domestic Mediumhair | Female | spayed

Hello, my cat is 8 1/2 years old and she recently hasn’t been eating. I’ve always fed her dry cat food and she’s always been fine with that. But lately she won’t eat at all. The only thing she will eat is cat treats but she only eats a couple of them and spits up the rest. I noticed yesterday that she vomited and it was a very odd color of green.

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on January 28th, 2018

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Vomiting and inappetence can be caused by many conditions primarily gastrointestinal in nature such gastroenteritis and gastrointestinal foreign body ingestion and obstruction or other conditions such as pancreatitis or kidney disease. I recommend that you have her evaluated by your veterinarian for further assessment and treatment. Likely diagnostics to be performed include abdominal imaging and general bloodwork. Good luck and have a great day!

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