Cat vomits hairball and colored fluid after treats. Should I worry?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | Ocicat | Female | spayed | 13 years and 10 months old | 11 lbs
I give my tabby cat 2 cat treats (temptation chicken for indoor cat for hairballs. After breakfast, after lunch and when my son comes home from work. Lately after she has her treats she throws up some a hairball along with some fluid the color of the treat. Should I be concerned or is there something else we could give her. We feed her Science Diet for cats under 6 that has hairball control. We be moving her up to food for cats over 7 when we finish this bag. Thank you, Carolyn Baker
4 Answers
Most Helpful Answer
Published on May 21st, 2018
She is obviously grooming a lot and therefore ingesting a lot of hairs. It is good for her to either poop out the hair or even regurgitate the hair balls. I think you are doing everything right and I would not change her food regimen. You can help her a bit by combing or brushing her coat and removing loose hair. This would reduce hair ingested. Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further. Please take the time to mark this question as helpful or not as it helps us to improve on the quality of our answers to other pet owners. Thank you kindly!
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
Related Answers from Veterinarians
-
Published on May 1st, 2018
If your kitty is gagging and coughing and trying to cough up or regurgitate a hairball, you should get some hairball remedy from your vet or a pet shop and feed this to him. This will help with eliminating hair balls. Some cats like the paste and lick it off your finger , others don't like it, so you will need to put it on her paws, so she will lick the paste off cleaning herself. If this does not work, you will need to take Princess to your vet for an exam. Brushing Princess everyday will help with getting rid of loose hair, so that she does not ingest as many when grooming.
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
-
Published on March 10th, 2018
Hi there and thank you for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach to address your concern. Many times, vomiting can be directly related to the diet or an imbalance of the normal bacteria in the GI tract. I would recommend switching to a different food and consider a hairball supplement such as Laxatone. I would recommend Science Diet or Royal Canin for the food to switch to. I would try the Laxatone and new diet for at least 4 weeks. If there is no improvement, I would then recommend adding in a probiotic such as Purina Fortiflora, which can be found quite easily online or at your local PetCo. If there is no improvement after all of this or it worsens, I would recommend having a veterinarian examine her so that the most appropriate diagnostic and treatment recommendations can be made. I hope this helps! Please let me know if you have any other questions or concerns and I would be more than happy to help you further.
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
-
Published on February 4th, 2017
Given that her form is otherwise good and you have seen evidence of hairballs I recommend you treat her for these with an over the counter paste designed to reduce the build up of hair; a fiber and probiotic supplement such as fortiflora may help also. Regular use of hairbal paste as a prevention is recommended in cats which are prone t episodes. If she is overgrooming, a full physical exam in order to rule out any medical causes or sources of pain and discomfort such as early arthritis may be worthwhile
1Pet Parents found this answer helpful
My cat just vomitted up a furball, her mouth looked a little foamy but she's still eating normally, do I take her to a vet or am I worried over nothing?
Im not sure what to do and cannot afford a vet and there is so little information. Im willing to do anything except pay an overpriced vet who overcharges for animal healthcare. I have a 4 yr old girl snowshoe Siamese cat who keeps hack like she is go
My 1 year old cat has started vomiting in the last few days. It only seems to be shortly after eating but it's multiple times. It is not undigested, dry food, but more liquidy partially digested. He is still drinking, playing etc. He hasn't gotten in
Lilly has constantly been throwing up hairballs I took her to the vet making sure there was nothing serious underlying blood work came out fine she is shedding a lot of hair I brush her at least daily if not more she still continues to bring up hairb
My cat vomits hairballs and food (macerated dry food, urinary and hairball prevention formula from Hill's Science) very often, around once in two weeks. Is this normal for a longhaired cat, or should I take her to the vet?
My cat vomited a hairball, then yellow stuff, then spit. His name is Sushi, and he’s 9 years old. He is fat and lazy.
Why does my cat cough and voimating and can still eat and drink
Hi I got a Siammece cat that is only 6 months old and I got her from a shelter last Tuesday. She is pretty shy, but these 2 days she have eaten very well. she have long hair and yesterday I brushed her hair. Today she vomited 1 time and and I didn't
Hi there, my cat Soys is a Ragdoll Siamese so she has long hair and grooms constantly. I’ve noticed over the last day or two that she’s been throwing up after eating, and it seems to be undigested food. I think I can see the big fur ball that might b
I got in touch with you once before about my cat and hairballs. You told me to try Science diet on her which I have been giving her since then. But she still throws them up at least every other day. Any more suggestions?
Book an appointment with the pros – our expert vets are here to help.
