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Kitten Has Diarrhea, Retches, Won’t Eat
In kittens this is likely indigestion, gastritis or hairballs. Try probiotics; check stool for fur and use hairball paste if found. See a vet if no relief.
What Happens If a Cat Won’t Eat Cat Grass?
Cat grass helps expel hairballs; without it, hairball syndrome can cause pain, constipation and vomiting. Offer hairball paste or other grasses, and groom often.
My New Ragdoll (Under 2 Months) Won’t Use the Litter; We Also Have a 2-Month Domestic Cat. Should I Worry?
A new Ragdoll not eliminating may be stress from the new home and food causing indigestion, dislike of the other cat's scent in the box, or constipation from hairballs or low water. Try probiotics or hairball paste; if no stool, see a vet.
Vomited long ago during a food change, otherwise home; last night fine, this morning it greeted me, then suddenly vomited in the litter box and on the floor — brown discharge with some hair.
Vomiting with hair in soft stool suggests hairballs. Cats swallow fur that builds up and they expel it by vomiting/stool. Feed cat grass or hairball paste and add water; if vomiting/diarrhea persist, see a vet.
Cat won’t eat or drink, belly twitching, for a week; gave gentamicin 2 days with no improvement. What disease and what medicine?
Not eating and belly twitching may be hairballs, gut foreign bodies, or indigestion from swallowed fur causing blockage. Use hairball paste or cat grass; for indigestion, fast and give probiotics. See a vet if no relief.
After medication the cat still won’t eat or drink; two days on amoxicillin and omeprazole, then vomited yellow fluid once
Vomiting hairballs and yellow fluid is typical of hairball syndrome; try hairball paste to lubricate the gut and pass the ball. Also give an anti-emetic like cimetidine to aid repair and curb acid and vomiting. If no relief or low spirits, fever, etc., see a vet to rule out other causes.
Why does my cat vomit yellow fluid?
Causes include indigestion, internal parasites, and hairballs. Fasting one day with probiotics helps digestion; deworm for parasites; hairball paste helps with hair buildup. If other symptoms appear, see a vet.
Why does my cat retch without vomiting?
Retching may be a hairball—cats swallow fur that builds up and triggers hairball vomiting; give hairball paste regularly. Overeating or fast eating causes gas and discomfort too. It may also be gut disease (inflammation or infection); frequent retching needs a vet.
Why does my rabbit bite its companion’s fur?
May just be grooming—normal. To avoid swallowing too much fur (hairballs), give hairball paste. If over-chewing, consider vitamin deficiency → wool-eating disease (trichophagia); supplement vitamins. Also, during heat or before birth, does may pull their own/companion's fur.
My male cat started vomiting on the third day after neutering—it brings up undigested kibble. What’s wrong?
Vomiting on day 3 after neutering is abnormal; within 24h it's anesthesia affecting gut motility causing reflux. Day-3 vomiting may be hairballs, throat injury, indigestion, or stress. If once or twice with yellow fluid/undigested food, try probiotics and anti-inflammatory; if hairball, give hairball paste; if frequent, see a vet.