How to stop cat from puking on my bed?

[IronWing]

Get rid of the bed, it's the only way to be sure.

 

[MovingTarget]

Get rid of the bed, it's the only way to be sure.

No, thats if the cat pees on it. Thats the one smell, aside from actual skunk, that never comes out...

 

[Shortcut]

the cat could be eating too fast. try slowing her down by putting a golf or pingpong ball in her food dish.

 

[pcgeek11]

Put a tourniquet on its neck.

 

[alkemyst]

Is your cat important to you? I mean, do you love her or do you not care about her that much as a pet. Serious question. I know plenty of pet owners that just have a dog or cat because their neighbor had a litter or something.

Anyway, maybe this is a good problem to have because your cat (or any pet) shouldn't be sleeping in your bed to begin with. Have the cat sleep outside or outside your room and problem solved.

Cats aren't supposed to be outside.

OP you may want to change their diet...many foods have too much ash and fillers that cats don't agree with.

I like Wellness products, but Costco's Feline Maintenance is a great food and only $16 or so for 25 lbs.

What special food are they on and why?

 

[Azraele]

I'd get a different opinion from a vet. While an occasional hairball is normal, regular vomiting is not! It could be allergy related, hairball related, or something else altogether related. I have one who was diagnosed with hyperthyroid after a bout with vomiting, so have them run a blood panel. If it's sensitive stomach or allergy related, a different food may very well do the trick. Some pets that have food allergies do very well on brands with no corn (Blue Buffalo, Evolve), or, if it's an allergy to chicken, then switch to duck, etc. You just have to figure out what works for kitty.

 

[BabaBooey]

News flash.....your cat is ill if it pukes that much....


Take it to the vet or put it down....

 

[TwiceOver]

We have three cats and clean up a puke spot maybe once per month. Get your cat looked at.

 

[crownjules]

Puke in the cat's bed and see how they like it.

 

[Locut0s]

Puke in the cat's bed and see how they like it.

Free meal.

 

[kedlav]

I may try the vet again. She's already on special vet food, but maybe she does need something better.

I'm also wondering if she's eating bugs or something. While the basement is fairly bug free now that I cleaned things up (it was bad when I first moved in, lot of spiders) I'm sure there is the occasional bug here and there that might come upstairs.

As for the puke, it varies, but often it's undigested food or just partially digested. Usually a full puking session will involve several large (6" x 3" long or so) undigested food areas, a bunch of bile all over, and occasionally very well digested food. It will be look kinda like pourage. That stuff eats right through paint, too. She occasionally does it right on the window sill of the bay window.

I have a cat that eats to fast/gorges and vomits due to it. She'll vomit almost anywhere... Our solution was pretty simple, the slow eat bowls are awesome. Of course, it turns out she has a skin allergy to plastic and her chin started getting rashes, so we switched to a metal version.

Plastic: http://www.amazon.com/Skid-Stop-Slow.../dp/B00251EPL2
Metal: http://www.petfooddirect.com/produc...inless-Steel-Slow-Feed-Bowl-for-Dogs-and-Cats

All that being said, observe the cat's behavior before the vomiting, and if its not some kind of gorging, take it to the vet. It may be allergic to food or have some other disorder.

 

[amdhunter]

Puke on the cat and see how he likes it.

 

[Locut0s]

Puke on the cat and see how he likes it.

Free meal.

 

[Saulbadguy]

Switch the food. The special vet food is likely garbage.

How much do you feed the cat?

 

[HumblePie]

My cat is allergic to certain kinds of kitty litter. He would puke all over the place until I found that out. Your cat may just be allergic to something in the house or what they are eating/drinking.

 

[SlitheryDee]

My cat did that once or twice when I first got her. I think it was nervousness caused by being in an unfamiliar environment that was responsible. Is there any reason your cat might be stressed out?

 

[Krazy4Real]

My cat did that once or twice when I first got her. I think it was nervousness caused by being in an unfamiliar environment that was responsible. Is there any reason your cat might be stressed out?

Red Squirrel faps too much in bed with the cat.

 

[ichy]

Sounds like the fucker wasn't bulimic, he was a manipulative dick who knew how to get the good stuff.

I wish my cat would prefer canned food. It's way healthier for them, but my cat far prefers dry. The best I've been able to do is give him some canned food and then sprinkle dry food on top. When I do that she eats it all.

Edit: This thread makes me grateful for how low maintenance my cat is. She'd puked up a total of one hairball since I've gotten her and always pisses in the litterbox. Good kitty.

 

[Gooberlx2]

I like Wellness products, but Costco's Feline Maintenance is a great food and only $16 or so for 25 lbs.

FWIW, one my cats with a picky stomach would throw up the Costco food all the time. We switched to the Blue Buffalo Adult Indoor, and she does much better. I'm not positive if it's the ingredients or smaller kibble size...but she definitely never inhaled her food like other posters have mentioned.

I also think the Costco food is a great value, just pointing out that even seemingly benign differences between two quality kibbles can have an effect depending on the cat.

 

[pcgeek11]

Cats aren't supposed to be outside.

What? Tell that to the bazzillion cats that are born and live their entire lives outside.

 

[alkemyst]

What? Tell that to the bazzillion cats that are born and live their entire lives outside.

you do realize that is a big problem right?

I end up having to care for a lot of those including vet treatment.

 

[ichy]

FWIW, one my cats with a picky stomach would throw up the Costco food all the time. We switched to the Blue Buffalo Adult Indoor, and she does much better. I'm not positive if it's the ingredients or smaller kibble size...but she definitely never inhaled her food like other posters have mentioned.

I also think the Costco food is a great value, just pointing out that even seemingly benign differences between two quality kibbles can have an effect depending on the cat.

A lot of dry cat food is crap, way more grain and carbs than they're supposed to get. Blue Buffalo is pretty good as dry good goes, don't know anything about Costco stuff.

One of the best deals on cat food out there is Trader Joe's canned. It's the same price as the mass-market low-quality stuff but has fewer fillers and more protein. I know it sounds crazy to care about cat food quality but more grain in their food means you're boosting their chances of getting diabetes. Cats are natural carnivores who don't benefit from eating grains. Better quality cat food supposedly makes their shit stink less as well, but that could be nonsense.

 

[alkemyst]

FWIW, one my cats with a picky stomach would throw up the Costco food all the time. We switched to the Blue Buffalo Adult Indoor, and she does much better. I'm not positive if it's the ingredients or smaller kibble size...but she definitely never inhaled her food like other posters have mentioned.

I also think the Costco food is a great value, just pointing out that even seemingly benign differences between two quality kibbles can have an effect depending on the cat.

The Costco food is very small kibble. The nutritional breakdown is similar to Blue Buffalo with Chicken and then Chicken Meal being the two first ingredients.

With anything though fillers and the like can cause some issues in cats. Blue Buffalo uses untraditional Oatmeal and Costco the more common rice.

To the other poster, canned foods are ideal and even cheap ones are usually very good still. However, they require feeding schedules or the risk of leaving food out all day to spoil or attract insects.

If money was no object then a premium food I'd always go with, but the Costco brand is a very high quality one that fits into grocery store budgets and much better than the corn-based foods found there. I don't think there is any grocery store food out there that has real meat as the main ingredient, I think the best is some that have Meal then grains.

Blue Buffalo and others do make sensitive stomach recipes. Also with a premium food you usually end up feeding a lot less making the 'up charge' a little easier to budget.

I feed a feral colony on top of my indoor pets. My pet food costs are probably more than most's car payments

 

[Red Squirrel]

My cat did that once or twice when I first got her. I think it was nervousness caused by being in an unfamiliar environment that was responsible. Is there any reason your cat might be stressed out?

That's what the vet had originally told me as well, because I had recently moved in at the time. But now that it's been a few years there is nothing that could be stressing her out. In fact she is a weird cat when it comes to that. Rather then being stressed when there's stuff going on, she gets excited. When I brought her in the house when it was in middle of renovations she was all over as if she owned the place. Climbing ladders, trying to go in ducts that had no covers, stepping all over drywall dust, etc. Or when my parents were getting their hardwood floors put in, she was always with the contractor, and she'd get herself in trouble by stepping in the glue and stuff. Never seen a cat that is crazy like that when it comes to chaos situations.

As for allergens, that's a good point. I always buy random kitty litter depending on where I happen to be when I see it and realize I need it. Sometimes I get Maxx Scoop from the grocery store, other times I get the no name stuff at Walmart, it depends where I am. Should I maybe try to just stick to one kind?

I can't think of any other allergy sources in the house, though I suppose it could be she's allergic to some kind of cleaning agent I use. I'd almost have to keep track of all these variables and each day that she pukes and see if there's a pattern. I could maybe write a program to crunch these numbers and come up with a logical probability. In fact I think I could sell that. VomitPredict(tm) 2011 Home Edition and a more expensive Vet Edition for multi cat environments.

Though, as far as keeping her from puking on the bed specifically, anything I can do? Some kind of repellant or something? I like her sleeping with me, especially in winter when it's cold, but if I have to sacrifice that to keep my sanity, I will. If I close the door she'll be meowing all night.

I'm also thinking of just getting a spare bedspread that way at least I can bring the soiled one to the laundromat and afford to wait a few days, so I'm not bothering my mom all the time. Guess that would be the "deal with it" approach. Or spend a few grand on a bigger washer and dryer that will fit it. I'm actually considering that route... but for that cash, I could also build a pretty nice workstation, I'm due for an upgrade.

Oh and if it matters, the food she's on now is Royal Canin Preventive.
http://www.royalcanin.ca/index.php/...Veterinary-Exclusive-Cat-Diets/Preventive-Dry

 

[alkemyst]

clumping litter is really unhealthy. I think pine litter (it's de-oiled so that is a moot point) is the best. The pee turns to saw dust at the bottom of the pan.

If you use a clumping litter check out how much dust is all around things you own. Keep in mind it 'clumps'...that shit goes into your lungs. I now know of two cases where clumping litters were used and the people had their lungs attacked. There was no confirmation on the clumping litter being the main reason, but both people switched to a non-dusty litter.