Can stress make my cat throw up?
Yes. The cat gut and nervous system are tightly coupled, and stressors can produce GI upset. Usually short-lived.
Yes. The cat gut and nervous system are tightly coupled, and stressors can produce GI upset. Usually short-lived.
Yellow vomit is bile on an empty stomach. Most common in cats fed twice a day with long gaps overnight. The fix is feeding schedule.
Common, but Cornell flags weekly vomiting as outside normal range. The difference between ‘common’ and ‘fine,’ and what to try.
Undigested food coming up in a tube shape is regurgitation, not true vomiting. Usually from eating too fast.
Most often it’s eating too fast. The food comes up undigested in a tube shape within minutes. The simple fixes that usually work.
Carrier acclimation, calm pheromone spray, low-stress vet practice, and quiet handling. Why the carrier is the biggest lever.
Hiding, over-grooming, litter box avoidance, decreased appetite, repetitive behavior. The cat-specific cues humans often miss.
Technically yes, but it’s a setup for problems. The one-per-cat-plus-one rule exists because shared boxes drive house soiling.
Quiet corner, away from food and the litter box, out of busy walkways. Why placement matters more than the bowl itself.
Declawing is amputation of the last bone of each toe, not nail removal. The AVMA discourages it. Banned in many places. Here’s what works instead.