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Cat feeding tube vomiting.
There are dozens of reasons your cat might vomit.
How easy it is to tube feed depends on the diameter or bore of the feeding tube.
Remember that the kind of vomiting your cat suffers from occasional acute or chronic probably has a lot to do with the root cause.
Here are some of the most common reasons cats might vomit.
The causes of vomiting in cats.
Your cat has just had a feeding tube placed in the side of their neck.
Cats vomit bile when bile enters the stomach and causes inflammation.
Excessive vomiting check placement of feeding tube at designated intervals.
Throwing up hairballs is common and usually nothing to be too worried about.
There are several different options for tube feeding.
Feeding tube dismissal.
A major plus factor is that the cat can still eat normally should they desire and so once that cat regains their appetite the tube is simply removed.
Tube feeding may be needed because of a mechanical problem interfering with ingestion of food or because of a systemic illness that is causing the cat to be anorexic.
The calculations below are based on your cat s health status and level of vomiting by your veterinarian but roughly day 1 is of your cat s ideal weight maintenance calorie intake 20ml lb day 2 is day 3 is and day 4 is the full.
Tube feeding is important to maintain adequate nutrition and prevent liver problems in cats that are anorexic for at least 2 days.
If bilious vomiting occurs once it s likely not a cause for alarm.
If your cat is vomiting more than one to two times per month and it is not hairballs and the vomit contains food or is just yellow liquid bile he she should be seen by a veterinarian for.
A list of some of the causes of vomiting in cats.
A feeding tube is an efficacious way of getting vital nutrition into a cat that is refusing to eat.
Chase is now healthy and in a loving home.
Chase did vomit many times with this tube in place but fortunately the tube never came up which can be a complication when feeding tubes are used in vomiting cats.