Please note that to make orders with our company, you need a Victoza prescription from your doctor. You’ll use the Victoza pen to give yourself an injection under your skin once per day. Two meals a day is not ideal for cats. Reducing the length of time between the last meal of the day and the first meal of the next day often stops overnight bile pukes. If kitty manages to wolf down food so fast they regurgitate canned, homecooked, or raw food, then portion out smaller amounts and extend meal time to numerous smaller meals over 10 or 15 minutes vs one plop of food in a dish left out for 10 to 15 minutes. Natural methionine is found in meat, one of the reasons a meat-based diet naturally targets the proper pH in cats. Sonication was also found to aid extraction of this molecule. A study published in 2014 found that 99 of 100 cats examined for chronic vomiting - including tossing hairballs - had GI disease. But a healthy cat does not normally have anything other than an occasional hairball, and tossing a hairball more than twice a month in long-haired cats and more than once every two months in short-haired cats can be indicative of GI disease.
Whether it is problem ingredients, the highly processed nature of kibble, or its impact on stomach pH and motility (due to being free-fed no matter the quality of ingredients - see Hairballs, below), simply removing kibble from the diet provides relief in many cats. They are forced out of the stomach only by the strong peristaltic waves created by hunger pangs. The Bland Diet. If your cat is frequently nauseous or vomiting (or has diarrhea and parasites have been ruled out), consider stopping ALL food and treats, and feeding a bland diet (even better if with a novel protein) for a week or two (less in young kittens). When there is nausea or vomiting, if kitty is diagnosed as having Inflammatory Bowel Disease and/or Pancreatitis, then food sensitivities/allergies need to be ruled out as a cause. Any or all of them can cause stomach upset and nausea. Raise the dishes. Cats normally eat sitting or standing so their throat is at the same height or lower than the stomach. In Part 1 we discussed how acid reflux is not caused by excess acid; it is a problem with muscle tone in the lower esophageal sphincter, the valve that is meant to prevent stomach acid from rising into the throat.
If kitty does have problems with acid reflux, raising the food and water dishes to head-height (while sitting up or standing) can resolve this problem. In some cases, a middle of the night treat will resolve pre-breakfast vomiting better than any medicine. Feed a freeze dried meat treat to kitty when you get up, and/or prior to bed, and/or in the middle of the night, and/or prior to meals. If bile pukes happen during the day, Malegra DXT Plus or meal regurgitation is a frequent occurrence, feed kitty a few small bites of freeze-dried meat treats as needed, when you get home from work, or about 10 to 15 minutes before each meal to see if that resolves the problem. The meat can be fed shredded in some of the broth, or the broth and meat can be blended together. Slow kitty down. When a cat eats too fast and regurgitates as a result, this is almost always when kitty is being fed kibble. If kitty is never hungry, motility is impaired and waste material does not move through kitty’s system properly. It is best to address hairballs by treating the underlying problem: GI motility. Hairballs are by far the most common cause of nausea, inappetence and vomiting in cats.
The many thickeners in most commercial canned foods can cause nausea, vomiting, and GI irritation. Thickeners and gelling agents include carrageenan, xanthan gum, guar gum, locust bean gum, cassia gum, agar agar, tapioca, potato starch, and wheat gluten. This list is not complete, but these are common additives for thickening and gelling. Grains are a common culprit. Now let's talk now about most common problems. Remember that your blood should be tested regularly while you are on the drug to help spot potential problems before they become serious. Lemongrass oil can help reduce inflammation in the thyroid gland. Its dual-action formula helps reduce inflammation and stop itching. Rather than put a rock or ball in the dish to slow down kitty, please just stop feeding kibble. Kibble is often a culprit. For those making a trip to the bathroom in the middle of the night, taking the time to give kitty a treat can improve your cat’s morning - and yours as well. Giving kitty a protein-based meat treat that puts those gastric juices to work can stop the morning (or overnight) bile pukes, and can stop the regurgitation of the morning meal. Pure Bites, Whole Life, and Grandma Lucy’s are popular brands of single-ingredient meat treats made in the USA.
