Thread: Worried for Darcy

Woodside's advice seems right on. My mother in law's cat does exactly the same thing. She feeds him meat only once a day and he is so excited that he wolfs it down and then very frequently throws it up. We keep trying to tell her that she needs to give him smaller servings of meat more frequently, but she is set in her ways. Our cats have dry out all the time but are given meat when they beg for it, which ends up being maybe four times per day. They are no longer excited by getting the meat, and often eat only small amount.

In our experience, some cats do have a tendency to overeat and throw up. We have found that both of our young males do this on occasion. When they throw up you just cannot believe how much they have stuffed in themselves. It is most typical that there be some dry food involved, as it tends to expand in their stomachs when it gets wet. So they eat a bunch of dry food and then guzzle water, the food expands in their stomachs, they are jumping around playing, and suddenly out it all comes!

As long as Darcy acts fine afterwords, is eating her dry food normally (not throwing it up), I would not worry. If she were to throw up and then look like she feels horrible, and not eat or drink, then I would worry.