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Originally Posted by thai  It started Tuesday morning. He threw up Tuesday and Wednesday morning. Wednesday night I gave him Pepcid like the vet had suggested and Thursday morning he didn't puke! I thought for sure that had done the trick. So Thursday night I gave him Pepcid again and Friday morning he puked  Friday night I tried the Benadryl and Saturday morning he didn't throw up. Last night I did Benadryl again and this morning at 6:30 he threw up. Uggggh. |
So, he's two years old and prior to this week he wasn't a morning vomiter? But it just started Tuesday? And he's been to see the vet?
ZoE (who will be two in December) has been an occasional morning vomiter since I first got her. It wasn't every morning, but enough that it concerned me. Her vet wasn't too concerned, as she was otherwise healthy & all her tests came back within normal limits. He said if it continued to be a problem, I could give her pepcid before bed...but I was hesitant to start her on daily medicine for an occasional problem.
I started splitting her daily food ration into thirds, and the last third she ate at around 11pm before bed. It seemed to help initially, but then it didn't. I got sick of having to wash my bedding...and her puking events increased. Still, in the morning, in the wee hours, before we got up....not during the day.
Again, another trip to the vet. Before he put on her daily meds, he suggested I start wetting her dry kibble. He said that dry kibble increases bile production in their stomach, to break it down & that this increased bile when sitting in the stomach for periods of time can induce vomiting. It seemed ridiculous. That a simple thing like wetting her food would stop the vomiting? But, I tried it & it worked! Since I started wetting her food, she hasn't had any vomiting episodes (knock on wood...) For us, this simple solution solved the problem. I'm a tea drinker, so I'm always boiling the kettle for hot water throughout the day. I pour hot water on her kibble and let it sit for 10 minutes and stir it around a bit, so her kibble is in a gravy-like solution. I feed her this 3 times a day (roughly 7am, 4pm & 11pm).
Here's tonight's 11pm food soaking right now: