Veterinary attention is needed if it happens regularly.

By Deborah Nason

This posture makes you assume the cat is vomiting, but the animal may be regurgitating or coughing. Knowing the difference is important.

Vomiting is a protective reflex to expel toxins from the body,” says Dr. Elissa Kadar. “However, it can have very serious and detrimental effects. A cat vomits when the vomiting center in the brain receives input via the blood or nervous system and reacts to produce nausea followed by retching and the act of vomiting.”

Dr. Kadar, a veterinarian with the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital of the University of California, Davis, at the School of Veterinary Medicine, advises that, in most cases, cats that vomit should be taken to the veterinarian. This especially applies to older and very young cats because their health can deteriorate more rapidly. …

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