Cat Care, Breeds and Resources Blog

Cats throw up for many different reasons — hair balls, stress, eating a poison plant or substance, just eating too fast, or they may have worms.

You’ll know if it was from hair because you’ll see hair in the throw up. In my experience, very young kittens, long hair cats, and cats over 3 years old throw up more often with cats over 10 throwing up the most.

Young kittens tend to eat too fast and they also will eat then run around like crazy which will upset their stomach. Just like humans, cats can get an upset stomach from stressful situations. For cats, that can be a trip to the vet, a new cat added to the family, or a new baby in the house. Cats who are not used to children could get stressed when small kids are introduced and they run around making noise or tormenting the cat.

A more serious reason can be that they have tape worms. If you suspect that, check their bottoms. If she has tape worms, you’ll probably find a small white (like tiny rice) hanging on. It will be very sticky. That is usually a tape worm and is treated with one dose of Droncit.

If you just got your cat from your local animal shelter or humane society, check the records they gave you of their shots and other treatments. If they were treated for worms it should list it.

You can buy droncit at a vet’s office for about $4 per pill. Dosage is 1 dose depending on the weight of the cat:
Cat weight - Dose
0 - 4.5# - 1/2 tablet
5 - 11 # - 1 tablet
over 11# - 1-1/2 tablet

Thanks to Susan for sending me an email requesting this info. If you have any cat questions, please leave me a comment.

Purrs, Frankie