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I found a beautiful kitten in a parking lot. Appears to be around 6-8 wks of age. It appears pretty healthy but wants to eat - gobbles down the food, vomits and then eats it again! It wants to eat the food of my 3 grown cats, too and then repeats the process. There was a lot of mucus the 1st day (Monday) the cat did this. That appears to have lessened. The cats eyes seem a little bulgy. Otherwise, the cat is playful and its coat is soft and beautiful. When I found it, it had a lot of "coal?" around its eyes which I've cleaned and it appears to be fine now. Any help you can give me would be appreciated as this is a major inconvenience because I have to put the other cats food on my counter and the kitten has jumped on my counter and then vomitted again. I'm disgusted - I want to put it up for adoption but I'm afraid when it does this somewhere else

Submitted: 15 days and 22 hours ago.

Category: Cat

Value: $9

Status: CLOSED

Pet's Gender: Male
Pet's Age: <1
Type of Animal: Orange Tabby Kitten

Already Tried:
Giving less food - putting food bowls away, praying over the animal (I'm a believer) and that's about it. I'm feeding it Purina Kitten chow but it's also eating my other cats' Nine Lives.

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Hello. Thanks for writing in. It may just be that he is eating too fast. You might want to only put a little bit of food down at a time or put a toy in the bowl so he has to eat slower to eat around it. With a found kitten, intestinal parasites are very likely as well. She may just need a routine dewormer, but certain worms and protozoal parasites are not susceptible to all over the counter dewormers. It may be best to have your vet do a fecal exam on her. A foreign body obstruction is possible. This usually decreases appetite, but a kitten with a partial obstruction may still retain a normal appetite. If the abdomen seems enlarged, intestinal parasites are a very likely diagnosis. Please let me know if you have any other questions. Hope this helps.

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Expert:	Texas Veterinarian
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Answered:	11/5/2009

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7 years of clinical veterinary medicine and 17 years experience caring for household pets.

15 days and 22 hours ago.

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The abdomen is not enlarged - I have 3 other cats and it will go and find their food and eat it. As I've said, it vomits and then eats it again. I've tried less food, I guess I just need to take it to a vet. I'm on Social Security - hope it's not expensive. Also, doesn't a fecal exam require me to bring in a stool sample? It does eat fast but I've had him since Monday and well, I don't know - thought it would slow down by now. Thanks Doc.

Posted by Texas Veterinarian 15 days and 22 hours ago.

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Yes, you can bring in a fecal sample. I prefer to get a fresh sample in th exam room with a fecal loop, though. You can recover more parasites with a fresh sample. You can always try an over the counter dewormer first, but it is not gaurenteed to correct the problem or even get all parasites. Hope this helps.

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Type of Animal: Orange Tabby Kitten

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Giving less food - putting food bowls away, praying over the animal (I'm a believer) and that's about it. I'm feeding it Purina Kitten chow but it's also eating my other cats' Nine Lives.

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Pet's Gender: Male
Pet's Age: <1
Type of Animal: Orange Tabby Kitten

Already Tried:
Giving less food - putting food bowls away, praying over the animal (I'm a believer) and that's about it. I'm feeding it Purina Kitten chow but it's also eating my other cats' Nine Lives.