Anyone have real experience with cats (maybe even dogs) as pets?

My baby tends to get sicky in the morning as I'm sleeping. He throws up liquid, because his dinner already digested from the previous night, I suppose.

Why does he throw up in the mornings? I'm glad he's not throwing up all day, of course. I'm wondering is there something I could be doing to prevent it? Is he not getting his breakfast early enough? I'm just trying to understand why it's in the morning.

This page is a permanent link to the reply below and its nested replies. See all post replies »

Onestarlitnight

Maybe he's trying to cough up a hairball ..
You can get hairball medicine at the pet store..
The liquid is just mucus that helps to bring up the hairball.. it's usually not much. It happens long after he eats because he spends time grooming after meals.

perceptivei · 36-40, F

@Onestarlitnight Thank you for the answer, but i believe it's not a hairball. Thay usually causes him to make a specific hacking sound.

perceptivei · 36-40, F

@Onestarlitnight Maybe I'm wrong though? I hope so. It's always in the morning. Not during the day or at night. I don't see him grooming at night. He usually only grooms if he's happy. I don't think he does any grooming when I'm sleeping.

Onestarlitnight

@perceptivei
If you think that it's a problem you should take him to the vet..
Make sure he has plenty of fresh water available

perceptivei · 36-40, F

@Onestarlitnight I give him fresh water. Unfortunately, he drinks it really fast. On the days he is really sick, the water makes it worse. I can't tell him to sip it like a human child, and it's hard for me to take it away. That only happens on really bad days in which he is sick until night time.

The vet said "I can see he's getting old" last time I took him. Now i can see his age. He's definitely more frail. I just want to help him, if I can. It's strange to me that it's in the mornings.