Cat Vomiting Yellow (Bilious Vomiting): Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Bile is a liquid secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder. Occasionally your cat may vomit. This is not necessarily serious, but you should still pay attention to it.

Indeed, a digestive or hepatic pathology can hide behind this vomiting of a yellowish aspect. We explain everything there is to know about bilious vomiting in cats.

Causes of Feline Bilious Vomiting

Bilious vomiting occurs only when the stomach is empty and the bile has returned from the intestine to the stomach. It can be the sign of a pathology affecting the liver or the gallbladder. Tumors, parasites, and digestive infections can also cause vomiting.

On the contrary, if the vomit contains hair, it is very likely that your cat is expelling hairballs. Indeed, when they groom themselves, cats ingest the hairs that naturally come out of their coat. Not being digested, they are expelled by vomiting in the form of hairballs.

This phenomenon generally occurs during moulting periods and should not worry you too much if it is occasional. If, however, this vomiting of hairballs is frequent, brush your cat regularly to remove as much hair as possible, which will prevent him from ingesting too much.

The cat can also vomit bile if it takes its meals too far apart. Indeed, the cat has a rapid transit, which requires eating in small quantities regularly. It is therefore necessary to avoid depriving it of food for several hours, because it would tend to jump on it and get sick.

Symptoms associated with yellow vomit

Bilious vomiting is not necessarily worrying, although you should still be careful. On the other hand, if it is associated with other symptoms, a consultation with the veterinarian is necessary.

The worrying symptoms that your cat may show are:

• • Frequent or heavy vomiting

• • Decreasing or stopping the power supply,

• • Fever (temperature above 39 degrees),

• • drinking too much,

• • Pale or yellowish gums,

• • The blood in the vomit,

• • The constipation,

• • weight loss,

• • Severe tiredness,

• • Unusual meows.

In the slightest doubt, in the presence of one or more of its symptoms in addition to yellow vomit, you must consult your veterinarian without delay, because it can be a vital emergency for your companion.

Treatment of yellowish vomiting in cats

If your cat does not show worrying symptoms, the first thing to do is to withdraw its food for a period of between twelve and twenty-four hours, leaving water available of course.

If he is no longer vomiting and has no other symptoms, resume feeding in small doses at first. Then increase its ration gradually. If you give him access to a food bowl completely after this fast, he might overeat and vomit again.

You can also control the quality of its diet. For cats prone to hairballs, you will find foods that facilitate their elimination. In addition, do not give dairy products to your four-legged friend, contrary to belief, he digests them very badly.

In the event that your cat presents one or more symptoms associated with vomiting, consultation with a veterinarian is essential. The causes of bilious vomiting can be multiple and only the advice of a professional can help your cat recover.

Yellow vomit can have many origins. Although it is often benign, it should not be taken lightly. It can indeed hide another more serious pathology. Increased monitoring of your companion is therefore essential as soon as the first bilious vomiting appears.