Cat throwing up and diarrhea after changing food
A sudden change in dry food can cause acute digestive upset like vomiting and watery diarrhea, leaving cats refusing to eat and owners stressed. This usually stems from transitioning too fast without mixing the old and new food gradually to let the digestive system adjust.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
- 1Switching cat food gradually over the span of a few weeks using a percentage breakdown (25%, 50%, 75%, 100%)
- 2Ordering the cat's normal food and wet food
- 3Having the cat checked out by a vet if symptoms persist
- 4Switching to a limited ingredient diet
- 5Using a raised or angled feeder
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“every day we wake up to a lot of barf.”source ↗
“he hasn’t really eaten it and then today puked and had crazy diarrhea but he’s acting normal expect when I had to put him in the shower , I just ordered their normal food and some wet food to make sure he’s ok I am just worried he’s my lil bro 🥺 literally my best friend ever”source ↗