Cat Vomit: Illness or Strategy?

Cats throw up on the carpet to get even with us for any slight that they fell we have given them. Cats are very sentive you know. Our's will go to the bathroom where we don't want her to just to get even.

Because they are cats of course, lol

my cat sometimes has a hairball and does the vomiting thng, but itf you rub her throat it stops, well I thought that was it anyway until you said.

Overeating and spilling it when you are having your tea is another favourite cat trick and of course theres never pretend I think I might puke if there's a bit of chicken in a 100 yard radious.

Isn't throwing up on the carpets and rugs so much more fun and controlling? ha-ha, don't think your cat purposefully does that although kids are the same. Think of it as like jam side down, which is almost a natural law.

I can tell you love your kitty so much to be so concerned when he pretends to puke, I think it is an attention grabbing strategy but lets face if ih he comes to cuddle when you are relaxing at the end of a buzy day he'd get his throat and tummy rubbed anyway.

My cats are the same way, in that they strategically place the puke where you can't miss it. On the couch, carpet, hardwood floor (where it blends in!), etc. They don't pseudo-vomit, at least. They seem to know where it will bother you the most. That way you'll pay them attention straight away. I must say, it works!

My mothers cats (which at one point were mine when i lived there) like to throw up in the halways downstairs. Whenever i am there i watch where i'm stepping! i wouldnt like to step in a furball! Also my aunts cat used to do the same pseudo vomitting thing. i used to think it just make the furball get unlogged from her throat. but maybe your right maybe it was a cry for attention. they did have 3 other cats and 2 dogs.

My family used to own quite a few cats as pets and I don't really remember them doing this. However, I think that it is intersting that your cat seems to be pretending to throw up because she has realized that it gains her attention from the family. I can definitely believe it. I saw someone posting on here a week or two ago about a pet that limped for attention but was honestly healthy and not hurt!*laugh* It is so fascinating to study animal behavior, methinks. I really miss having pets around the house.

cats are often sick to get rid of their furballs, but i do feel theyc hoose the perfect places lol. they seem to like pick places that they know you are likely to stand but not look before you stand there, such as on the floor behind corners. also another favorite of theirs is to be sick in a hidden place where there is no cahnce anyone will find it for weeks, and by the the smell will be so bad you cant go in the room anyway.

Our cat throws up quit often. You are right, they want to throw up on the rug, where it is nice and soft. The cat rarely does it on the hardwood floor. I hate that.

Cat vomit is a illness, though they usually do because they had eaten some strange, its important take note about that problems on the cats, have a nice day on mylot and happy earnings also.

lol oh this is a nasty discussion but so true I put a furball medication in my kitties food because she has long fur this really helps perhaps you could try this rather than hoping your kitty will be considerate enough to do it on the tile lol

I have thirteen of the little darling creatures so I know all too well about "barefoot barf". We got rid of all our carpets but they still find places to put it to annoy me. One of their favorite places is my clean clothes basket. I can hear that sound they make anywhere in the house but I don't always reach them before it happens.