# My house...the Kitty Vomitorium **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 5, 2009, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628 "2009-02-05T22:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![AngelSoft](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/angelsoft/32/440_2.png) [@AngelSoft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelSoft)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/21 "2009-02-06T04:44:05Z")
> [@seodoa](#): > > So your home is a [passageway](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/read/2421/were-there-really-vomitoriums-in-ancient-rome) where little kitties can exit their kitty theater? That sounds absolutely adorable! šŸ˜‰ Hardy Har Har Har šŸ˜ƒ I wondered when someone would pop in with this. I discovered the definition when doing a spell check on it and figured ā€œMEH.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Sierra\_Indigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f0a364/32.png) [@Sierra\_Indigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sierra_Indigo)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/22 "2009-02-06T09:45:20Z")
Touch wood. Iā€™m lucky so far that [my evil pink-nosed baby](http://picasaweb.google.com.au/snrobson/Wesker#5299428440314801794) came from the shelter tray-trained and non-vomitous. Though I am feeding him exactly the same (slightly more expensive) food that he was getting in the shelter. Iā€™m waiting for it, though. ---
**Author:** ![seodoa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@seodoa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seodoa)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 10:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/23 "2009-02-06T10:37:01Z")
> [@AngelSoft](#): > > Hardy Har Har Har šŸ˜ƒ > > I wondered when someone would pop in with this. I discovered the definition when doing a spell check on it and figured ā€œMEH.ā€ I applaud you for keeping it. Even though itā€™s not what people think it means, the word vomitorium is just too visceral to edit out. [QUOTE=Comicus] Losing weight is all the rage. Everybody in Rome is either in a steam room or a vomitarium [sic]. Half of Rome is either cookinā€™ or pukinā€™! [/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/24 "2009-02-06T12:57:04Z")
> [@psychobunny](#): > > I guess I belong here as one of my cats has earned the nickname ā€œvomitkittyā€. My son named our puker ā€œThe Pump.ā€ ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/25 "2009-02-06T14:17:14Z")
> [@corvidae](#): > > My cats eat that stuff - the prescription diet for teeth. They still puke like itā€™s going out of style, the little barf machines. I figure itā€™s 1-2$ per puke. How lovely for you! Iā€™m glad it seems to work for our pukinators. This thread really made me laugh this morning, and I needed that. Iā€™ll pay you all back by telling you that once one of our cats puked in my slipper. Also, my sandals have been peed on, and I once found a kitty turd on the side of the bathtub. Cats are so great. ---
**Author:** ![FarmerChick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a9a28c/32.png) [@FarmerChick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FarmerChick)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/26 "2009-02-06T14:24:38Z")
My kitty Dino had diabetes the last 2 years of her life. She puked alot. My sanity and carpets were saved by this little [gem](http://www.bissell.com/Products/c/Pet+Lovers/p/spotlifter+2x/product.aspx). Good luck in your new house! ---
**Author:** ![susan\_foster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@susan\_foster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan_foster)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/27 "2009-02-06T17:13:54Z")
My cats puke on my bed. Usually around once a week max, so itā€™s not bad - I can just change the bed earlier than normal. Itā€™s actually happened once where I was feeling lazy about changing the bed, looked over to the side - and there was the puke, like they knew I needed the incentive. And then of course thereā€™s times like last night, where I saw it just as I was getting into bed. Could be worse - Iā€™ve had times where Iā€™ve found it AFTER Iā€™ve gone to bed. ---
**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/28 "2009-02-06T17:26:34Z")
Some people on another forum I frequent are putting together a [premium pet food wiki](http://premiumpetfood.wikidot.com/premium-foods-by-brand-from-a-z). Itā€™s nowhere near complete right now but it does have a decent listing of high quality foods that would be much better for your cat than Purina. Even Science Diet or Iams, while better then most brands youā€™ll find at the grocery store, arenā€™t really all that great. Theyā€™re high in corn and other grains that cats just donā€™t need and that can aggravate allergies or upset their stomachs. Solid Gold is what I feed my cats and what I would have recommended, so Iā€™m sorry that didnā€™t work out for you. But itā€™s worth giving some of these other ones a try at least, I bet youā€™ll find one that works. Itā€™s not guaranteed to stop the throwing up but I bet it would help. If you do switch foods, do it gradually over the course of a couple weeks, slowly mixing more of the new food in with the old. This will help minimize gas or litter box stink while their digestive systems get used to the new food. ---
**Author:** ![hellpaso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecae2f/32.png) [@hellpaso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hellpaso)\ **Post date:** [February 6, 2009, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/29 "2009-02-06T20:45:14Z")
> [@yellowval](#): > > Iā€™ll pay you all back by telling you that once one of our cats puked in my slipper. LOLā€“me too! One of the cats puked into Mr. HPā€™s shoe not once, but twice! I told him it might have been the aroma wafting from the shoe that made the cat ill. I think my cats puke at least once a day. I saw a little sign like those yellow ones that warn you about a wet floor that said ā€œwarningā€“cat vomitā€. I should have bought one. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [February 7, 2009, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628/30 "2009-02-07T03:27:15Z")
This is what helped me: 1. Try a grain-free food, if you must feed dry. Since I switched 3 of my 4 cats to canned only (the fourth refuses canned/wet foods and will only eat dry) the vomit episodes have greatly diminished. 2. Donā€™t free feed. My cat would gorge herself and puke the excess. I separate all my cats now at feeding time and they get portioned food. My fat cat is losing weight - she actually has a waistline again, and thatā€™s good news for her. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-house-the-kitty-vomitorium/484628.md?page=1)