For a lap cat this might be triggered by a hairball when hair rubbing the stomach lining triggers the vomiting reflex and up it pops onto the lounge room carpet.
Why must cats throw up on carpet.
For instance yellow and foamy usually means hairball but thick yellow bile can be a sign of a serious kidney problem or infection says washington state university college of veterinary medicine.
Either way it is not fun to clean up.
My house is 95 hardwood with a few area rugs.
They want to keep the mess all in one place.
Yards of hardwood yet they go for the rugs everytime which is harder.
If we fill our cat s bowl she seems to think she needs to eat as much as possible at once and then throws it up.
Since cats don t like being picked up and moved while they are vomiting if you are quick enough you can try placing a folded newspaper under your cat to catch the vomit before it gets on your carpet.
There is an argument which says pet cats just like feral cats are designed to vomit from time to time.
Some of my cats to go to the bathroom to throw up and i think that is because that is where the litter box is.
And then some of them do throw up on the carpet.
My cats are 3 years old strictly indoor cats they have never been outside eat good quality cat food not the cheap crap never table scraps drink only water never milk.
This is an example of a happy vomiter doing as nature intended with.
I will put her in front of the litter box and even put her in the litter box well shove her in is more like it and she ll just pop out and run away from it and continue to defecate on the said carpet she d poop on the old carpet and now is pooping on the new carpet that has been put in a few weeks ago.
I am starting to get really upset with this cat my new carpet doesn t look so new anymore.
I would suggest resolve for your carpet or any enzyme cleaner.
But i have some older cats that do throw up quite a bit marg s last blog.
I thought this was her way of acting out when the older cat would come down and share the.