Oh, Puke!

Literally.

Pookie had a pukey this morning.  Two of them, in fact. 

Unmistakably his, as evidenced by 1) the fact it occurred in his room sometime during his breakfast; and, 2) they consisted of gobs of chicken. No trying to determine the Anonymous Vomitor this time, no sirree bob. Two piles, looked as if it was the entire contents of his chicken snacks over the last three days.  Divided into two (2) groups, close to each other, and with a rough estimate of approximately one (1) US cup of chicken, plus a rather impressive, perfectly formed, tubular hairball, approximately two (2) US inches long and.75 inches in circumference, pretty tightly packed.  Unlike the Anonymous Hairballer’s pitiful, random offerings of semi-solid squishies, this one was quite impressive. 

No, I did not measure exactly, and no, I did not preserve it for the Hairball Hall of Fame. (But I was tempted!)

This came out of nowhere.  After his acupuncture yesterday, he spent most of the day quietly snoozing on the bed or in the sunny window. Not really drooling, just seemed to be in his usual post-acupuncture afterglow. Around 10 PM, he really perked up, began wandering the counters, foraging for snacks, waiting impatiently every time the fridge door opened, coming to us and begging for food. Eyes bright, alert, seemingly normal. Ate his two chicken snacks with gusto, and without waiting for the newly customary hand-fed offering of a pinch or three to get him going.

He spent the entire night at my feet in the bed, did not crawl down into his nest in the closet, seemed a bit sleepy this morning, and wanted his hand-fed chicken pinch or two, and then he began to eat.

All good news.

And then, puke happened. Now he looks like he’s drooling a bit, little tongue slightly distended, eyes tired, but is sitting upright in the sunny window looking outside. 

Am wondering if the Neomycin may be a contributor.  My biggest concern is what seemed to be such a vast quantity of barely (if at all) digested chicken.  It definitely seemed to constitute the last five or six snacks, so approximately 18 hours worth?

Will be sending this to his vet, and anxiously monitoring him for any change.