Should I take my cat to the vet?

[msrisotto]

I have just booked an appointment but it costs £36 just for a consultation so I want to check i'm not overreacting!

Got back from holiday on saturday. A neighbour had been checking in on her (house cat) everyday for us. Neighbour reported no concerns. When we got in, she had thrown up all over the house, there must have been 6 large piles of vomit dotted around the place. I wondered if she'd kept anything down since we left! We'd only been gone a week. Anyway, phoned the vet who said to take her off food for 1 day then give her chicken and rice. She's not eaten much of it (never has been a fan of food not from a tin!) but she hasn't been sick since.

Then I noticed that the fur above her eyes and near her ears was thinner than usual. Her skin in this area looks red and sore. I gave her a flea treatment but i'm not convinced this is the problem. She's less active than usual but this could be because she's not eating much.

Vets the right idea?

[sereneswan]

To me this would flag up multiple warning signs - vomiting, being off food, being a bit 'down' or lethargic (ie less active than normal) and skin/fur abnormalities.

I would be making a vet appointment.

[sereneswan]

A thought about the vomiting...what were the feeding arrangements when you were away? Did she have access to a lot of food she could scoff in one go? This may have made her sick. Happened to one of ours when we went away and had a feeder come in twice a day. Our shy cat was stressed and ran away and in the meantime our friendly cat ate both lots of food and made herself sick.

[msrisotto]

She always has dry food available and she regulates her self really well, never been an over eater. I'm happy to take her to the vet, it would rest my mind if nothing else.