Advise about rescue cat

[StarDolphins]

Feeling so sad about this. Got our rescue cat 2.5 weeks ago. We already have a cat & dog. When we met her at the rescue, she’d been sick in her cage but the lady said some are because it’s a stressful time. Then she said we’ll always take the cats back.

So here’s my dilemma, she’s still being sick. Not after every meal, but either once a day or once every other day maybe. Never at night when she’s locked in my bedroom with me & sleeps on the bed. It’s after a day of intermittent growling/hissing either from her or my cat. Most of the time they sit in the same rooms away from each other but there’s still a lot of hissing/growling when they walk near each other. She seems to be sick a few hours after 1 of these episode (or might be coincidence). It’s always mushed up/partly undigested food. Absolutely fine in herself before & after, full of life, play, purring etc. her poos all fine!

i have savings but I can’t spend them all on this unfortunately but at the same time, I can’t send her back to that cage.

does anyone have any experience of this & could it be settling in & might clear?

I’m going to get the sack, I wfh & I’m spending so much time washing carpets & duvets😢

Are they overgrooming themselves, because of stress, it might be hairballs that the cat is throwing up.

She does groom a lot but not excessively I’d say & I give her a small handful of RC Hairball - sick doesn’t look like fur all sick but I will get a paste next incase it’s that.

Also might add, I would check cats coat if they are grooming themselves a lot. Mine has recently been diagnosed with a contact allergy that caused her over groom and she was regularly throwing up.
It sounds more likely stress related though.

With mine it is an unknown allergy and it wasn't always hairballs she was throwing up, since she's been on meds for her skin, she has stopped overgrooming and throwing up.
Also, if she's been a stray or neglected, is she perhaps eating too fast, you can get bowls to slow them down as wolfing down food can cause them to vomit too.

Please try and talk to the shelter to ask if their in-house veterinarian will see your cat - they don’t want the cat returned either and will try and help. If they are a decent shelter which I try to hope all shelters are, due to the nature of their being a shelter.
I have this year received two very sick cats from my very good shelter but in each case they have helped. The second now has an illness. And the first had bacterial pancreatitis, and was vomiting constantly and stopped eating.
my advice would also be to see a vet sooner or later - a check and some antibiotics and a quick drip are cheaper than an overnight stay.