Can umbilical hernias affect an old cat? My cat is 13, and her whole litter has umbilical hernias as kittens. They all had surgery. I adopted her from a breeder, who told me about the surgery, but said I didn’t need to worry about it. I soon forgot. 13 years later, my cat has been a regular vomiter for probably 12 years. But recently it has increased to multiple times per day. She has other health issues, and this piece went untreated until she began losing weight and not eating. I got her an ultrasound, and ultrasound vet’s results were pancreatitis and “moderate diffuse infiltrative small intestinal disease DDx Lymphoma vs IBD, less likely eosinophilia enteritis.” I have not yet gone in for a second opinion from another vet. She has been getting steroid injections every 3-4 weeks, and had all but stopped puking. The last 4 days she has vomited 7 times. Is it possible she’s had a looped hernia this whole time, and only now experiencing symptoms worse than regular vomiting? Would that have been apparent from the ultrasound if the vet was unaware of her history? I am afraid to ask my regular vet because I don’t trust her.

My mother just brought home a kitten who is now 7-8 weeks old now. He is extremely active, eats well, uses the bathroom frequently, drinks water, and every other thing kittens usually do. However, his hernia is between the size of a quarter and half dollar and bulges away from his belly about an inch and the usual kitten things like jumping from couches and tumbling around freaks me out even if it doesn't seem to bother him, it feels a bit squishier in the weekish we have had him. What advice would you give? Our vet said that he would be fine until he got fixed, but I am concerned and looking for a second opinion.

my cat gave birth about 4 weeks ago and after 2 weeks of them being born she quit feeding them and kept leaving them, shortly they all died. and now she has an outward bulge on the bottom of her belly on both sides. she doesn't show any pain when I pick her up or push on it. but he nipples are really swollen too. what is it? what can I do?

My 5mth old kitten was diagnosed with an uncomplicated umbilical hernia vet said that the repair could be done alongside the operation for spaying her when she is 6/7 months old my kitten shows no signs of discomfort appetite great toilet needs brilliant no concerns until last couple of days I'm sure her belly seems swollen bloated like I'm assuming she isn't old enough to be full term pregnant my concern is my older female was in a coma for 3 days nearly died took 8 days to stabilise her vet adamant poisoned not a clue what could my kitten be showing symptoms of poison

Intact male cat about 6 months old showed up to eat at my house. We live in the country so people dump animals out here. Am a human nurse but was an animal nurse years ago. So I do alot of my own medical care aside from spay/neutering and rabies shots. This beautiful odd boy showed up last week. At 1st glace I thought it was a female due to the almost callio look to him. He is red / orange with a weird brown mixed in and dark copper eyes. He has a upper respiratory infection, he is thin and has been fighting. But he has a tennis ball size umbilical hernia almost feels like two small ones next to each other. I can reduce them some. Being I just found him am not trying to upset him too much yet. I started him on antibotics, dewormed and defleaed him. No ear mites. He was a house kitten at some point I can tell. Am looking up prices for hernia repairs and WOW they very alot ! I live in Northern Indiana and would love any suggestions of affordable surgical procedures. I did contact the low cost spay and neuter clinic I have used but they said it's too big and he is too old for simple hernia repair. I just bought him in tonight so am waiting to see if he eats and drinks without vomiting and or dirrehea. Also I know I need him healthy before surgery. But he is staying in a large dog crate away from everyone till he is better and vaccinated and neutered. No spraying in my house thank u ! But am worried about cost. I can affored up to $300 maybe $400. Again any suggestions are appreciated

I have an 11 year old cat an he has a large umbilical hernia. had it since birth an now he is having a hard time laying down an breathing very hard. last few days he was fine. an now he has pain an eats very little

Hi. I recently took my kitten and was playing with her, when I noticed a bulging red belly button. Asking my mother for advice, she didn't know what to do. Since there are no vets around my locality, and they take a lot of cash, I've been researching on the Internet. I pressed the belly button, but the kitten just stays silent, and it feels ok (it's not warm). The mother cat takes care of the litter, but Cocoa is the skinniest of the lot. It meows a lot, even when the mother is with it. It doesn't have a loss of appetite, does the excretion normally, but it trembles a lot. Cocoa's red bulging belly button is small, about the size of a coin, but it seems swollen. I think it's going to die, though. Please help in any way.

I happened to notice you haven't shared the recovery time. I cat got neutered adnhis hernia done at the same time. He's currently not to thrilled to be in a cone. Approx how long should they keep the cone on?

i recently noticed a lump on my cats stomach. we took her to the vets and they said something about it being a hernia, as it’s ‘meetline’ ?? they were pretty vague and i’m still very confused. they sent us home and said if she showed my symptoms then to come back (another £25 :/) but i’m still wondering what they meant? how do they know it’s a hernia from just touching it? what if it’s something worse?