10/12/2026
Monitor or Make the Call Monday: My Pet Vomited!
It’s never fun to find a surprise pile of vomit on the floor, but does it mean your pet needs to be seen right away?
MONITOR IF…
Your healthy adult pet vomits once or twice, then goes right back to acting like themselves. They’re alert, comfortable, and there’s no blood, obvious pain, or concern that they swallowed something they shouldn’t have.
Keep a close eye on them, note what the vomit looked like and when it happened, and watch for any additional symptoms. Continue normal access to fresh water. If there’s no more vomit for several hours, try offering a small amount of their normal diet to see if they keep it down. If everything seems normal, feed small amounts every few hours and resume a normal diet the following day.
MAKE THE CALL IF…
If you’re unsure, give us a call. A quick conversation can help determine whether it’s reasonable to monitor at home or time to be seen! Puppies, kittens, senior pets, and pets with ongoing medical conditions may need advice sooner.
Definitely make the call if your pet vomits repeatedly, can’t keep water down, continues vomiting into the next day, or also has diarrhea, loss of appetite, lethargy, a painful or swollen abdomen, or blood in the vomit.
Repeated unproductive retching, collapse, severe weakness, or any concern that your pet swallowed a toxin, medication, toy, bone, string, or another foreign object is definitely call worthy.
