Recent Content by aspen8

Thank you.  Hugs and prayers are the best medicine!  :-)

Thank you for that link.  There's some WONDERFUL information there!!  Hugely educational!  Just the idea that inside the GI tract isn't inside the cat was an eye opener.  Thank you, thank you! I'm still researching but as I explained in the post I just left for Maggie May things have changed a...

Maggie May - Thank you for all of that information on SEB!  That was hugely helpful.  I'm hoping to be able to use that info soon. Sorry I sort of fell off the face of the earth for a while.  We had a family emergency...nephew fell down a 25' embankment and hit his head and was in a trauma...

Yes!  A juggling act on a high wire without a net.  In the rain!   Lol.  I've never looked for a holistic vet in my area but I'm in a suburb of Philadelphia - about 40 minutes outside the city - and I've got to think the chances are good that we have one or two or ten within driving distance...

UPDATE: 1.  The Yahoo feline megacolon group IS still active, which is terrific. 2.  He pooped!  Late last night he had a small bowel movement.  It doesn't change the fact that we have a very rough situation on our  hands but it's very good to know that he WAS able to feel the urge to move his...

Hi Red Top Rescue! Thanks for your response.  Yeah...the thought of taking away all of his wet food just doesn't feel right to me, either from a happiness standpoint or from a moisture standpoint.  I want every ml of water possible in his body! I so wish they could talk.  I've never had an...

Hi White Shadow.  Thanks for your response. Yep, that's the group I posted in and I did email the owner earlier today before I posted here to see if there was an issue...may take a while for him/her to see it and respond. I  realize that the only way to be 100% sure about who's doing what in...

I apologize in advance for the length of this post.   My furbaby Chester is in trouble. We've treated him for megacolon for 3-4 years with cisapride and lactulose.  We were giving him 1.5 ml cisapride 2x/day and 3 ml lactulose 2x/day.  The vet had him eating basic canned wet food exclusively...