Help!!!!

Thankfully she only has one more day (today) of the medication. I thought her and I had an understanding about the importance of her taking it but she seems to want to do what she wants to do I have even tried mixing it in with the wet food that she likes but to no avail. Im glad that she is back to going to the bathroom regularly everyday but not every 5-10 mins.

I havent heard anything back from the vet about the stool sample I took in over the weekend but as soon as I hear something I will inform everyone.

Sorry I didnt answer you about Constipation sooner. We just moved and have been busy. When Coco is consipated she screams when she trys to go.
seaturtle, What kind of bladder stones did your Cat have? Coco had them two years and ago and she had S/D to disolve them and so far they never came back. Hers were strovite and surgery would not be safe for her. She is my Cat that could not be fixed.
BarkleysJester, did the vet do a Ultrasound. My Vet always does to make sure
there are no stones.

No ultrasound was done but that might be the next step, Im not 100% sure. I know the vet said that she wanted to see how the urine/stool sample would turn out and then go from there. But honestly, since she had that first bowel movement Saturday morning after not having gone in a few days she seemed to be right back to her old self. I guess I was thinking that constipation might be the culprit because her frequency in going seemed like she kept getting the urge to go but nothing would ever come out and she looked quite frustrated from pushing to no avail.

She did however have a scan of her inner organs and everything turned out fine and her bloodwork was good too

Its hard to say. It depends how she was squating.

The stool sample that I brought to them on Saturday turned up no parasites or anything abnormal (that's great news right?). But I'm still wondering what might have caused my little those few days of obvious discomfort and frustration. Do you guys have any suggestions as to what I should do next? Would you just leave the situation alone for now or ask that further tests be done? She has been making steady improvement since she first went to the vet almost a week ago and I also wonder if her finally passing a stool gave her much needed relief?

what I might do is start keeping a little calendar for a while - noting what's she's eating, number and type of pees & poos, activity level, etc. I did this for a while while figuring out what was 'normal' for my two - now what I do is make notations if anything is 'off' or anything is new (like food), so that when I call the vet, I can say when it started and if anything changed around that time or shortly before.

Did the vet indicate they wanted any more tests or anything?

But, how relieved you (and she) must feel now!

Originally Posted by darlili

what I might do is start keeping a little calendar for a while - noting what's she's eating, number and type of pees & poos, activity level, etc...

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Seconded and passed unanimously!

I'm so glad shes doing better. I've known of cases where one piece of stool just got so hard that it wouldn't come out easily, but keeping a calendar for awhile is a very good idea. Some times like people, you get these weird things happen and it passes off and you never do find out what the problem was.

Continued recovery for Petunia

Originally Posted by darlili

what I might do is start keeping a little calendar for a while - noting what's she's eating, number and type of pees & poos, activity level, etc. I did this for a while while figuring out what was 'normal' for my two - now what I do is make notations if anything is 'off' or anything is new (like food), so that when I call the vet, I can say when it started and if anything changed around that time or shortly before.

Did the vet indicate they wanted any more tests or anything?

But, how relieved you (and she) must feel now!

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She feels wonderful, atleast that's what she said when I asked her All humor aside, I think keeping a list of things for awhile is a good idea. With my two I dont stray too far from the normal as far as food. They both eat Purina Indoor Cat formula. One of the main q's the vet asked when I first brought her in was "what have you been feeding her" and I told her "the same thing since I've had her" with a little wet food on occasion. I am, however, curious as to how often I should feed them the wet food.

Almost forgot to mention. The vet did not mention that they wanted to continue to observe her but I am now doing that daily to make sure nothing else is bothering her. As for possible changes in activity level and such, she is the quiet one. Her seming to be extremely agitated and confused at times is what made me sit up and take notice that something wasnt all together right. She never scratched ferociously at the litter in her box until last week or walked around like she didnt know where she is. And that really scared me. So if I ever see her behaving like that again I'll know it's a sign that she's not feeling well.

Hi
I am late to this but I am having a big problem with this.
You wrote
Since Monday evening she has been going to the litterbox every 15-20 minutes but not having any bowel movements. On occasion she has diarrhea but nothing too serious I dont think

It sounds like your cat is constipated or at least you think so but yet she is getting meds for diarrhea?
Cats on wet food are less likely to be blocked or get constipation. For diarrhea, you do not nee vet meds. You can get some acidoupholous from a health food store and that should take care of the problem. Best of luck

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Hi
I am late to this but I am having a big problem with this.
You wrote
Since Monday evening she has been going to the litterbox every 15-20 minutes but not having any bowel movements. On occasion she has diarrhea but nothing too serious I dont think

It sounds like your cat is constipated or at least you think so but yet she is getting meds for diarrhea?
Cats on wet food are less likely to be blocked or get constipation. For diarrhea, you do not nee vet meds. You can get some acidoupholous from a health food store and that should take care of the problem. Best of luck

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That is how it started with her last Monday evening when she first started acting "strange". Her visits to the litterbox were literally every 15-20 mins and it continued at this pace until about an hour or so after she visited the vet the following day. The vet did not have a clue as to what might be ailing her and when I mentioned the diarrhea, which up to that point she was still having, she thought that might be the main problem. What I meant by not having a bowel movement was no solid stool was coming out, just soupy runny stool. She took her last pill last night so she is no longer on the medication. Thanks for your feedback though.