I had to take my 11 yr. old David again to the ER vet this past Tuesday, as he vomited 3 times trying to pass stool. David has been diagnosed as a megacolan kitty 5 yrs. ago, he has been to the ER vet and regular vet at least 8 times in those 5 yrs. to remove impacted feces. I few years ago I switched him completely over to a wet/canned food diet with twice daily doses of lactulose. This has helped him over those years tremendously. But he had a setback last Tuesaday, I'm not sure why, neither was the attending ER vet, who was very familiar with us.
I've read that lactulose does lose it's effectiveness over time with megacolan kitties. I've also read that Miralax is much more effective with cats that have this condition. So I today bought a bottle of Miralax and will start tommorow giving him this. But my question is, how much should I give him? Dave is a big boy, he is 17-18 pounds of love and snuggles. I had been giving him 2cc's twice a day of lactulose. How much now should I give of the Miralax? I'm thinking 1/2 tsp. twice a day, does that sound right? or is this too much or too little?
p.s. I've not given him Cisapride yet, have put off giving him this because it was taken off the market for humans because of heart complications from it, and I am leery to give to Dave because of this. If I can treat his condition with more natural means, such as diet and natural remedies, I try those first..
I've read that lactulose does lose it's effectiveness over time with megacolan kitties. I've also read that Miralax is much more effective with cats that have this condition. So I today bought a bottle of Miralax and will start tommorow giving him this. But my question is, how much should I give him? Dave is a big boy, he is 17-18 pounds of love and snuggles. I had been giving him 2cc's twice a day of lactulose. How much now should I give of the Miralax? I'm thinking 1/2 tsp. twice a day, does that sound right? or is this too much or too little?
p.s. I've not given him Cisapride yet, have put off giving him this because it was taken off the market for humans because of heart complications from it, and I am leery to give to Dave because of this. If I can treat his condition with more natural means, such as diet and natural remedies, I try those first..