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Maggie is constipated

post #1 of 9
8/14/11 at 2:33pm
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My girl Maggie is constipated. I've been keeping an eye on her litter box lately and noticed on Friday that it's been 2 or 3 days since she pooped. I called the vet and the tech told me pumpkin or metamucil. I bought both and started her wth the metamucil friday night. I noticed a little bit of poop in the litter box when I woke up saturday but nothing since . I can't use the pumpkin I bought because it has spices in it. What do you do when this happens to you cat any suggestions? Thanks, btw I will be calling the vet again tomorrow.
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post #2 of 9
8/14/11 at 2:38pm
I go back to the supermarket and buy the plain pumpkin (in the baking isle, next to the spiced pumpkin). Pumpkin gives her the fiber and the moisture she needs - metamucil does not. Pumpkin is safe and effective. She needs about a tablespoon a day, perhaps more in this case. Some cats will just lick it up, others need it mixed into wet food.

I'd also be mixing water into her wet food.

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post #3 of 9
8/14/11 at 3:04pm
That's good to know, Nena suffers from constipation and Laxatone doesn't do it anymore.

I hope Maggie gets better soon.
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post #4 of 9
8/14/11 at 3:14pm
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I'm going to try my supermarket again today, they didn't' have it friday I had to take the bus to Edgewater friday to get the pumpkin in Pathmark. I will go to the A&P later but one of the people who work there told me it's seasonal but I'm gonna try anyway. I don't know where else to go.
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post #5 of 9
8/14/11 at 3:17pm
Mooch won't touch pumpkin or anything like that so I had to give her medication from the vet before. Poor girl had some...umm....(no way to delicately put this?) stuck.
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post #6 of 9
8/14/11 at 3:32pm
Lazlo won't eat pumpkin either. I use the syringe.

Oh - other people have had that problem with the supermarkets! I'm sorry, I didn't realize they didn't have it in stock. Is there a Walmart near you? They usually have it.

Worst case, order some online. It means you have to wait a few more days, but even if you get a different med from the vet or something, it's great to have on hand and lasts a long time.

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post #7 of 9
8/14/11 at 5:22pm
I've never had luck getting them to straight up eat the pumpkin, like LDG, I have to syringe it. My vet has also prescribed a prebiotic that I mix in with the pumpkin.

Good luck!
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post #8 of 9
8/14/11 at 5:56pm
We used to give Callie Miralax, half of a 1/4 teaspoon twice daily to help keep her moving in addition to the pumpkin. We just used the regular powdered Miralax.
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post #9 of 9
8/14/11 at 6:21pm
Pipsqueak ate the pumpkin for about two days, then totally refused it . So I have been just using 1/2 tsp. of metamucil once a day in the wet food and add water to make it a bit soupy. He licks it all up! I did find plain canned pumpkin at Walmart. And did just see some the other day at Dominick's - a grocery store - they had tons of it. Sure hope Maggie feels better very soon.
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