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My cat Buttons is having a lot of issues and nothing seems to be working. He was diagnosed with Hyperthyroidism last year, along with high blood pressure. He currently takes 6 rotations of Methamazol daily and it's helped quite a bit. He also has 0.10 CC's of meds daily for his high blood pressure. Since this last year and being diagnosed and given medication, he's now developed constipation problems. He was given 3 CC's of Lactulose a day to help out, but he'd still end up costipated. It's to the point where he can only manage to push out a ball or two and it's as hard as a rock. He takes Cisapride once a day and 6 CC's of Lactulose. I had him at the vet yesterday and he was so plugged up that he needed 2 enemas. He hasn't had a colon evacuation yet, but the vet mentioned that it might be time to talk about his future since he's coming in to get unplugged nearly every month. She also has him on an all fibre diet. His food has at least 3% fibre. And she upped his Lactulose to 9 CC's a day now.
I was reading online and now I'm coming across websites that are saying an all fibre diet is actually terrible for a cat who keeps getting constipated, or who has mega colon. And other websites and my vet is vouching for it. But clearly nothing is working for him. He still looks healthy. He still cuddles, eats, drinks, walks aorund and plays from time to time. He still bathes himself. He's about 16 years old.
Does anyone here have any advice for me? My vet seems to be out of ideas. Does anyone here have a Megacolon cat who went through something similar? Was there anything that helped? Anything I can do? I've even added pumpkin to his fibre food.
I was reading online and now I'm coming across websites that are saying an all fibre diet is actually terrible for a cat who keeps getting constipated, or who has mega colon. And other websites and my vet is vouching for it. But clearly nothing is working for him. He still looks healthy. He still cuddles, eats, drinks, walks aorund and plays from time to time. He still bathes himself. He's about 16 years old.
Does anyone here have any advice for me? My vet seems to be out of ideas. Does anyone here have a Megacolon cat who went through something similar? Was there anything that helped? Anything I can do? I've even added pumpkin to his fibre food.