My beautiful, 14 year old Tonkinese, "Wednesday Blue," has had a constipation problem for at least a year or more. She will attempt to poop in the litter box but she is too bound up and ends up dropping it somewhere else in the house. Without getting any more graphic than necessary, here poop is always hard and dry. The vet put her on Royal Canin Fiber Response and there may have been a very slight improvement but nothing close to normal. The vet has no other ideas except to keep selling me this prescription food. I was wondering if perhaps I should feed her canned food which would put more water in her diet. The problem, however, is the weekends when I'm not home. Normally I just leave a full bowl of dry food but that won't work with canned. So my question is this: Can I feed her canned food during the week and the dry food on the weekend? Any suggestions or comments would be greatly appreciated.
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I would try to feed her as much canned as possible...I don't think it could do anything but help, though ask your vet, of course. I would make sure she switches slowly, though. You might want to ask your vet what store brand might work. Can't your vet offer you better advice than prescription dry food, though? Does your cat have a diagnosis beyond constipation?
As for the weekends, I'm wondering if you could get a fountain waterer, to tempt her to drink more...?
As for the weekends, I'm wondering if you could get a fountain waterer, to tempt her to drink more...?
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With a chronic constipation problem, I'd be asking about IBD - to rule it out, if nothing else. I'm also surprised that laxatives haven't been mentioned. With constipation this chronic it should have been an obvious treatment.
Fluid is really important for treating constipation. There are loads of great ideas here [article="30756"][/article]
Feeding wet and dry is fine, but if you want to feed dry some of the time it would be a good idea to feed a little every day. Another option would be automatic feeders - some of them are insulated, and you can always put them on top of an ice pack to help keep the food at a safe temperature.
Fluid is really important for treating constipation. There are loads of great ideas here [article="30756"][/article]
Feeding wet and dry is fine, but if you want to feed dry some of the time it would be a good idea to feed a little every day. Another option would be automatic feeders - some of them are insulated, and you can always put them on top of an ice pack to help keep the food at a safe temperature.
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