my cat drools excessively, not pooping much

asummershayes

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HI everybody,

My husband and I are so worried about our cat Pumpkin. He is about 7 years old, and lately he has been more sluggish. He is an indoor cat. We are low on money right now, so we have been heating a lot with wood heat.

He goes through these spells over the past few days of meowing in this strange way and drooling excessively, then a few minutes later he is pretty much back to normal.

Has anyone experienced this? Could he be constipated? Going to get some canned pumpkin to see if it is his digestive tract, and of course we will bring him to vet if it keeps going on in a couple days, but I do not want to pay $100 to have a vet tell me he is constipated.

Could it be anything else? Any ideas or suggestions? He has made two very small poops the last 2 days, and they looked pretty dry.

Any suggestoins would be helpful. Thanks, Amy
 
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asummershayes

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also, we gave him a can of chunk light tuna in water the other day because we ran out of cat food, and that was the day he started having some problems.


Originally Posted by asummershayes

HI everybody,

My husband and I are so worried about our cat Pumpkin. He is about 7 years old, and lately he has been more sluggish. He is an indoor cat. We are low on money right now, so we have been heating a lot with wood heat.

He goes through these spells over the past few days of meowing in this strange way and drooling excessively, then a few minutes later he is pretty much back to normal.

Has anyone experienced this? Could he be constipated? Going to get some canned pumpkin to see if it is his digestive tract, and of course we will bring him to vet if it keeps going on in a couple days, but I do not want to pay $100 to have a vet tell me he is constipated.

Could it be anything else? Any ideas or suggestions? He has made two very small poops the last 2 days, and they looked pretty dry.

Any suggestoins would be helpful. Thanks, Amy
 

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It is possible hes having a reaction to the fish or something in it.. I am just guessing though. I would also think maybe his tummy is upset and hes not feeling well because of it, which is more likely. Constipation does sound possible.. is he drinking much?
 

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Is he eating normally? Drooling can be a sign of gum and teeth problems. It also can result if the cat has swallowed something and it didn't quite go all the way down the throat, but got stuck. Drooling can be a sign of happiness, a sign of illness, swallowing something toxic, and drooling can preclude a stroke.

If it were me, and this was a fairly recent behavior, I would take him to the vet to be checked over.
 
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