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I saw another old thread on this site and read through many of the replies regarding this topic. I am trying to help a relative who has an older cat with severe, recurring constipation.
She has been to the vet (multiple times), endured enemas, tried all the"natural things (milk, canned pumpkin, oil, grass, Renal K, Miralax, and others).
Currently on Lactulose, increasing dose to 2 ml 2x daily, and may try Cipramide (?) which targets the small intestine, while Lactulose works in the colon.
I already had experience with our own cat who had Megacolon. This is starting to feel a lot like that, but the colon is not expanded and poops are narrow and dry.
What I would like to know whether anyone used RENAL K for potassium and if that helped? Or COSEQUIN/glucosamine (which actually caused some diarrhea in one of my own cats); or SLIPPERY ELM; or PROBIOTICS??
I'm beginning to wonder whether she may have a small pouch in her intestines where things are collecting and causing the blockage in the early part of the intestine which cannot move through the system. I know there can be such things as intestinal hernias even in humans. We will probably inquire with the vet on this as a possibility.
BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS I INQUIRED ABOUT, PLEASE COMMENT. Also any other tips, please comment or add those as well. She gets plenty of liquid, as well.
She has been to the vet (multiple times), endured enemas, tried all the"natural things (milk, canned pumpkin, oil, grass, Renal K, Miralax, and others).
Currently on Lactulose, increasing dose to 2 ml 2x daily, and may try Cipramide (?) which targets the small intestine, while Lactulose works in the colon.
I already had experience with our own cat who had Megacolon. This is starting to feel a lot like that, but the colon is not expanded and poops are narrow and dry.
What I would like to know whether anyone used RENAL K for potassium and if that helped? Or COSEQUIN/glucosamine (which actually caused some diarrhea in one of my own cats); or SLIPPERY ELM; or PROBIOTICS??
I'm beginning to wonder whether she may have a small pouch in her intestines where things are collecting and causing the blockage in the early part of the intestine which cannot move through the system. I know there can be such things as intestinal hernias even in humans. We will probably inquire with the vet on this as a possibility.
BUT IF ANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH ANY OF THE ITEMS I INQUIRED ABOUT, PLEASE COMMENT. Also any other tips, please comment or add those as well. She gets plenty of liquid, as well.