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Hi, my name is Naomi and I have a 13 year old cat named Chandler. In the past week, he got really ill. Lost a lot of weight. Lethargic. Won't eat or drink much water. I brought him to the vet on Monday. She took an x ray and labs. The labs were all unremarkable except for a slightly elevated white count. His X-ray showed severe constipation. The vet admitted him to perform enemas and manual extraction. Poor guy had two done. She did another x ray yesterday morning and discovered that he still had feces in his colon that she couldn't get at. She said she thinks he is a mega colon cat. She explained what it was and was telling me how it's terminal.
I cried some at home. She told me to come pick him up. So I did. She wanted him to come home and see if he can get out what's remaining now that the really bad chunks were taken out. I've been feeding him a laxative as instructed and a nutritional supplement as he is still not eating. He pooped in my car. Diarrhea and a chunk of harder poop. I didn't think I'd be happy to see poop in my car! Haha. I cleaned him and my car up. Confined him in a relaxed space with litter box. Throughout the night, I would check on him every couple of hours. He pooped a couple more times. Got some more chunks out. He is alot more perky. Rubbing up on me and everything in the room. Walking around and nuzzling. My boy is feeling a but better. Earlier, he just didnt care. I'm assuming that he didnt get all of that out. But some is better than nothing. He nibbled a little bit of wet food I offered him but turned his nose up at it pretty quickly.
I suppose my question is, what do I do about mega colon! I feel like this vet I am using wont be much help to me for managing his condition. She has been very negative to me, causing me tons of worry and then tells me it's not so bad. I don't like the emotional roller coaster ride.
She wants to see chandler again today for an X-ray and see where he's at and we can discuss more.
What are some good questions to ask and should I change vets? This is the first time I'm using this vet and I knew nothing about her.
I cried some at home. She told me to come pick him up. So I did. She wanted him to come home and see if he can get out what's remaining now that the really bad chunks were taken out. I've been feeding him a laxative as instructed and a nutritional supplement as he is still not eating. He pooped in my car. Diarrhea and a chunk of harder poop. I didn't think I'd be happy to see poop in my car! Haha. I cleaned him and my car up. Confined him in a relaxed space with litter box. Throughout the night, I would check on him every couple of hours. He pooped a couple more times. Got some more chunks out. He is alot more perky. Rubbing up on me and everything in the room. Walking around and nuzzling. My boy is feeling a but better. Earlier, he just didnt care. I'm assuming that he didnt get all of that out. But some is better than nothing. He nibbled a little bit of wet food I offered him but turned his nose up at it pretty quickly.
I suppose my question is, what do I do about mega colon! I feel like this vet I am using wont be much help to me for managing his condition. She has been very negative to me, causing me tons of worry and then tells me it's not so bad. I don't like the emotional roller coaster ride.
She wants to see chandler again today for an X-ray and see where he's at and we can discuss more.
What are some good questions to ask and should I change vets? This is the first time I'm using this vet and I knew nothing about her.