Hi guys,
I was hoping someone could give me some advice on how to help my cat Bandit. He's 11 years old (almost 12, really), 10-11 pounds, and neutered, with a history of urinary tract infection, so he's on dry C/D and W/D and has been doing well with no UTIs or other problems for the past ten years. However, two weeks ago, he started straining to pee (and he hadn't pooped in a while), so I took him to the emergency vet. The emergency vet told me that my cat was so constipated that the poop was blocking his ability to pee. Bandit had to stay in the hospital for 24 hours while they administered 4 enemas, none of which worked. They finally did a manual deobstipation, X-rayed to confirm the poop was all out, and sent him home with lactulose (2.5ml, twice a day).
After three days on lactulose, he still wasn't pooping, so we took him to our regular vet, who prescribed cisapride (0.5ml, twice a day), and Bandit started pooping almost immediately. He continued to poop once a day or once every two days for the past week and seemed to be recovering well. However, then this weekend rolled around, and Bandit again hasn't pooped in three days (today is the third day). He is still producing pee, eating, drinking, and generally seems like his regular energetic, happy self. Since it's Sunday, I'd like to wait until tomorrow to take him to the regular vet (if he does need to go), but is there anything I can do for him at home?
Other things that might help: he is still taking all his meds (same dosage and frequency), and in order to increase his water intake, I add water to his dry food, I feed him half a spoonful of pumpkin twice a day (also with water added in) and I also sometimes feed him some water with a drop of milk added for flavoring. He has a good appetite and generally will eat/drink all of it. I work from home, so I can observe him going to the box, and all the other times he's pooped he hasn't strained to poop. This weekend I did notice him straining one time, and the pink part of the anus kind of...bulged out a little I guess? Which is a thing that's happened before when he's pooping, and the vet's generally told me that if it goes back in on its own (which it does), it should be fine.
I've been really stressed out over this though I've been doing my best to take notes and do my own research (lots of info out there haha, adds to the stress), so any help you guys can give me would be hugely, greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
(Quick summary: 11 yr old male cat, 10-11 pounds, on lactulose (2.5ml, twice a day) and cisapride (0.5ml, twice a day), cat pooped regularly for about a week and now hasn't pooped for three days.)
I was hoping someone could give me some advice on how to help my cat Bandit. He's 11 years old (almost 12, really), 10-11 pounds, and neutered, with a history of urinary tract infection, so he's on dry C/D and W/D and has been doing well with no UTIs or other problems for the past ten years. However, two weeks ago, he started straining to pee (and he hadn't pooped in a while), so I took him to the emergency vet. The emergency vet told me that my cat was so constipated that the poop was blocking his ability to pee. Bandit had to stay in the hospital for 24 hours while they administered 4 enemas, none of which worked. They finally did a manual deobstipation, X-rayed to confirm the poop was all out, and sent him home with lactulose (2.5ml, twice a day).
After three days on lactulose, he still wasn't pooping, so we took him to our regular vet, who prescribed cisapride (0.5ml, twice a day), and Bandit started pooping almost immediately. He continued to poop once a day or once every two days for the past week and seemed to be recovering well. However, then this weekend rolled around, and Bandit again hasn't pooped in three days (today is the third day). He is still producing pee, eating, drinking, and generally seems like his regular energetic, happy self. Since it's Sunday, I'd like to wait until tomorrow to take him to the regular vet (if he does need to go), but is there anything I can do for him at home?
Other things that might help: he is still taking all his meds (same dosage and frequency), and in order to increase his water intake, I add water to his dry food, I feed him half a spoonful of pumpkin twice a day (also with water added in) and I also sometimes feed him some water with a drop of milk added for flavoring. He has a good appetite and generally will eat/drink all of it. I work from home, so I can observe him going to the box, and all the other times he's pooped he hasn't strained to poop. This weekend I did notice him straining one time, and the pink part of the anus kind of...bulged out a little I guess? Which is a thing that's happened before when he's pooping, and the vet's generally told me that if it goes back in on its own (which it does), it should be fine.
I've been really stressed out over this though I've been doing my best to take notes and do my own research (lots of info out there haha, adds to the stress), so any help you guys can give me would be hugely, greatly appreciated. Thanks so much.
(Quick summary: 11 yr old male cat, 10-11 pounds, on lactulose (2.5ml, twice a day) and cisapride (0.5ml, twice a day), cat pooped regularly for about a week and now hasn't pooped for three days.)
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