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One of our two cats, Babs (f, 2.5 yrs), stayed with a friend while my wife and I were away from Dec. 23-Jan. 1. Our friend has 2 cats, and Babs had unfettered access to their dry food. She typically eats mostly wet food supplemented with just a little dry.
She was initially fine when we picked her up, but on Thursday she vomited up some clear, slightly mucusy liquid. After that, her appetite was very low and she was a bit lethargic. She also wasn't pooping!
We took her to the vet on Friday and they gave her an all-purpose antibiotic and a steroid shot, as she has stomatitis. She had not improved at all yesterday (and had not pooped) so we took her back to the vet. They did a radiograph which showed her being quite backed up. They gave her an enema and a lot of hard poo came out followed by a bit of soft stool. When she came home she did seem better (more energetic and a bit more appetite) but she still isn't quite herself. She had some small, runny movements yesterday, including one with a bit of blood, and she was scooting. She hasn't pooped at all today.
We are only giving her wet food with some tasteless laxative given to us by the vet.
Is this reason to be concerned? Is the reason for her constipation plausibly the change in diet and added stress of being in a new environment? She has never been constipated before.
One of our two cats, Babs (f, 2.5 yrs), stayed with a friend while my wife and I were away from Dec. 23-Jan. 1. Our friend has 2 cats, and Babs had unfettered access to their dry food. She typically eats mostly wet food supplemented with just a little dry.
She was initially fine when we picked her up, but on Thursday she vomited up some clear, slightly mucusy liquid. After that, her appetite was very low and she was a bit lethargic. She also wasn't pooping!
We took her to the vet on Friday and they gave her an all-purpose antibiotic and a steroid shot, as she has stomatitis. She had not improved at all yesterday (and had not pooped) so we took her back to the vet. They did a radiograph which showed her being quite backed up. They gave her an enema and a lot of hard poo came out followed by a bit of soft stool. When she came home she did seem better (more energetic and a bit more appetite) but she still isn't quite herself. She had some small, runny movements yesterday, including one with a bit of blood, and she was scooting. She hasn't pooped at all today.
We are only giving her wet food with some tasteless laxative given to us by the vet.
Is this reason to be concerned? Is the reason for her constipation plausibly the change in diet and added stress of being in a new environment? She has never been constipated before.