Hello!
I have an 11yo male short hair, indoor only, current with vaccinations.
Thursday, we noticed that he was really lethargic, not eating, not his normal self. Thursday being Thanksgiving, our vet (and every other vet in town) was closed. Friday, he was no better but did eat a bit of food. We began to think it was constipation because he was growling at his butt and biting at it, and we didn't see any feces in his litter box when we cleaned it Thursday afternoon.
Since vets were closed, we did some reading online and mixed pumpkin with his food as well as mineral oil (none of which he ate), but we were able to get him to take about 1 1/2 tsp of mineral oil by mouth.
Took him to a vet this morning (not our normal vet) who did an x-ray and showed a large amount of stool pretty much from his butt up to his ribcage.
She gave him some fluids since he wasn't drinking, and said she'd give him a glycerine/DOSS/mineral oil enema, and that we could give him the other half a few hours later. Well, the syringe for the enema was about 10 cc's, and what we got was about 3cc's--not even half!
At any rate, the enemas have done nothing. He's passed some watery stool, but nothing of any size that we'd expect after seeing his x'rays. He's miserable, covered in poop, not eating, etc.
The vet is closed on Sunday, and she suggested that if the enema didn't work, to bring him in on Monday (if they had an opening!) and they'd sedate him and give him a warm-water enema---well, he's in alot of pain now. She gave him no pain meds, no nothing.
I have tried to give him another 10cc's of mineral oil per rectum, but I can't get the syringe tip in any further than a few milimeters.
Can I give him a glycerine suppository? Anything? Is there anything I can do until Monday? I live in a rural area and there are no emergency or 24 hour vets here, certainly not on Sundays......
Thanks so much
heather & sebastian the kitty
I have an 11yo male short hair, indoor only, current with vaccinations.
Thursday, we noticed that he was really lethargic, not eating, not his normal self. Thursday being Thanksgiving, our vet (and every other vet in town) was closed. Friday, he was no better but did eat a bit of food. We began to think it was constipation because he was growling at his butt and biting at it, and we didn't see any feces in his litter box when we cleaned it Thursday afternoon.
Since vets were closed, we did some reading online and mixed pumpkin with his food as well as mineral oil (none of which he ate), but we were able to get him to take about 1 1/2 tsp of mineral oil by mouth.
Took him to a vet this morning (not our normal vet) who did an x-ray and showed a large amount of stool pretty much from his butt up to his ribcage.
She gave him some fluids since he wasn't drinking, and said she'd give him a glycerine/DOSS/mineral oil enema, and that we could give him the other half a few hours later. Well, the syringe for the enema was about 10 cc's, and what we got was about 3cc's--not even half!
At any rate, the enemas have done nothing. He's passed some watery stool, but nothing of any size that we'd expect after seeing his x'rays. He's miserable, covered in poop, not eating, etc.
The vet is closed on Sunday, and she suggested that if the enema didn't work, to bring him in on Monday (if they had an opening!) and they'd sedate him and give him a warm-water enema---well, he's in alot of pain now. She gave him no pain meds, no nothing.
I have tried to give him another 10cc's of mineral oil per rectum, but I can't get the syringe tip in any further than a few milimeters.
Can I give him a glycerine suppository? Anything? Is there anything I can do until Monday? I live in a rural area and there are no emergency or 24 hour vets here, certainly not on Sundays......
Thanks so much
heather & sebastian the kitty