Hello everyone,
This is my first time posting anything but last year around July I adopted a kitten that was born under my neighbor's shed. His name is Potato and he has numerous birth defects. The most concerning is that he wont drink water unless it's tuna water(we just found this one out) his eyes are constantly dilated, and his neck bones have pinched the signals that run to his legs making it so he can't walk anymore. He can scoot around with his front legs but it takes him a while. I have to hold him while he uses the litter box now because his hip bones keep popping out.
My biggest concern is that he is getting constipated now. The vet says this happens with cat that have low mobility. He is on a strict diet of wet foods with the first three to four ingredients being meat, which i mixed pumpkin and water with to make a paste for him. He still gets constipated. i had to take him the to vet again on Friday in which he had a HUGE bowl movement. The vet said it was very hard and to try giving him Laxatone. I have been giving him this in the morning with his breakfast. It's now Sunday and he still hasn't gotten to poop. He has gone number one i'm just worried this isn't normal and he's getting bound up again. Any advice would be welcomed. I love the little guy and don't want to be a horrible cat mom and have him suffer.
This is my first time posting anything but last year around July I adopted a kitten that was born under my neighbor's shed. His name is Potato and he has numerous birth defects. The most concerning is that he wont drink water unless it's tuna water(we just found this one out) his eyes are constantly dilated, and his neck bones have pinched the signals that run to his legs making it so he can't walk anymore. He can scoot around with his front legs but it takes him a while. I have to hold him while he uses the litter box now because his hip bones keep popping out.
My biggest concern is that he is getting constipated now. The vet says this happens with cat that have low mobility. He is on a strict diet of wet foods with the first three to four ingredients being meat, which i mixed pumpkin and water with to make a paste for him. He still gets constipated. i had to take him the to vet again on Friday in which he had a HUGE bowl movement. The vet said it was very hard and to try giving him Laxatone. I have been giving him this in the morning with his breakfast. It's now Sunday and he still hasn't gotten to poop. He has gone number one i'm just worried this isn't normal and he's getting bound up again. Any advice would be welcomed. I love the little guy and don't want to be a horrible cat mom and have him suffer.