About a week ago my cat started vomiting after using the bathroom and stopped eating. Several years ago she had the same symptoms which ended up being an obstruction high in the digestive tract that was surgically removed. I rushed her to the vet Wednesday morning where they ran a CBC and an x-ray. The blood panel was great, but the x-ray showed stuck poop that is basically on the verge of coming out. The vet was confident it was just poop and not a foreign body because it wasn't up in the digestive tract. They ran 2 enemas that didn't clean her out, so they put her under and the vet manually removed what he could. He told me that he only removed what he could reach, that he was confident everything was lubed up good, and prescribed about 3.5ml of lactulose 2x per day.
The next morning, she was able to pass a small but fat piece of poop. Since then, it's been nothing. In the last 24 hours, she's frequently going to the box and straining but nothing is coming out. She's still eating small amounts and not vomiting. Is it possible there's more poop stuck or is the gas from the lactulose making her feel like she needs to go? I added pumpkin puree and Miralax yesterday hoping that would help something.
I'm guessing she needs to go back to the vet tomorrow? I'm beyond frustrated because my $500 quote ended up costing $900 and didn't fix anything.
The next morning, she was able to pass a small but fat piece of poop. Since then, it's been nothing. In the last 24 hours, she's frequently going to the box and straining but nothing is coming out. She's still eating small amounts and not vomiting. Is it possible there's more poop stuck or is the gas from the lactulose making her feel like she needs to go? I added pumpkin puree and Miralax yesterday hoping that would help something.
I'm guessing she needs to go back to the vet tomorrow? I'm beyond frustrated because my $500 quote ended up costing $900 and didn't fix anything.