Megacolon please help!

[mark84]

My cat was diagnosed with megacolon last year, we almost lost him. He was just at the vet for 2 days, and we almost lost him again, but they got him to poop. We don't know if he has pooped or not, it's been days since we brought him home. We increased his meds, cisapride, lactalose, miralax, but we don't think hes pooped. We just manually evacuated some.

What can we give him to make him regular?

 

[wali_the_cat]

Ok I've only had my cat for a few days — but for his history of constipation my vet recommended an all wet-food diet with water mixed in to his food. This has helped him maintain the hydration needed to poop.

How is your kitty's hydration? What was the stool consistency when you evacuated his bowels?

 

[mark84]

it was pretty loose. wet food doesnt seem to work. we were and are once again making him raw chicken and putting in tons of liver powder and cillium(spelling?) powder? what about pumpkin or other kinds of fiber? doesnt matter to me what it is or what it costs as long as it works

 

[mark84]

we just gave him a bit of pumpkin and he ate it all

 

[mark84]

after a homemade enema of lactulose, mineral oil, and water, as well as the pumpkin, he pooped a TON.

 

[wali_the_cat]

Yay!!!!! I'm so glad

 

[mark84]

us too, thank you