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I just joined The Cat Site & this is my first post.
When I first noticed that Daisy (it’s a him) hadn’t pooped it had probably been about 3 days. He’s had issues with constipation in the past a couple of times, beginning in 2018. Anyway on 8-18-22 I couldn’t get into my my regular vet so I took him to another nearby to see about giving him an enema. She expressed his anal glands, but said she didn’t think he was in trouble. I went home with a tube of Laxaire (sp). He puked that up. I made an appointment with my vet for Monday 8-22-22. In the meantime (8-20-22) I gave him 1/2 tsp MiraLax In the morning. About 24hrs later he pooped a small hard log, probably about 2-3”. I was ELATED.
We had our appointment on Monday, our vet did a physical, a blood work up, X-rays, and a urinalysis. From the X-ray she said she did think he was constipated. Told me to continue with the MiraLax. But discovered other concerns which were all kidney values were elevated, phosphorus was elevated, liver values normal, normal white blood cell count & no signs of anemia. He has a heart murmur & slightly elevated enzyme. His urine had some bacteria. Depressing news. I went home with a couple of cans of food for kidneys & for renal.
I continued with the MiraLax and on Monday 8-23-22 Daisy pooped, not much but at least he pooped. From that point on no pooping. I called the vet again Wednesday 8-31-22 to see about him having an enema. Different vet but in the same practice. She checked him over did another blood panel on him, came back and told me he was in kidney failure & that the pooping was the least of my worries. I went home with the prescription Lactose starting with a 2ml dose. No pooping, I upped it to 3ml according to the script....nothing. Yesterday morning I quit with the Lactose and gave him MiraLax again & again this morning. Today is day 13.I wanted to try to give him an enema today, but I’m scared to do it at this point because he could very well be obstipate and I don’t want anything to happen to him. I can’t afford to keep going back to the vet for this very same issue and it never being dealt with. They seem reluctant to do anything. Please Help...any ideas on what I should do?
When I first noticed that Daisy (it’s a him) hadn’t pooped it had probably been about 3 days. He’s had issues with constipation in the past a couple of times, beginning in 2018. Anyway on 8-18-22 I couldn’t get into my my regular vet so I took him to another nearby to see about giving him an enema. She expressed his anal glands, but said she didn’t think he was in trouble. I went home with a tube of Laxaire (sp). He puked that up. I made an appointment with my vet for Monday 8-22-22. In the meantime (8-20-22) I gave him 1/2 tsp MiraLax In the morning. About 24hrs later he pooped a small hard log, probably about 2-3”. I was ELATED.
We had our appointment on Monday, our vet did a physical, a blood work up, X-rays, and a urinalysis. From the X-ray she said she did think he was constipated. Told me to continue with the MiraLax. But discovered other concerns which were all kidney values were elevated, phosphorus was elevated, liver values normal, normal white blood cell count & no signs of anemia. He has a heart murmur & slightly elevated enzyme. His urine had some bacteria. Depressing news. I went home with a couple of cans of food for kidneys & for renal.
I continued with the MiraLax and on Monday 8-23-22 Daisy pooped, not much but at least he pooped. From that point on no pooping. I called the vet again Wednesday 8-31-22 to see about him having an enema. Different vet but in the same practice. She checked him over did another blood panel on him, came back and told me he was in kidney failure & that the pooping was the least of my worries. I went home with the prescription Lactose starting with a 2ml dose. No pooping, I upped it to 3ml according to the script....nothing. Yesterday morning I quit with the Lactose and gave him MiraLax again & again this morning. Today is day 13.I wanted to try to give him an enema today, but I’m scared to do it at this point because he could very well be obstipate and I don’t want anything to happen to him. I can’t afford to keep going back to the vet for this very same issue and it never being dealt with. They seem reluctant to do anything. Please Help...any ideas on what I should do?