Help!!!
We adopted 1 year old Phoebe who is a Russian Blue 3 weeks ago and she has been having toilet troubles ever since she arrived. Her previous owners say they don't know if she had the problem while with them because she always went to the toilet outside.
She only goes about every 2nd or 3rd day and when she does she poops little black marbles and seems to have trouble pushing it out. The past few times there have been some normally formed poopies following the marbles so I haven't been compelled to take her to the vet.
She eats Eukanuba dry food (third of a cup) for breakfast then about 150g fresh cat meat for dinner. Is there anything I could add to her diet that will provide more fibre or other essential ingredients? I've read other posts about Eukanuba and most cats seem to have problems with diarrhea rather than constipation.
Phoebe is also unusually overweight too which might somehow be related to this problem but I'm not sure. She likes to have her stomach massaged and I can feel little lumps in her tummy which I'm not sure is normal.
Any advice on how to help Phoebe overcome this uncomfortable problem would be much appreciated!
Lisa
We adopted 1 year old Phoebe who is a Russian Blue 3 weeks ago and she has been having toilet troubles ever since she arrived. Her previous owners say they don't know if she had the problem while with them because she always went to the toilet outside.
She only goes about every 2nd or 3rd day and when she does she poops little black marbles and seems to have trouble pushing it out. The past few times there have been some normally formed poopies following the marbles so I haven't been compelled to take her to the vet.
She eats Eukanuba dry food (third of a cup) for breakfast then about 150g fresh cat meat for dinner. Is there anything I could add to her diet that will provide more fibre or other essential ingredients? I've read other posts about Eukanuba and most cats seem to have problems with diarrhea rather than constipation.
Phoebe is also unusually overweight too which might somehow be related to this problem but I'm not sure. She likes to have her stomach massaged and I can feel little lumps in her tummy which I'm not sure is normal.
Any advice on how to help Phoebe overcome this uncomfortable problem would be much appreciated!
Lisa