First of all, don't get me wrong, I already have an appointment with the vet this afternoon so that my Zoe can be checked. I was just very anxious and wondering if any of your cats have ever showned the same symptoms:
It started yesterday night (well, the first time I've noticed). Zoe was squatting in the litterbox for a very long time (at least 20 minutes) and I noticed nothing was coming out. I got very nervous, but she seemed completly fine other than that, so I decided to keep a close eye on her and bring her to the vet the day after (wich is today). When I called to make the appointment, the vet said to make sure she was able to pee and poop. If she is able to go, then I wouldn't need to have her checked. So I put her in the clean litterbox (I kept a bit of the old litter so that she recognize her smell) and encouraged her to go. This time, she was able to poop after what seemed to be more effort than usual, but defenitly not like yesterday. I just haven't seen her pee yet and I'm worried, so I'm now keeping her appart of the other cats to be sure that she pees too.
My question is: Could the new food be an issue? I changed the food more than a week ago, wouldn't the symptoms have come earlier? The brand is Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance (I was told it's all good and natural), reduced in calories. Her sister is quite large, so I put her on a diet and decided to feed Zoe (wich isn't fat) a little more often. Should I switch back to her old food? It's getting hard feeding 3 different kind of food to my 3 cats, but if that's the cause to all that I will!
My other question is: any thought on what it could be? I trust my vet, but sometimes the experience of others could make me pay attention to specific things I might not know or see (things that the vet could forget to mention, for example).
Thank you so much for your help and I will keep you posted on Zoe.
It started yesterday night (well, the first time I've noticed). Zoe was squatting in the litterbox for a very long time (at least 20 minutes) and I noticed nothing was coming out. I got very nervous, but she seemed completly fine other than that, so I decided to keep a close eye on her and bring her to the vet the day after (wich is today). When I called to make the appointment, the vet said to make sure she was able to pee and poop. If she is able to go, then I wouldn't need to have her checked. So I put her in the clean litterbox (I kept a bit of the old litter so that she recognize her smell) and encouraged her to go. This time, she was able to poop after what seemed to be more effort than usual, but defenitly not like yesterday. I just haven't seen her pee yet and I'm worried, so I'm now keeping her appart of the other cats to be sure that she pees too.
My question is: Could the new food be an issue? I changed the food more than a week ago, wouldn't the symptoms have come earlier? The brand is Dick Van Patten's Natural Balance (I was told it's all good and natural), reduced in calories. Her sister is quite large, so I put her on a diet and decided to feed Zoe (wich isn't fat) a little more often. Should I switch back to her old food? It's getting hard feeding 3 different kind of food to my 3 cats, but if that's the cause to all that I will!
My other question is: any thought on what it could be? I trust my vet, but sometimes the experience of others could make me pay attention to specific things I might not know or see (things that the vet could forget to mention, for example).
Thank you so much for your help and I will keep you posted on Zoe.
