Hi! Enzo has lost very small amounts of weight steadily over the past 4 months. He’s lost 3/4 of a pound since January, losing small amounts each month (I weigh him monthly and he was at the vet today who confirmed his weight). He had full labs/blood work 4 months ago and everything was great. Nothing was even on the high or low end that would lead me to believe anything kidney/thyroid/organ wise is wrong. I am taking him in next week for more labs to be sure, but I’m wondering if I’ve found the culprit.
He has IBD and has suffered from constipation so he’s been getting Miralax daily, 1/4 tsp, for awhile now (maybe 8 months). I try to adjust it when I see his stools are okay, but because I use clumping litter sometimes it’s hardened up before I get to it. He recently has had very soft/sometimes liquid stools over the past few months that my husband and I have both noticed. He even didn’t make it to the litter box a few times and pooped on the floor. During those times I either dialed back or adjusted the Miralax.
Because he’s acting totally normal, eating/drinking/urinating totally normal, I’m at a loss along with the vet about what might be causing the weight loss. Do you think it‘s possible that the periodic diarrhea from the Miralax could cause minimal amounts of weight loss?
He has IBD and has suffered from constipation so he’s been getting Miralax daily, 1/4 tsp, for awhile now (maybe 8 months). I try to adjust it when I see his stools are okay, but because I use clumping litter sometimes it’s hardened up before I get to it. He recently has had very soft/sometimes liquid stools over the past few months that my husband and I have both noticed. He even didn’t make it to the litter box a few times and pooped on the floor. During those times I either dialed back or adjusted the Miralax.
Because he’s acting totally normal, eating/drinking/urinating totally normal, I’m at a loss along with the vet about what might be causing the weight loss. Do you think it‘s possible that the periodic diarrhea from the Miralax could cause minimal amounts of weight loss?