We are in the UK and I have a 9 year old ragdoll who was just diagnosed with chronic kidney disease this week. He is very thin and not eating much at all. After being diagnosed he has been given appetite increasing medicine and put onto renal wet and dry food. On his first day on Renal food he did okay and ate more than he has in a long time, but then the next day he was straining to poo but couldnt poo at all, to the point where he started to be sick several times. So it was a trip to the vets for fluids and some laxative medicine, almost 20 hours later he finally does a small very hard poo.
Here is my concern, we use Catsan litter which he has never been interested in eating, then we changed it to a clumping litter the day before he started his renal food. Then I caught him having little nibbles on it after going for a wee, which is very often for a cat with kidney disease. I stop him anytime I see him doing this, but must miss sometimes. The next day I went out and got the old Catsan type but I have now caught him nibbling on the Catsan a couple of times.
I decided to look at the hard poo he finally did and it looks like it has a lot of cat litter in it. I have read up on this a little and I try to keep him from getting bored and play with him a lot. However he is still eating some. Is there a type of litter which is going to be the least harmful? I have read Corn, Wheat or Paper litter can be used but have also read some bad things about Corn.
Which litter type would you suggest, which is going to cause the least amount of digestive problems/harm for a cat for the times he eats litter where I am not able to catch and stop him?
Im really worried about this because he has now stopped eating again and he is still having trouble passing poo. So any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Here is my concern, we use Catsan litter which he has never been interested in eating, then we changed it to a clumping litter the day before he started his renal food. Then I caught him having little nibbles on it after going for a wee, which is very often for a cat with kidney disease. I stop him anytime I see him doing this, but must miss sometimes. The next day I went out and got the old Catsan type but I have now caught him nibbling on the Catsan a couple of times.
I decided to look at the hard poo he finally did and it looks like it has a lot of cat litter in it. I have read up on this a little and I try to keep him from getting bored and play with him a lot. However he is still eating some. Is there a type of litter which is going to be the least harmful? I have read Corn, Wheat or Paper litter can be used but have also read some bad things about Corn.
Which litter type would you suggest, which is going to cause the least amount of digestive problems/harm for a cat for the times he eats litter where I am not able to catch and stop him?
Im really worried about this because he has now stopped eating again and he is still having trouble passing poo. So any advice would be greatly appreciated!