Also posted on cat health...
My nearly six month old female was adopted at two months after being spayed. She’s had issues with pooping in her box off and on but recently they’ve become worse. Vet has checked her twice for parasites. She got a clean bill of health, but continues to make odd bowel movements.
Vet has her on science diet kitten wet food and a scoop of science diet kitten dry in the days. She often tries to force bowel movements to no success. Usually she poops a larger pile of formed coils easily. Vet checked her for obstruction and said she’s fine since she’s high energy, has a solid appetite and has no odd health symptoms. Her bowel movements have always been like this.
She often goes next to the box later if she doesn’t have success but recently has been having larger soft piles once a day. Vet said to cut out the dry food but that did nothing. She actually did better on the dry food alone (which I found out is what she ate as a foster cat).
I just tried her on the Dick Van Patten brand Limited Ingredient Diet but she ended up making another large soft pile on the floor. I’ve also given her canned pumpkin and probiotic in the past.
I’m getting super frustrated since vet wouldn’t recommend another brand and the pooping out of the box is becoming a major problem. She pees there just fine and prior to the past week pooped 80% of the time in it.
Any suggestions on foods/diet choices.
My nearly six month old female was adopted at two months after being spayed. She’s had issues with pooping in her box off and on but recently they’ve become worse. Vet has checked her twice for parasites. She got a clean bill of health, but continues to make odd bowel movements.
Vet has her on science diet kitten wet food and a scoop of science diet kitten dry in the days. She often tries to force bowel movements to no success. Usually she poops a larger pile of formed coils easily. Vet checked her for obstruction and said she’s fine since she’s high energy, has a solid appetite and has no odd health symptoms. Her bowel movements have always been like this.
She often goes next to the box later if she doesn’t have success but recently has been having larger soft piles once a day. Vet said to cut out the dry food but that did nothing. She actually did better on the dry food alone (which I found out is what she ate as a foster cat).
I just tried her on the Dick Van Patten brand Limited Ingredient Diet but she ended up making another large soft pile on the floor. I’ve also given her canned pumpkin and probiotic in the past.
I’m getting super frustrated since vet wouldn’t recommend another brand and the pooping out of the box is becoming a major problem. She pees there just fine and prior to the past week pooped 80% of the time in it.
Any suggestions on foods/diet choices.