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Hi everyone. Our 20 year old female is doing OK but after a good few weeks of producing hard stools daily, I think she's now constipated. She's on Renal Cat wet food (Purina) recommended by the vet as she has kidney problems. Had a very large bowel movement a couple of days ago and nothing since. She does have periods during the day when she's walks around constantly but then she hops on my knee, purrs her head off and goes to sleep.
I had her to the vet a few weeks back when they thought she might have had a UTI so put her on antibiotics. She was also on medication for high blood pressure but that's run out now. I can't keep going back to the vets because the bills ran up and they kept me going back, tranquilizing her with gabopentin to take her blood pressure, then coming back every couple of weeks to repeat the procedure and it was causing her so much stress. She's blind now (caused by the blood pressure) and deaf so it must be awful for her when she goes to the vet.
Anyway, I just wanted to give everyone the full picture. Can anyone recommend a laxative or constipation treatment that we can try? I don't want to have her back to the vet because the cycle starts all over - consultation/treatment/checkup/treatment/checkup. Obviously if she gets bad and I think she's in pain I won't see her suffer but I'd rather try a home remedy first. She's very old, she's obviously not going to recover her full health but I just want her to see her last days out in peace and comfort.
I had her to the vet a few weeks back when they thought she might have had a UTI so put her on antibiotics. She was also on medication for high blood pressure but that's run out now. I can't keep going back to the vets because the bills ran up and they kept me going back, tranquilizing her with gabopentin to take her blood pressure, then coming back every couple of weeks to repeat the procedure and it was causing her so much stress. She's blind now (caused by the blood pressure) and deaf so it must be awful for her when she goes to the vet.
Anyway, I just wanted to give everyone the full picture. Can anyone recommend a laxative or constipation treatment that we can try? I don't want to have her back to the vet because the cycle starts all over - consultation/treatment/checkup/treatment/checkup. Obviously if she gets bad and I think she's in pain I won't see her suffer but I'd rather try a home remedy first. She's very old, she's obviously not going to recover her full health but I just want her to see her last days out in peace and comfort.