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Any food recommendations on food for the constipated kitty? Trying to find a higher quality food he'll eat.
--Suggest keeping plenty of natural water and some natural foods containing some oils. Milk my tuxedo loves, but only small amounts. . .not more than twice a week.
Thank you for this. It was helpful. How long does it generally take for them to get stopped up? Like where the Miralax wouldn't flush them out because it's hardened? I always wonder.I'm giving half a teaspoon per day when they have issues or otherwise once every two weeks to make sure they clean out and don't start to build up debris. Just now I gave it to one of my cats for 3 days and she had a very soft and stinky poop from it but it came out. I usually give it only when I have the feeling I need to.
When they are fine, I give them a bit of petromalt every day. One eats it when I put it on her foot, the other needs the violent treatment where I inject it into her mouth with a syringe.
To give Miralax, I had good success with pulverizing their favorite hard food in a mortar, mixing it with miralax and water until it's like a soup. They love to lick this up. I dont give hardfood too often so they are all crazy about the taste. Maybe if you find a type of hardfood they love a lot, don't give it to them and keep it for this purpose so they gobble it down. Fancy Feast hardfood is usually a favor. Like another poster said, it's low quality with lots of fat but that makes it attractive tastewise. If you give it occasionally it won't be bad.
Another thing that is helpful is benefiber. I give that sometimes because it does not really swell up and has no taste. I wouldnt give stuff like this orange tasting powder (who's name I forgot, but it's this famous brand everybody but me knows). First they dont like the orange taste and second it swells and gets thick. I dont do it often though, so I dont know the dose, but wouldnt do more than 1/2 teaspoon a day
I have! Probiotics were the only thing that helped my cat go comfortably. Everything else (Miralax, fibers, slippery elm) would help her poop, but I could tell she was still uncomfortable because she wasn't doing it in the litter box and sometimes she'd start crying and running around. But ever since I've given probiotics, she always goes in the litter box, and unlike everything else, the probiotics are still working just as well as on day one. I mostly don't even have to add Miralax or fiber to her food anymore.Anybody have luck with probiotics and helping with their constipated cat?
I think I might look into giving him probiotics to see if it helps his constipation.
I have! Probiotics were the only thing that helped my cat go comfortably. Everything else (Miralax, fibers, slippery elm) would help her poop, but I could tell she was still uncomfortable because she wasn't doing it in the litter box and sometimes she'd start crying and running around. But ever since I've given probiotics, she always goes in the litter box, and unlike everything else, the probiotics are still working just as well as on day one. I mostly don't even have to add Miralax or fiber to her food anymore.
I started giving her this in her food everyday:
When that ran out, I switched to this because it's cheaper and seems to work just as well: http://www.vitacost.com/nutrition-now-pb-8-pro-biotic-acidophilus-for-life-14-billion-120-capsules. She gets a total of one capsule a day. I just break open the capsule, mix in half with her food, put the capsule back together and set it aside for her evening meal.
I also give these enzymes: http://shop.mercola.com/product/healthy-pets-digestive-enzymes,271,535,0.htm
I started adding them after I started the probiotics and I'm not sure if they make a huge difference or not, but they definitely don't hurt.
I like to hide medicine in a spoonful of meat baby food (chicken, turkey, or ham, either Gerber or Beechnut works). Most cats think it tastes really good so they lick the plate clean and it's water-based so it dissolves powders really well.My boy is loosing interest in the food containing Miralax. Any suggestions? I'm afraid to give him to much food and he won't the whole dose of Miralax so I only give him a little at a time and I think he's catching on. Plus it's hard trying to keep the others away from his food and he knows somethings up. Urg!
Hello,can you please tell me where you found the child sized glycerin suppositories?My diabetic tuxedo (long since passed away) had constipation issues sometimes. I read from the international meeting of small animal vets that you can use a child size glycerin suppository on your cat. I did and it worked like a charm. It's not a long term fix but it can rescue the kitty who is straining in the litter box.