I hope someone has some advice on this because I feel like I have tried everything at this point. Long story short, my 6yr old cat Brady had the PU surgery back in June and was on all kinds of antibiotics. He came home with diarrhea and I chalked that up to all the meds in him. He seemed to even out and become normal again until end of July/August when he developed this issue with his poop. Before surgery he used to poop right after dinner, once a day and the stool would be normal. Since end of July/August, after he does his first poop of the day which is usually normal, he seems to have these episodes when he's in an out of the box pooping really small amounts and the stool is really soft/smells completely different from his first usual poop of the day. I have been dealing with this for months. This past month it has gotten better until yesterday. Every time he eats, he poops and its soft/small. I did notice Saturday I suspected he has a hairball.
He has had a diet change since surgery, all wet food and no more dry at all. I try to feed him all grain free but he's extremely picky. I thought at one point he had a food sensitivity to duck and turkey so right now he only eats chicken and beef. I'm kind of at a loss, he loves the hairball remedy laxatone but I feel like when I add that to his food his tummy troubles are soo much worse. Has anyone else every experienced this? I feel bad because nothing I try has been able to alleviate this problem. The second I notice loose stool, I know he's going to have a bad night. He'll eat, cry a little and head to his box where he'll either have soft stool or tiny to nothing at all. I have to add even if he doesn't produce any stool, he doesn't strain, it's like he feels like he has to poop then gets out. Its definitely not a pee related issue because he digs differently and squats differently when he has to poop.
I'm wondering if anyone has any good hairball remedies? Or any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. I was reading about the egg yolk lecithin but I'm so nervous to give him anything that'll cause further diarrhea. I have even tried limited ingredient food which he just will not eat.
He has had a diet change since surgery, all wet food and no more dry at all. I try to feed him all grain free but he's extremely picky. I thought at one point he had a food sensitivity to duck and turkey so right now he only eats chicken and beef. I'm kind of at a loss, he loves the hairball remedy laxatone but I feel like when I add that to his food his tummy troubles are soo much worse. Has anyone else every experienced this? I feel bad because nothing I try has been able to alleviate this problem. The second I notice loose stool, I know he's going to have a bad night. He'll eat, cry a little and head to his box where he'll either have soft stool or tiny to nothing at all. I have to add even if he doesn't produce any stool, he doesn't strain, it's like he feels like he has to poop then gets out. Its definitely not a pee related issue because he digs differently and squats differently when he has to poop.
I'm wondering if anyone has any good hairball remedies? Or any advice at all would be greatly appreciated. I was reading about the egg yolk lecithin but I'm so nervous to give him anything that'll cause further diarrhea. I have even tried limited ingredient food which he just will not eat.