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I posted recently about my Amber's potential IBD diagnosis - here. Wasn't sure if I should continue that or start a new thread.
Last night, Amber was not acting herself. She was hiding and being antisocial and when I checked on her, she would yowl loudy when I touched her stomach. She was sitting awkwardly/couldn't get comfortable and was walking in a weird hunch/crouched position and I knew something was wrong. It seemed like her abdomen but I wasn't sure if she had hurt a limb falling or something.
We brought her in to emergency and they said it seemed like her stomach really hurt. X-rays showed constipation. She has been constipated before, but never this bad. She was in so much pain. A couple of years ago she was straining in the box and we brought her in, tested everything, deduced she was constipated and gave her lactulose. At this time, she started receiving 1/4 tsp Miralax per day and this seemed to make a big difference.
Amber just recently had all her bloodwork done as well as an abdominal ultrasound (see prior thread). Everything was normal. We slowly shifted her to a LID diet for possible IBD starting around Jan 10. I am wondering if the new food somehow clogged her up... her ultrasound was on Jan 7 and it appears she was not full of poop then as it was not mentioned. The vet last night said it has probably been building up for a while. But she has been having regular poops as I monitor closely.
Last night, she got an enema, pain meds and Cerenia. They said the poop that came out was not super hard which is good.
She is now only supposed to get wet food, we will start her on B12, and her Miralax is getting doubled to 1/4 tsp twice daily.
We got home at 1:30am last night and its now 11:30am. She hasn't had any poop since coming home. She had a bit of wet food this AM. She is supposed to get gabapentin for pain but she didn't finish all the food it was mixed in with. This morning she has been hanging out near the litterbox and I've seen her get in and get out without doing anything. I'm wondering if this is normal? Should I expect her to poop again soon or should she have already? Should I expect her to feel like she still has to poop after the enema, hence she's hanging out by the box? Anyone have experience with this?
Last night, Amber was not acting herself. She was hiding and being antisocial and when I checked on her, she would yowl loudy when I touched her stomach. She was sitting awkwardly/couldn't get comfortable and was walking in a weird hunch/crouched position and I knew something was wrong. It seemed like her abdomen but I wasn't sure if she had hurt a limb falling or something.
We brought her in to emergency and they said it seemed like her stomach really hurt. X-rays showed constipation. She has been constipated before, but never this bad. She was in so much pain. A couple of years ago she was straining in the box and we brought her in, tested everything, deduced she was constipated and gave her lactulose. At this time, she started receiving 1/4 tsp Miralax per day and this seemed to make a big difference.
Amber just recently had all her bloodwork done as well as an abdominal ultrasound (see prior thread). Everything was normal. We slowly shifted her to a LID diet for possible IBD starting around Jan 10. I am wondering if the new food somehow clogged her up... her ultrasound was on Jan 7 and it appears she was not full of poop then as it was not mentioned. The vet last night said it has probably been building up for a while. But she has been having regular poops as I monitor closely.
Last night, she got an enema, pain meds and Cerenia. They said the poop that came out was not super hard which is good.
She is now only supposed to get wet food, we will start her on B12, and her Miralax is getting doubled to 1/4 tsp twice daily.
We got home at 1:30am last night and its now 11:30am. She hasn't had any poop since coming home. She had a bit of wet food this AM. She is supposed to get gabapentin for pain but she didn't finish all the food it was mixed in with. This morning she has been hanging out near the litterbox and I've seen her get in and get out without doing anything. I'm wondering if this is normal? Should I expect her to poop again soon or should she have already? Should I expect her to feel like she still has to poop after the enema, hence she's hanging out by the box? Anyone have experience with this?