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Hello all,
I've been perusing these forums a couple of times over the last few months, but I never took the time to create an account.
my cat Khaleesi, over the last couple of days, started making those wheezing sounds. She's never had hair balls before but she coughed up one on Saturday morning. The wheezing continued on and off and, on Monday morning, she threw up two small elastics (the plastic kind kids use for their hair, or their dolls). I took her to the vet and the x-ray shows part of her intestines are swollen; there's air trapped in as well and an obstruction. We can't see if it's another elastic although improbable, he said. So it might be hair, something she's eaten...
Because she was eating, taking fluids and she was alert, he gave her an injection for the nausea and gave her lactulose to help expell whatever's stuck there. She has no fever, her abdomen was soft and seemed to be in no pain, so... She ate this morning and not much else since then. Some treats. The lactulose has started its work, her stool was really soft and kind of stringy with some hair.
Can cats's appetite decrease when taking lactulose? I read it can create cramps and make them uncomfortable? Also, when she was done in the litterbox earlier, she made this small, short wheeze. Can it be due to efforting while pooping? The vet said to bring her right away if she threw up again, but she doesn't seem nauseaous...She had an episode of constipation last year so she took lactulose then too, but she was dehydrated so they kept her until she was better. I have to call them tomorrow to give them news but I'm hoping she'll poop hair or something, and she'll be fine...
Thanks for your input, hopefully I worry too much and she'll be ok...
I've been perusing these forums a couple of times over the last few months, but I never took the time to create an account.
my cat Khaleesi, over the last couple of days, started making those wheezing sounds. She's never had hair balls before but she coughed up one on Saturday morning. The wheezing continued on and off and, on Monday morning, she threw up two small elastics (the plastic kind kids use for their hair, or their dolls). I took her to the vet and the x-ray shows part of her intestines are swollen; there's air trapped in as well and an obstruction. We can't see if it's another elastic although improbable, he said. So it might be hair, something she's eaten...
Because she was eating, taking fluids and she was alert, he gave her an injection for the nausea and gave her lactulose to help expell whatever's stuck there. She has no fever, her abdomen was soft and seemed to be in no pain, so... She ate this morning and not much else since then. Some treats. The lactulose has started its work, her stool was really soft and kind of stringy with some hair.
Can cats's appetite decrease when taking lactulose? I read it can create cramps and make them uncomfortable? Also, when she was done in the litterbox earlier, she made this small, short wheeze. Can it be due to efforting while pooping? The vet said to bring her right away if she threw up again, but she doesn't seem nauseaous...She had an episode of constipation last year so she took lactulose then too, but she was dehydrated so they kept her until she was better. I have to call them tomorrow to give them news but I'm hoping she'll poop hair or something, and she'll be fine...
Thanks for your input, hopefully I worry too much and she'll be ok...