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Hello everyone. I'm new here and have been reading old posts and feel I'm on the right track but thought I'd post to see if anyone can relate. My cat Rocky is a 14 yr old male that I rescued years ago when he was barely a year old. He began to display some constipation issues a couple of years ago. He has been taking Miralax all this time, slowly being upped to one teaspoon daily. That along with occasional hairball gel when needed has managed him. I have also been able to deduce over the years the things he CANNOT eat, such as any dry food or foods with veggies, high fiber, fruits, bones, chickpeas, etc. He will be bunged up really bad if so. So, I've been feeding canned Tiki cat canned or natural balance limited ingredient pumpkin and tuna (pumpkin in the cat food seems ok but not if I add it on my own). Right now I'm trying a low residue food that he likes called Royal Canin digest sensitive. I thought maybe it would be gentler on his tummy.
Earlier this month, Rocky began displaying lots of gas and foul poops. He had two or three big cowpie consistency poops that smelled AWFUL followed by vomiting. I gave him probiotics and all seemed to clear up, only to be followed by constipation that ended us at the vet for enemas. He pooped a couple of nuggets before I got him to the vet and one at their office. Then a week went by and no poop. I was referred to a specialist and they did radiographs, another enema, and bloodwork. Bloodwork was fine. Radiographs showed loose stool in the colon that wasn't moving. I had already had him on lactulose for two days, so they thought that loosened the stool but it was just sitting there. I was prescribed cisapride and he's been on that for a day and a half now. No poop but small pea sized or runny stuff (he's trying to go).
The specialist vet said to go back to Miralax at a teaspoon and a half, and use lactulose as needed if his poop looks too hard, and add cisapride daily. He got a good cleaning out (in his pet carrier on the way home) Thursday from the vet specialist and has since done some small (pea-sized poo that is sometimes runny sometimes harder more formed in balls). I have been under feeding him to allow his digestive tract to heal. He has a great appetite and always has (he is a little chunky so he could use to lose some weight). Today, he's trying to go but nothing is coming out.
I don't know if I should panic since it's been barely two days since all this cleansing and starting meds? Should I add lactulose? He vomited a hairball after straining in the litterbox. He has allergies so he licks a lot when itching. I put a t-shirt on him to block some licking and give bromelain and hairball gel. It all helps but I am worried. He is trying to poop and not producing anything. Maybe the meds are kicking in and trying to clean out what's left? I don't know.... I've been through a lot with other cats in my life and now I'm down to my last one. Rocky. I'm worried...
Earlier this month, Rocky began displaying lots of gas and foul poops. He had two or three big cowpie consistency poops that smelled AWFUL followed by vomiting. I gave him probiotics and all seemed to clear up, only to be followed by constipation that ended us at the vet for enemas. He pooped a couple of nuggets before I got him to the vet and one at their office. Then a week went by and no poop. I was referred to a specialist and they did radiographs, another enema, and bloodwork. Bloodwork was fine. Radiographs showed loose stool in the colon that wasn't moving. I had already had him on lactulose for two days, so they thought that loosened the stool but it was just sitting there. I was prescribed cisapride and he's been on that for a day and a half now. No poop but small pea sized or runny stuff (he's trying to go).
The specialist vet said to go back to Miralax at a teaspoon and a half, and use lactulose as needed if his poop looks too hard, and add cisapride daily. He got a good cleaning out (in his pet carrier on the way home) Thursday from the vet specialist and has since done some small (pea-sized poo that is sometimes runny sometimes harder more formed in balls). I have been under feeding him to allow his digestive tract to heal. He has a great appetite and always has (he is a little chunky so he could use to lose some weight). Today, he's trying to go but nothing is coming out.
I don't know if I should panic since it's been barely two days since all this cleansing and starting meds? Should I add lactulose? He vomited a hairball after straining in the litterbox. He has allergies so he licks a lot when itching. I put a t-shirt on him to block some licking and give bromelain and hairball gel. It all helps but I am worried. He is trying to poop and not producing anything. Maybe the meds are kicking in and trying to clean out what's left? I don't know.... I've been through a lot with other cats in my life and now I'm down to my last one. Rocky. I'm worried...