Really like your links!If you can afford Rad Cat, yes, it's an excellent food. No problems with using canned sometimes if you want, though.
Really like your links!If you can afford Rad Cat, yes, it's an excellent food. No problems with using canned sometimes if you want, though.
I like the idea about the shredded turkey. What do you use? ground turkey or parts?
Wellness is considered one of the better wet foods....I'm using it now since 2007. I use the grain-free "Complete Health" type (no fish varieties) and I add in some freshly lightly-cooked shredded turkey and its broth + some pure canned pumpkin.
I would be leery of using miralax on a long-term basis or any osmotic for that matter as it draws water from the cats other organs. I would be vigilant for dehydration issues.
I would keep giving him the food he is used to; avoiding a stomach upset by changing foods. And White Shadow is right; miralax is the best thing for constipation and it does not have to be put into his mouth. Hairball treatment works for older cats but should not be used in kittens. Not sure about the pumpkin - we always give it for lose stools. I am so glad you got to see a vet and there is nothing in the lungs!
Thank you! I did not know this. I'm assuming it is OK for a few days?
I would be leery of using miralax on a long-term basis or any osmotic for that matter as it draws water from the cats other organs. I would be vigilant for dehydration issues.
Moosedog -
He just sneezed out some blood. I called the vet and she said to come get some anti-inflammatory ......
Concurrent use of other substances that have a high degree of protein binding (e.g....non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs)) may compete with cefovecin [Convenia] binding and thus may cause adverse effects.
http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Pfi...n_for_injection_for_dogs_and_cats/-43050.html
And, again, from the same source about Onsior:Other...antibiotics...with high protein binding may compete for binding and thus lead to toxic effects.
http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Boe...Ds-mg_ml_Oral_Suspension_for_Cats/-40680.html
We've seen this exact scenario - Convenia + NSAID - play out here on the CatSite.......with fatal results. I've 'seen' it on another popular cat forum.Concurrent use of other active substances that have a high degree of protein binding may compete with robenacoxib for binding and thus lead to toxic effects
http://www.noahcompendium.co.uk/Nov..._40_mg_flavoured_tablets_for_dogs/-50767.html
I was wondering about getting a kitty harness and taking him for a walk. They recommend steam and exercise. He will not like the harness but I think he'll accept it if he gets to go out. How else is he going to get exercise?
@WhiteShadow I respectfully have to disagree with the characterization that `no need to be concerned about Miralax long term use`. First this contradicts the quoted recommendation from www.felineconstipation.org to use osmotic laxatives `....conservatively and appropriately`. Furthermore... from www.vetinfo.org:
I would be leery of using miralax on a long-term basis or any osmotic for that matter as it draws water from the cats other organs. I would be vigilant for dehydration issues.zoneout and Riley1.....check this:
Thank you! I did not know this. I'm assuming it is OK for a few days?
Long story short: no need to be concerned about MiraLAX long term use - and, there are cats with chronic constipation (there were two here!)Concerns are often expressed about cats with chronic constipation, such as cats with kidney disease, that use of an osmotic laxative will dehydrate the cat because these products draw water to the bowel or hold it in the stool. If producing a normal stool puts a cat at risk of dehydration, more is wrong than constipation and sometimes what is wrong is the human reasoning. Dehydration is not a recommended treatment for constipation! The amount of water needed to normalize the stool in response to an osmotic laxative is the same amount of water by any other method including diet and dietary fiber. This does not mean that these osmotic laxatives should not be treated with respect, of course they should be used conservatively and appropriately. But producing a normal stool by use of an osmotic laxative should not dehydrate a cat.
http://www.felineconstipation.org/prevention.html#OsmoticLaxativesPrevent (my emphases)
I would not take him out on a harness for two reasons. One he is still sick and would need training for this. Two, I started taking my cat out 6 years ago and have regretted it for 5 1/2. They don't want to walk with you down the street, they want to hide out in the neighbors bushes for hours. No matter how long they are out or how many days in a row it is never enough! For me this goes on from April thru mid November and makes my life hell. Cats can be very persistent in getting their needs met, as we all know.