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Hello everyone!
I'd like to get some insight from others, as to what I should do, considering the current situation of my cat. (Note: I'm not a native English speaker. I hope you are able to understand everything.)
*This is a long thread!*
He is still very young, 6 months old. He's been vaccinated, and I also want to castrate him soon.
However, here's the thing. He, since last Sunday, has been pooping every 2-3 days.
Prior to this, two weeks ago, he got sick. He had diarrhea and vomited once a day, for 3 days. My plan was to call the vet the third day, but then he suddenly stopped. Two days later and the cycle started repeating once again. I called the vet the next day immediately.
(Mind you, he, apart from the vomiting and diarrhea, was acting completely normal as usual. He was playing with me, eating normally... And drank quite a bit of water (and cat milk), so I wasn't too worried about him being dehydrated.)
The vet examined him, his temperature was alright, wasn't dehydrated, everything looked okay to them. (He was also given two injections to calm down his stomach.)
So, I was told to bring a stool sample in the upcoming days, with which they could check the state of his stomach and if there are some inner parasites.
And I did, three days later I gave them the sample.
They told me the tests were negative (everything was fine.)
Meanwhile, after the vet visit, he was back to normal. No more throwing up, diarrhea or any other symptoms.
Before the illness, he pooped every day. Last Sunday, it switched from every day to every second or third day.
He eats canned food over the day, and over night I leave him a bit of dry food, so he doesn't wake me up too early begging for his meals.
He drinks, as I already mentioned, water and cat milk (more milk, but every now and then he will drink more water).
He also has cat grass next to his bowls, incase he feels like eating it (as I've heard it helps with digestion and hairballs?).
I also, once every day or two, give him a little treat.
He is mostly an indoor cat, but he does go outside every day for a few hours.
Also, maybe not so important, but just incase the info can help, I clean his litter box daily, and he usually pees 2-3 times a day.
Oh, and my dad informed me that he peed outside once, so he told me that the cat might have done his business there. I'm skeptical of this, as the weather at the moment in my country is freezing cold, and he doesn't stay outside for very long.
Now back to his stool. On the Sunday, it looked fine, long and brown... Normal poop as it should be.
Next time, on Wednesday he pooped.. twice? I guess you could call it? First pile it was like little.. balls? And the second poop looked normal.
I wasn't at home when he pooped, so I don't know if he was straining or not? If it went okay?
Today, his poop was "normal" looking, and he didn't strain or anything. He went in and out of the toilet, as per usual.
In between the pooping, he doesn't seem to have the urge? And he doesn't randomly go to the toilet to try and poop. If he does go, he just pees (or poops) and leaves. There hasn't been an instance in which he went, tried, and did nothing.
Now, my questions are - could it be that this sickness he had, is somehow connected to his current "problem" of pooping less?
And would this then be considered constipation? If so, what should I do? How can I help him?
And lastly,
A big thank you to everybody who is willing to help and who has helped. I appreciate each and every one of your comments.
Thank you!
I'd like to get some insight from others, as to what I should do, considering the current situation of my cat. (Note: I'm not a native English speaker. I hope you are able to understand everything.)
*This is a long thread!*
He is still very young, 6 months old. He's been vaccinated, and I also want to castrate him soon.
However, here's the thing. He, since last Sunday, has been pooping every 2-3 days.
Prior to this, two weeks ago, he got sick. He had diarrhea and vomited once a day, for 3 days. My plan was to call the vet the third day, but then he suddenly stopped. Two days later and the cycle started repeating once again. I called the vet the next day immediately.
(Mind you, he, apart from the vomiting and diarrhea, was acting completely normal as usual. He was playing with me, eating normally... And drank quite a bit of water (and cat milk), so I wasn't too worried about him being dehydrated.)
The vet examined him, his temperature was alright, wasn't dehydrated, everything looked okay to them. (He was also given two injections to calm down his stomach.)
So, I was told to bring a stool sample in the upcoming days, with which they could check the state of his stomach and if there are some inner parasites.
And I did, three days later I gave them the sample.
They told me the tests were negative (everything was fine.)
Meanwhile, after the vet visit, he was back to normal. No more throwing up, diarrhea or any other symptoms.
Before the illness, he pooped every day. Last Sunday, it switched from every day to every second or third day.
He eats canned food over the day, and over night I leave him a bit of dry food, so he doesn't wake me up too early begging for his meals.
He drinks, as I already mentioned, water and cat milk (more milk, but every now and then he will drink more water).
He also has cat grass next to his bowls, incase he feels like eating it (as I've heard it helps with digestion and hairballs?).
I also, once every day or two, give him a little treat.
He is mostly an indoor cat, but he does go outside every day for a few hours.
Also, maybe not so important, but just incase the info can help, I clean his litter box daily, and he usually pees 2-3 times a day.
Oh, and my dad informed me that he peed outside once, so he told me that the cat might have done his business there. I'm skeptical of this, as the weather at the moment in my country is freezing cold, and he doesn't stay outside for very long.
Now back to his stool. On the Sunday, it looked fine, long and brown... Normal poop as it should be.
Next time, on Wednesday he pooped.. twice? I guess you could call it? First pile it was like little.. balls? And the second poop looked normal.
I wasn't at home when he pooped, so I don't know if he was straining or not? If it went okay?
Today, his poop was "normal" looking, and he didn't strain or anything. He went in and out of the toilet, as per usual.
In between the pooping, he doesn't seem to have the urge? And he doesn't randomly go to the toilet to try and poop. If he does go, he just pees (or poops) and leaves. There hasn't been an instance in which he went, tried, and did nothing.
Now, my questions are - could it be that this sickness he had, is somehow connected to his current "problem" of pooping less?
And would this then be considered constipation? If so, what should I do? How can I help him?
And lastly,
A big thank you to everybody who is willing to help and who has helped. I appreciate each and every one of your comments.
Thank you!