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I'm told that my cat has recently thrown up a LARGE stick (it happened days ago and I wasn't there, my sister, who cleaned it up, didn't think to tell me about it till now) and seems lethargic. She spends a lot of time outside, and over the past few weeks she has been asking to go out more and more. I haven't seen her poo in weeks! I keep asking my family to not let her out so that she can go in the litter box but so far it's been pulling teeth. She has always had a habit of chewing things, plastic bags, rubber bands and leaves, but even her leaf eating hasn't been a problem. After hearing about the stick though I'm very worried that maybe is eating something while outside that she shouldn't.
To confuse the matter even more, she is also on a new diet. A year ago she was overweight and reducing her kibbles did very little. Two and a half months ago I switched her to a "raw diet" that I make myself with chicken and a vitamin mix recommended by this website: http://www.catnutrition.org/ and she took to it immediately but caused her to be constipated so I added metamucil but I haven't been able to tell if it is working because she is now outside most of the day and has not pooped inside her litter box (although she is urinating) I attributed her wanting to go outside more and more to the energy gained from the food. I tailed her today and found that she is drinking from a foreclosed on neighbors pool that is very dirty.
I don't know which if any of these things are linked, but I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow morning to get her checked out. Any ideas about what might be going on?
Thanks,
Kim
To confuse the matter even more, she is also on a new diet. A year ago she was overweight and reducing her kibbles did very little. Two and a half months ago I switched her to a "raw diet" that I make myself with chicken and a vitamin mix recommended by this website: http://www.catnutrition.org/ and she took to it immediately but caused her to be constipated so I added metamucil but I haven't been able to tell if it is working because she is now outside most of the day and has not pooped inside her litter box (although she is urinating) I attributed her wanting to go outside more and more to the energy gained from the food. I tailed her today and found that she is drinking from a foreclosed on neighbors pool that is very dirty.
I don't know which if any of these things are linked, but I'm taking her to the vet tomorrow morning to get her checked out. Any ideas about what might be going on?
Thanks,
Kim