My baby is going on 19 years old. Little background, he has suffered from constipation all his life. We were in and out of the vets all his young adult life trying to address this. Finally, I discovered miralax and that has improved his life enormously! He still takes 4-5 days to poop, but he very rarely his an "episode" where he is puking and pooping.
Last Friday (april 26th) he had one of his rare episodes. It was terrible, poor baby. He had a big poop and threw up. Saturday he was not feeling well, so he didn't eat more then a bite of food, but was drinking. Same thing through Tuesday. Tuesday night he ate very well, Wednesday through Today he is eating and drinking very well. He is peeing, eating treats, and sleeping around the house.
He is not pooping. I have given him 1/8 tsp of miralax every day in his food (thought he isn't eating it all so, I am sure he isn't getting the full dose), along with a new medicine that I received Friday which is called "Pet WellBeing Smooth BM Gold." He gets that twice a day by syringe. I have also added .5 mg of CBD oil to his food, starting today.
He no longer eats the dry food, he is strictly on fancy feast wet food (right now he likes the kitten food). I leave dry food out, but he isn't interested. He will eat treats though.
I have felt his belly and area around his intestines, there is no hard spots (which I have seen with him before when he was constipated). His belly is soft, and he let me give him a rub.
Taking him to the vet is incredibly traumatic at his age and condition. Last time we took him to the vet, the vet said he was nearing his end time, and to make him as comfortable as possible.
So, I don't know what to do. I am sick with worry. Taking him to the vet scares me because he is so old and frail, I don't want to stress him out. I am afraid if I do take the chance and get him to the vet, if he needs an enema, that is even more traumatic and could kill him from the sheer stress.
I don't know if I am over-worrying, and should give it a little more time, maybe up the dose of miralax to 1/4 tsp and give that by syringe instead of in the food? He seems completely normal except for the pooping.
I would appreciate anyone's advice who has maybe gone through this with an older baby. I just don't know what to do for him.
Last Friday (april 26th) he had one of his rare episodes. It was terrible, poor baby. He had a big poop and threw up. Saturday he was not feeling well, so he didn't eat more then a bite of food, but was drinking. Same thing through Tuesday. Tuesday night he ate very well, Wednesday through Today he is eating and drinking very well. He is peeing, eating treats, and sleeping around the house.
He is not pooping. I have given him 1/8 tsp of miralax every day in his food (thought he isn't eating it all so, I am sure he isn't getting the full dose), along with a new medicine that I received Friday which is called "Pet WellBeing Smooth BM Gold." He gets that twice a day by syringe. I have also added .5 mg of CBD oil to his food, starting today.
He no longer eats the dry food, he is strictly on fancy feast wet food (right now he likes the kitten food). I leave dry food out, but he isn't interested. He will eat treats though.
I have felt his belly and area around his intestines, there is no hard spots (which I have seen with him before when he was constipated). His belly is soft, and he let me give him a rub.
Taking him to the vet is incredibly traumatic at his age and condition. Last time we took him to the vet, the vet said he was nearing his end time, and to make him as comfortable as possible.
So, I don't know what to do. I am sick with worry. Taking him to the vet scares me because he is so old and frail, I don't want to stress him out. I am afraid if I do take the chance and get him to the vet, if he needs an enema, that is even more traumatic and could kill him from the sheer stress.
I don't know if I am over-worrying, and should give it a little more time, maybe up the dose of miralax to 1/4 tsp and give that by syringe instead of in the food? He seems completely normal except for the pooping.
I would appreciate anyone's advice who has maybe gone through this with an older baby. I just don't know what to do for him.