Hey folks,
After reading a bunch of the prolapse threads here, I've finally made an account and figured I'd ask for help. One of my cats just started week 3 of having a purse string suture in for a rectal prolapse. I dont know for sure what caused the prolapse originally. I suspect it was due to inflammation caused by a C. Perf infection that he had. The first prolapse happened on Jan 4th and I took him to the vet immediately. They prescribed him Metro, Prednisone, some Grey Wolf probiotics since I was wary of the Metro destroying his good gut bacteria, and Lactulose. The instructions said to give 1cc of Lactulose twice a day. I did that for the first few days and Cosmos struggled to poop, only producing small very sticky pieces of poop. I asked the vet about this and they said I could give him 3cc of Lactulose.
Between then and now, Cosmos had gotten a variety of doses of the Lactulose as I am very wary of giving him 3cc twice daily. That's a huge amount! I've also seen that 2cc and over makes him bloated and uncomfortable. My question to you all is when you have a purse string suture in, what exactly is the consistency of poop that you want your cat to be producing? Giving him 2cc in the AM and 1.75cc at night results in pudding splats and sometimes watery runs. I feel like you especially don't want watery poop, as the point isn't to cause diarrhea. When I asked the vet, they simply said it should be soft, which isn't very helpful. Cosmos has never hard poop to begin with. He eats raw food and prior to the prolapse, produced nice soft logs that the litter sticks to.
Cosmos had the original sutures removed on Jan 10th. The vet gave him a clean bill of health, no more inflammation and everything was supposedly great....only for him to prolapse that evening when he went to poop. I returned him to the vet and they put in another set of purse string sutures, the same set he's currently still wearing. On Monday, he went to poop and blood came out. His bottom was protruding as if it was trying to prolapse but was prevented from doing so thanks to the sutures. This morning, the same thing happened, less blood (thankfully) but the prolapse tried to reoccur. The potential prolapse happened twice more today with his poop attempts. I am at a loss as to why this is happening. Having read about prolapses and diarrhea causing irritation and leading to them, that's what's caused me to finally ask for help here. Is pudding consistency too soft/close to diarrhea and possibly leading to this problem? It seems like with using the Lactulose his poop is either sticky, (only small pieces partially come out and stick to his anus) or ranges from pudding to watery. Is there a middle ground that I'm missing here for what his poop should be like with these sutures?
Oh, also when Cosmos has 2cc of Lactulose after breakfast and 1.75cc at bedtime, for some reason in the morning (before breakfast) its like the Lactulose has worn off completely and he's back to trying to poop while producing either nothing or a tiny sticky piece that sticks to his anus. He doesn't then produce a pudding splat until the afternoon since he gets more Lactulose with breakfast.
After reading a bunch of the prolapse threads here, I've finally made an account and figured I'd ask for help. One of my cats just started week 3 of having a purse string suture in for a rectal prolapse. I dont know for sure what caused the prolapse originally. I suspect it was due to inflammation caused by a C. Perf infection that he had. The first prolapse happened on Jan 4th and I took him to the vet immediately. They prescribed him Metro, Prednisone, some Grey Wolf probiotics since I was wary of the Metro destroying his good gut bacteria, and Lactulose. The instructions said to give 1cc of Lactulose twice a day. I did that for the first few days and Cosmos struggled to poop, only producing small very sticky pieces of poop. I asked the vet about this and they said I could give him 3cc of Lactulose.
Between then and now, Cosmos had gotten a variety of doses of the Lactulose as I am very wary of giving him 3cc twice daily. That's a huge amount! I've also seen that 2cc and over makes him bloated and uncomfortable. My question to you all is when you have a purse string suture in, what exactly is the consistency of poop that you want your cat to be producing? Giving him 2cc in the AM and 1.75cc at night results in pudding splats and sometimes watery runs. I feel like you especially don't want watery poop, as the point isn't to cause diarrhea. When I asked the vet, they simply said it should be soft, which isn't very helpful. Cosmos has never hard poop to begin with. He eats raw food and prior to the prolapse, produced nice soft logs that the litter sticks to.
Cosmos had the original sutures removed on Jan 10th. The vet gave him a clean bill of health, no more inflammation and everything was supposedly great....only for him to prolapse that evening when he went to poop. I returned him to the vet and they put in another set of purse string sutures, the same set he's currently still wearing. On Monday, he went to poop and blood came out. His bottom was protruding as if it was trying to prolapse but was prevented from doing so thanks to the sutures. This morning, the same thing happened, less blood (thankfully) but the prolapse tried to reoccur. The potential prolapse happened twice more today with his poop attempts. I am at a loss as to why this is happening. Having read about prolapses and diarrhea causing irritation and leading to them, that's what's caused me to finally ask for help here. Is pudding consistency too soft/close to diarrhea and possibly leading to this problem? It seems like with using the Lactulose his poop is either sticky, (only small pieces partially come out and stick to his anus) or ranges from pudding to watery. Is there a middle ground that I'm missing here for what his poop should be like with these sutures?
Oh, also when Cosmos has 2cc of Lactulose after breakfast and 1.75cc at bedtime, for some reason in the morning (before breakfast) its like the Lactulose has worn off completely and he's back to trying to poop while producing either nothing or a tiny sticky piece that sticks to his anus. He doesn't then produce a pudding splat until the afternoon since he gets more Lactulose with breakfast.