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Hi everyone,
I have two old man kitties with opposite problems. Saxon is ~15.5 and suffers from IBD that is decently managed but turns into diarrhea at the drop of a hat if he gets into something he shouldn't. Logan is ~13.5, and after a bout at the vet that resulted in a kitty enema, Logan was diagnosed with old man constipation that's probably chronic. Both are fed exclusively Fancy Feast Classic, no dry food at all. Saxon gets a tablespoon of baby food daily mixed with probiotics, slippery elm, and s. boulardii; Logan thinks baby food and most human food is beneath him.
We've been adding water to the Fancy Feast to try and get extra water into Logan, but his constipation seems to be coming back again and he's straining at the litterbox and scooting across the floor. I've had success in the past with adding miralax to cat food every day (I seem to collect old man cats ), but am concerned that that might cause Saxon to have extra soft movements/diarrhea. Has anyone dealt with this problem? Would something like fiber both cause Logan's poop to soften and Saxon's poop to remain stable? Is my assumption that miralax will cause Saxon diarrhea wrong? Have I become a victim of Murphy's Law to have two cats with opposite problems?
The obvious answer is to feed them separately, but these two cats would happily starve rather than eat their own food and to do so in one sitting. Alas.
TIA!
I have two old man kitties with opposite problems. Saxon is ~15.5 and suffers from IBD that is decently managed but turns into diarrhea at the drop of a hat if he gets into something he shouldn't. Logan is ~13.5, and after a bout at the vet that resulted in a kitty enema, Logan was diagnosed with old man constipation that's probably chronic. Both are fed exclusively Fancy Feast Classic, no dry food at all. Saxon gets a tablespoon of baby food daily mixed with probiotics, slippery elm, and s. boulardii; Logan thinks baby food and most human food is beneath him.
We've been adding water to the Fancy Feast to try and get extra water into Logan, but his constipation seems to be coming back again and he's straining at the litterbox and scooting across the floor. I've had success in the past with adding miralax to cat food every day (I seem to collect old man cats ), but am concerned that that might cause Saxon to have extra soft movements/diarrhea. Has anyone dealt with this problem? Would something like fiber both cause Logan's poop to soften and Saxon's poop to remain stable? Is my assumption that miralax will cause Saxon diarrhea wrong? Have I become a victim of Murphy's Law to have two cats with opposite problems?
The obvious answer is to feed them separately, but these two cats would happily starve rather than eat their own food and to do so in one sitting. Alas.
TIA!