I have 14 yr old, 19lb, DSH, indoor, altered male. (Vet says 18-20lbs is good for a cat his size,he’s a big boy) I noticed problems in the litter box. His feces wasn’t as big as it normally is and was covered in a bloody mucus. He is still eating, drinking, playing, and cuddling normally. I took him to the vet. The first thing that was wrong was he lost 2 lbs without any changes to his diet. She diagnosed him with constipation and told me to give him miralax. Took in stool sample that had the bloody mucus the next day. It came back normal. I gave him the miralax for a week, nothing changed.
I took him back to the vet. He lost another 13oz in that week and the vet (this time it’s the head vet) was worried it was his kidneys or liver. The did a full panel blood test, urinalysis, gave him a another physical and rectal exam,checked him for again for parasites . The vet was surprised, everything came back perfect with the blood test and urine, no parasites. The vet felt no lumps or anything like that in the abdomen or anywhere else. No signs of a blockage or signs that he had gotten into something he shouldn’t have. He did say his feces felt a tad tacky but not so much that he’s extremely worried about it. He can’t find anything wrong. He told me to watch him closely. If anything changes for the worse, bring him right back in. If not, bring him in in 2 weeks to be weighed again and we’ll go from there. He said the blood work doesn’t warrant an ultra sound or X-ray right now but if he loses more weight, that’s the next step.
I’m so worried about him. His poop has always been pretty large and now it’s just small pieces, every couple of days that bloody mucus returns. He’s still eating, drinking, playing and cuddling normally. Besides the pooping issue there are no other symptoms.There are no obvious signs that’s he’s in any pain. How can I know that for sure though?
Has anyone went through anything like this? Is my vet doing enough? Am I doing enough? Is there anything else that I should be looking for? Please, any advice or experience you have would be greatly appreciated. I’ve had him since he was about 6 weeks old. I love him so much. I want to do everything, anything I can to make sure he is ok.
I took him back to the vet. He lost another 13oz in that week and the vet (this time it’s the head vet) was worried it was his kidneys or liver. The did a full panel blood test, urinalysis, gave him a another physical and rectal exam,checked him for again for parasites . The vet was surprised, everything came back perfect with the blood test and urine, no parasites. The vet felt no lumps or anything like that in the abdomen or anywhere else. No signs of a blockage or signs that he had gotten into something he shouldn’t have. He did say his feces felt a tad tacky but not so much that he’s extremely worried about it. He can’t find anything wrong. He told me to watch him closely. If anything changes for the worse, bring him right back in. If not, bring him in in 2 weeks to be weighed again and we’ll go from there. He said the blood work doesn’t warrant an ultra sound or X-ray right now but if he loses more weight, that’s the next step.
I’m so worried about him. His poop has always been pretty large and now it’s just small pieces, every couple of days that bloody mucus returns. He’s still eating, drinking, playing and cuddling normally. Besides the pooping issue there are no other symptoms.There are no obvious signs that’s he’s in any pain. How can I know that for sure though?
Has anyone went through anything like this? Is my vet doing enough? Am I doing enough? Is there anything else that I should be looking for? Please, any advice or experience you have would be greatly appreciated. I’ve had him since he was about 6 weeks old. I love him so much. I want to do everything, anything I can to make sure he is ok.