SASSYASYOU2
01-03-2001, 06:52 PM
HI THERE,
I HAVE A KITTEN (MISSY) THAT IS ABOUT 3MTHS OLD AND EVERY SINCE NOVEMBER SHE HAS HAD THIS CONSTIPATION PROBLEM. WE HAVE TOOK HER TO SEVERAL VETS AND NOT THAT IT MATTERS SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. SHE WILL GO TO THE BATHROOM FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN GET CONSTIPATED. WE GIVE HER ENEMAS ALL THE TIME (IN OUT OF VET VISITS) AND SHE IS ON TONIX-LAX, MILK. CAN FOOD WITH OIL IN IT, METAMUCIL, SOLOXINE AND BRAN CEREAL. WE HAVE ON AND OFF CHANGED HER LITTER. TRYING THE SWHEET LITTER THAT IS CLUMPNG "SAFE FOR KITTEN DIGESTIBLE" MISSY HATED IT. SHE WAS STILL GETTING CONSTIPATED AT THAT TIME SHE WENT BACK TO THE VET AND WENT UNDER SURGERY TO GET CLEANED OUT AND WAS FINE FOR A FEW DAYS. THE VET TOLD US THAT SHE PROBLEY WOULD NOT MAKE IT (THAT KILLS ME TO HEAR THAT SHE IS LIKE A CHILD TO ME) BECAUSE HER COLON IS ENLARGED AND IT IS HARD FOR HER TO PASS STOLL AND IF IT DONT SHRINK BACK TO SIZE OR IF SHE DOES NOT BIGGER THEY FEEL THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO.
I SHOULD ADD TO LOOK AT HER EVEN THOUGH SHE IS VERY SMALL FOR HER AGE WEIGHING ABOUT 3PDS AND IS THE SIZE OF A NORMAL 7 TO 9 WEEK OLD CAT SHE IS VERY, VERY PLAYFUL, EATS ALOT AND SEEMS TO BE IN NO PAIN AT ALL. YOU WOULD THINK THAT SHE IS HEALTH. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/frown.gif
THE VETS SAYS THAT ALL IS A GOOD SIGN AND THEY ARE AMAZED BY THAT.
WELL TODAY WE TOOK A STOOL SAMPLE IN TO THE VET AND FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAS CLAY FROM THE LITTER IN HER STOOL AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY HAVE DAMAGED HER COLON TO WERE IT WOUNT GO BACK TO SIZE.
PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNEW THAT CLUMPING OR CLAY BASED LITTER IS NOT GOOD TO USE FOR CATS. IT COULD BE DEADLY
AND MOST OF ALL IF YOU HAVE HERD OF THIS OR HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE LET ME AND MISSY KNOW. EVERY SUGGESTION COULD HELP AND WILL BE THANKFUL.
PS. I CALLED THE SWHEET LITTER COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HERD OF THIS AND JUST DID AN AUTOPSY ON THIS CAT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS "CLAY".
I BOUGHT THE "YESTERDAYS NEWS LITTER" TODAY AND I HOPE THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAYBE WITH SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS MISSY WILL FIND A CURE FOR HER PROBLEM.
THANK YOU,
STILL HOPEFUL
PENNY & MISSY
I HAVE A KITTEN (MISSY) THAT IS ABOUT 3MTHS OLD AND EVERY SINCE NOVEMBER SHE HAS HAD THIS CONSTIPATION PROBLEM. WE HAVE TOOK HER TO SEVERAL VETS AND NOT THAT IT MATTERS SPENT ALOT OF MONEY TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT IS WRONG. SHE WILL GO TO THE BATHROOM FOR A FEW DAYS AND THEN GET CONSTIPATED. WE GIVE HER ENEMAS ALL THE TIME (IN OUT OF VET VISITS) AND SHE IS ON TONIX-LAX, MILK. CAN FOOD WITH OIL IN IT, METAMUCIL, SOLOXINE AND BRAN CEREAL. WE HAVE ON AND OFF CHANGED HER LITTER. TRYING THE SWHEET LITTER THAT IS CLUMPNG "SAFE FOR KITTEN DIGESTIBLE" MISSY HATED IT. SHE WAS STILL GETTING CONSTIPATED AT THAT TIME SHE WENT BACK TO THE VET AND WENT UNDER SURGERY TO GET CLEANED OUT AND WAS FINE FOR A FEW DAYS. THE VET TOLD US THAT SHE PROBLEY WOULD NOT MAKE IT (THAT KILLS ME TO HEAR THAT SHE IS LIKE A CHILD TO ME) BECAUSE HER COLON IS ENLARGED AND IT IS HARD FOR HER TO PASS STOLL AND IF IT DONT SHRINK BACK TO SIZE OR IF SHE DOES NOT BIGGER THEY FEEL THERE IS NOTHING MORE THEY CAN DO.
I SHOULD ADD TO LOOK AT HER EVEN THOUGH SHE IS VERY SMALL FOR HER AGE WEIGHING ABOUT 3PDS AND IS THE SIZE OF A NORMAL 7 TO 9 WEEK OLD CAT SHE IS VERY, VERY PLAYFUL, EATS ALOT AND SEEMS TO BE IN NO PAIN AT ALL. YOU WOULD THINK THAT SHE IS HEALTH. http://PetoftheDay.com/talk/frown.gif
THE VETS SAYS THAT ALL IS A GOOD SIGN AND THEY ARE AMAZED BY THAT.
WELL TODAY WE TOOK A STOOL SAMPLE IN TO THE VET AND FOUND OUT THAT SHE HAS CLAY FROM THE LITTER IN HER STOOL AND IT IS POSSIBLE THAT IT MAY HAVE DAMAGED HER COLON TO WERE IT WOUNT GO BACK TO SIZE.
PLEASE LET EVERYONE KNEW THAT CLUMPING OR CLAY BASED LITTER IS NOT GOOD TO USE FOR CATS. IT COULD BE DEADLY
AND MOST OF ALL IF YOU HAVE HERD OF THIS OR HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS PLEASE LET ME AND MISSY KNOW. EVERY SUGGESTION COULD HELP AND WILL BE THANKFUL.
PS. I CALLED THE SWHEET LITTER COMPANY AND THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAVE HERD OF THIS AND JUST DID AN AUTOPSY ON THIS CAT AND FOUND OUT THAT THE CAUSE OF DEATH WAS "CLAY".
I BOUGHT THE "YESTERDAYS NEWS LITTER" TODAY AND I HOPE THIS WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE AND MAYBE WITH SOME OF YOUR SUGGESTIONS MISSY WILL FIND A CURE FOR HER PROBLEM.
THANK YOU,
STILL HOPEFUL
PENNY & MISSY