Ideas to relieve constipation soon?

[pomtzu]

Yes - definitely canned pumpkin - but not the pumpkin pie mix. This works wonders for diarrhea or constipation.

[columbine]

Regular psyllium fiber supplement has been proven safe in cats too. I find that it also reduces hairballs in my long-haired Distinguished (ha!) Elder Cat. I mix it in with his canned food along with his other medicines/supplements.

Love, Columbine

[moosmom]

Tailof2kitties hit the nail on the head. Pumpkin is a natural laxative for kitties. Mix some with a can of wet food and a little water.

Good luck!!

[1196rachel]

Thanks everyone.

Managed to get Ig and appointment at a different vet. They were great and so were the usual one actually as they sent all the history across.

Poor boy was so full up. He had a really nasty, hard blockage. "Like concrete" the vet said. The vet had to fully sedate him and manually remove the problem (yuk!). Then he had an enema.

He's just coming round properly from the sedation - which took much longer than I thought. He's still misjudging his jumps a little, and thinking he can get away with murder because he's been ill - going on all the surfaces he knows he's not supposed to.

The vet has suggested increasing his lactulose. I'll look out for canned pumpkin, not sure if it's widely available in UK though.

Thanks again everyone!

[kb2yjx]

We had a problem when Hope Simone was younger. We added MORE fiber to her diet, and it made her constipation much worse. It became so bad that at 3am, she was RUSHED to a 24 hour emergency clinic. I was shown her a flat plate x-ray, she was loaded from stem to stern(and she had been passing stool). There was a risk her large intestine was going to rupture. After an enema, she was succesful in passing a ton of stool, she came home. Our vet suggested to continue with the added fiber, one suggestion was pumpkin. Hope still was terribly constipated, and had to go to the vet several times, for a SSE(soap suds emena). As a RN, I remembered that our end stage liver patients were given lactulose and resulted in having soft stools. I found that lactulose was recommended AND a LOW RESIDUE DIET. Hope was put on lactucose and I/D with a few pieces of dry food( NOT ALL ANIMALS(and people as well), do well on a high fiber diet). Hope was on the I/D for several months, then VERY SLOWLY was transitioned to canned Evo. She still eats the Evo, along with a few pieces of Pet Guard dry food, and Lactulose 3cc mixed in her food at breakfast and supper. Hope Simone is now three and a half years old, and has NOT suffered with constipation since she was six weeks old.....Please ask your vet about this approach, it just may help your boy.....please keep us posted....

[1196rachel]

Thanks kb2yjx

I did have him on a hairball control diet last year - which I think is high fibre - and it worsened things so I took him off it.
I will try and look for a low residue alternative instead. I just have a problem with buying Iams and that's the only one I know of.


He's doing well since the vet visit, and back to his cheeky self.

[Catty1]

Good he is better.

Did you ever try salmon oil from a pet store? Good for Omega 3's too!

Hugs to Iggy!

[Medusa]

The vet has suggested increasing his lactulose.

My 21 year old Pidge just went through this and my vet gave me Lactulose. I'll tell ya, it works and I mean right away, so well as a matter of fact, that I stopped giving it to her and instead have increased her Cat Lax which she likes. If you do give your kitty Lactulose, you may have to play w/the dosage for a while. It gave Pidge diarrhea. Good luck.