Took Giz to ER vet last night...*Pic added

[Maya & Inka's mommy]

That must have been terrible, Laura!! I hope Giz is feeling all better again now; but just to be sure, I would take her to your regular vet too today

[Catty1]

Aw, poor Giz! I hope she will heal quickly and be all better. HUGS to that little girl!

[Anikaca77]

Prays for Giz.

Melissa

[lvpets2002]

Oh my Poor Giz.. Says you just had a impacted turd.. Thats what we called them when I worked in a Nursing Home.. Its great that you was able to pass on your own.. So Glad your doing much better Giz.. So sorry you scared mom.. Prayers & Huggss..

[krazyaboutkatz]

I know how scary this can be because this just happened to Storm last Monday on his b-day. I posted about it in his b-day thread. I was also about ready to get the carrier out and take him to my vet which is also an ER vet hospital. He's the kind of cat that wants me to see what's going on so he was screaming in pain and straining and he also eventually passed some very firm large stools. After this he was just fine.

I then gave him some hairball medicine and I e-mailed my vet about this. She just said to give him the hairball medicine 2 times a week. I asked about adding Metamucil to his diet but she didn't want to do this just yet. I also have to make sure that he gets plenty of water so when I feed him canned food I need to put a fair amount of water mixed in with it. So far he's been fine. I hope that Giz will also be fine and that this won't happen again. If she continues to have problems she may need to be put on Lactulose or something similar. I'll keep her in my thoughts and prayers.

[Barbara]

I rather knew that howling from Tigris when he was about to pass a hairball but it makes sense to me that it may have been a difficult to motion tootsie roll.
What a shock for you and poor Gizmo. Good that it had a happy end.

[katladyd]

I am so happy Giz is feeling much better. That would have scared me to death, also. I always get alarmed when they howl. Give my love to your pretty little girls!