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

[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!

[Laura's Babies]

I was SO freaking out and so was she.. I feel silly now but at the time I didn't want to take the chance it was life threatening... it could have been anything!!

At the ER after we arrived, she still would not let me hold her or comfort her, she only let Rie hold her. Today, she still don't want me touching her and ignores all my pleas to get in my lap.. She is sleeping more than she usually does today but appears to be back to normal except for refusing to get into my lap or letting me touch her.. Maybe she is just mad, thinking I made her hurt last night?.. maybe embarrassed that she carried on and pooped on the kitchen floor? Who knows! I am just glad she is alright..

A couple of pic's I got of her today where she has been all day. My beautiful girl...




At the ER vets, when they opened the kennel and saw her they commented on how beautiful she was.. I said "Yea, SHE KNOWS!"

[phesina]

Awwwww! How beautiful she is in her "after" photos.. pure royalty! I'm so glad she got that out of her system and seems to be feeling fine now. It would probably be a good idea to follow up with your regular vet; at least phone to let them know what happened and see if they want to check her out further.

How frightening that must have been for you! Gosh, please do not feel silly today. You didn't get any more panicked than I would have if one of my babies suddenly started behaving like that. What if Giz HADN'T been able to pass that stool on her own? Good thing you took her to the ER vet.

Well done, Giz and Laura!