Constipation in cats

[Catty1]

Another PTr here was raving about salmon oil. You can get a bottle quite inexpensively at a pet store. It's made so that it is not so stinky, but appeals to a cat's nose!

Try and get it in a pump bottle, or buy an empty one to use. Much easier than trying to pour just a little bit.

You might try a small bottle first to see how it works. It's a treat for my cats. I've always given them oil and they have never been constipated - and one is long haired.

[aTailOf2Kitties]

a pet water fountain also encourages more drinking. Cats love well-oxygenated water. You can get one for about 30 bucks. If that is out of the budget you may get the same effect with an aquarium pump bubbling into one end of the water bowl. My vet also suggested fish oil capsules at one point.

My 2 current cats are doing fine, but my last one had a lot of problems in this area. Unfortunately he was a super-finicky lil' bugger and turned his nose up at just about everything other than plain dry kibble. I had to give him enemas at home, which did help for quite some time.