I'm a bit worried about Luna at the moment. As I posted earlier, she's on a Hill's s/d diet from last Monday on, because struvite crystals have been detected in her urine, and the new diet is supposed to dissolve them. This means, she isn't allowed to eat the food she's used to, and this is causing problems.
Luna already had problems with constipation in the past; when she was one year old, she got two enemas to make her bowels move again, and since these days, she was eating Hill's Hairball Control respectively Hill's Indoors, plus Hill's Oral Care, and things worked fine. There haven't been any problems with constipation since - until now.
First of all, Luna doesn't like her new diet food very much; she eats a bit, but obviously only as much as necessary, and she often seems to be hungry. Wakes me up at night and when I get up, she would rub my legs and purr, as if she's expecting some yummy treats - heartbreaking!
As soon as she started the new diet, she got constipated again, and yesterday (Friday), she got an enema which helped her pooping, but that was yesterday morning and she hasn't pooped again since.
But she has vomited two nights ago and today, no food, but a yellowish-green liquid (sorry for the details ), today, there was also a hair ball in it, it was the first hair ball she ever puked in her life (usually, she barely vomits). Last night, she desperately tried to get into the bathroom where I have a bamboo plant which she likes to eat (she's not supposed to), so it's very likely that the hair ball was already bothering her. But in combination with the constipation, the vomiting is worrying me, even though she did not vomit her food.
Too bad that these things always happen at the weekend when the vet isn't available. I will call her on Monday and ask for Hill's s/d canned food, it has the same effects (reg. struvite crystals) and I hope Luna likes it better, it also might stimulate her bowel movements again. To prevent constipation, the vet has already given me paraffine oil to be poured over her dry food, but Luna refuses to eat it.
Has anyone experiences with this subject? I'm feeling so sorry for my poor Luna, her diet really seems to upset her, and she often seems to be hungry. She's also extremely attached to me today, I'm sure she's not feeling too well!
Kirsten
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