P.S. He WILL NOT DIGEST PUMPKIN FILLING -he throws it up - that's the 1st. thing I tried on him !!
Replied by Lisa (San Jose, CA) on 06/25/2009
Hi -- sorry to hear about your little guy! Too bad the pumpkin trick didn't work. Are you feeding food for senior cats? These contain less fat and more fiber than maintenance foods. Some canned foods have a higher fiber content than the dry. Some hairball remedies may help too. You can also try mixing wheat bran (one tablesspoon per day) or Metamucil (one to three teaspoons per day) mixed into wet or liquid foods. My vet said the bulk laxatives can be used indefinitely without side affects.
Since your guy has trouble with the pumpkin, you can also try sweet potato. If you use the baby food sweet potato, make sure to read the ingredients to ensure there is NO onion or garlic. (Onion is known to be bad, various sources have different opinions of garlic.) There is a "natural" baby food brand, but I cannot recall the name which is just sweet potato and water.
Be careful with the Kat-a-lax and Laxatone. Repeated use may interfere with colon function.
Good luck!
Yours in purring solidarity,
Lisa and the zooReplied by Leelannee (Sussex, Nj) on 09/27/2009
This post is old, so I hope you already found a remedy, but maybe this will help someone else. My cat seems to get hemorrhoids, so I put a teaspoon of soluble, non-thickening fiber in his water. He gets a small, steady dose all day rather than a big dose in his food. It's very gentle, economical, and has no taste or texture, so it's completely unnoticeable! I get a generic form of benefiber at WalMart; it's called ___ and the ingredients are maltodextrin and guar gum.Replied by Bethany (Caribou, Me, United States) on 11/10/2009
My cat also had an old pelvic injury before I got him. The vet diagnosed with an xray and said he could have been hit by a car at one time. Now he's on prednisolone 5 mg a day. He was also given laxanip and when I couldn't get him to eat that, he was given lactulose. That was just as bad to get into him with a syringe. They're both very sticky and messy too. Well, I bought a bottle of Stool Softener, Docusate Sodium 100 mg and I pill him once a day along with the pred. This has worked great so far. I would prefer to use natural remedies also and the vet said he may have to be on the pred. the rest of his life!
