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Went to vet plus hospital stay for constipated cat

Posted By Adriana (Brooklyn, Ny, Ny) on 10/31/2011

"My cat stopped urinating. We took him to the vet to have a catheter put in, plus a 3 day hospital stay and antibiotics. After that we switched him to special canned food with a very low ash. After 2 weeks he started showing signs of it again and stopped urinating. Luckily I found this website and went out and bought some ACV. I use 50/50 and I put some diluted on his back of neck. Also I got cranberry tabs diluted with water too. The effect was miraculous! He started urinating a little within 6 hours (or less) and is almost back to his normal active self.

BUT now I notice He is straining to go poo. He's in raw diet now, I dont know if this happen because the ACV. I'm still feeding him ACV/water (once a day) through a plastic syringe, the cranberry/water (once a day) and mineral oil once a day. He's not drinking water for himself. Please do let me know if you have any information on this. Thanks a lot for this website and all of your posts. I am so grateful to have found this great site.

Replied by Timh (Louisville, Usa) on 11/01/2011

Adriana, sure sounds like your kitty is quite ill. The mineral oil, if doesn't work first day or two, should be discontinued as it will worsen the condition. You may try calling the vet for followup advice but be careful with the pharmaceuticals as your kitty seems already dehydrated. Ask Vet about an enema, or consider giving one yourself. Filtered water with about 2cc's over-the-counter sodium diphosphate (Fleet) should help. If not, try a few grains of milled flax seed in food should elicit a responce within an hr. Be careful to not use too much, as I have used only a pinch for as many as 4 kitties in one dose as sufficient. Hope this helps and good luck.

Replied by Valerie (Fort Worth, Texas, United States) on 11/01/2011

We had a kittie with end stage renal disease and diabetes. It came on so suddenly we were shocked as he was well one day and very ill the next. The vet had sent us home to basically keep him comfortable. I researched and found that sweet potatoes are almost a perfect food and very well digested for renal problems. At first he was too weak to eat and we gave him pureed sweet potatoes through a small syringe without the needle. By the third feeding he was lifting his head and licking it off my fingers. The next day he was up and walking around. We gave him sweet potatoes every day, we also gave iv bolus' of fluids every day and checked his ear with a diabetic blood testing kit and gave him insulin as he needed it or glucose if too low.

Have you checked your kitties blood sugar? You can buy the kits at any pharmacy and test the ear. Youtube has wonderful videos on how to perform the procedure. I also gave him a small amount of goldenseal for inflammation and fever mixed with water through a needless syringe when he was not feeling well. When he was not well we put him in a child's playpen to keep track of him and so he would not exert energy. We put a sound machine with the heart beat under the playpen, a positive ion lamp near him and used a tuning fork over his body three times a day. He lived 8 more months after the vet said there was nothing to do. Moral of the story, go to the vet BUT also research, research, research, and look to add alternative therapies when able. Good luck with your precious baby.. my thoughts are with you.

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