My cat is constipated and I have gone to 3 pet stores and none of them had any laxatives. I bought some hairball laxitive medicine because I was told it includes simular ingredients.
Are there any home remedies to help her along? She has loss her appetite and used to throw up but hasn't for four days.
Answers:
give her canned pumpkin
u really should take her to a vet and see what the prob is
you can try giving her a small amount of corn oil..that will lube up her system and help move things along.
take her to the vet.
Feed her milk,water,etc. And if she does not poop normally the n bring her to the vet!
how do you know it's constipation?
there is an infant suppository that you can buy at walmart or any pharmacy its made by fleet called babylax its in a blue box and its a gylcerin only suppository.i have used this and it will produce results within 20 minutes..to give it to the cat you will have to wrap her up in a towel exposing only her rear end and if you have an extra set of hands this would be best you just have to make sure you get as much as the suppository into her to get results or you may have to do it again.this is the only safe method because there is NO additives except for glycerin in these and no medication that can harm your cat
Please be aware this not a pleasant thing for you or your kitty. We have delt with this a handful of times. The Vet has a solution they use, but it is saturday, and you could lose her between now and monday. We use serenges we found at walmart to be used for feeding smaller animals. We take luke warm water, mix in a lite soappy solution, (liquid dish soap is best, non sented), draw some into the serenge, and lube the end with vasoline or eqivilent. Even soft butter will work. Place the kittie on the table with some rags, lots of rags, under her. Try to calm it and work very very slow. Place the end of the serenge (the smaller the end the better) into the rectum, and inject the liquid slowly. Place your thumb over the opening when done to keep the liquid in the cat for a few secounds. Let the little one pass the solution, and see if it dont help relieve the constipation. Repeat a couple more times if necessary. If that dont work, you need a Vet asap. Good luck. A pet is a wonderful thing to have, and being a responible pet owner is heaven sent.
My Human Society said the only time you should give a cat milk is when their constipated.
Also, mineral oil in their food works. That was what my veternarian told me to do.
I will go on the assumption that your cat does not have a life-threatening impaction of her bowels.
The laxatone (which is probably what you got) can help relieve her. Give a small amount on your finger three times today and then three times tomorrow to see if she can then defecate.
For the bowels to move properly fat and moisture are needed in the diet. So if your cat eats only dry food this could definitely result in constipation. You can get some salmon oil from a health food store and added that to food, even dry food. I am trying to get my 22 yr old cat to take some Vitamin E with her food and at first she wouldn't eat it, each day she is eating a little more of it. So you have to stand your ground on it. If your cat eats a little less it won't hurt her. She might like the salmon oil a lot because she will like the fish taste. You can also use olive oil and that it not quite as good as the salmon oil because it is not animal-based. Mineral oil has no nutritional value so why not use something that will have benefits other than just greasing her up?
you can give laxatone, vaseline, mineral oil, canned pumpkin, or milk (since this usually causes loose stool). You cannot just give your cat ANY human laxative. You have to ask your vet which kind is safe for cats. I had to give my cat a human stool softner once (recommended by a vet.but cannot remember the brand name). If she has other symptons, like you said she has lost her appetite, then there may be MORE going on than just constipation!! Maybe she has a blockage, which can be a serious maybe life threatening problem. If this has been on going you need to get her check out by a vet.
Eating dry food all the time might be the reason.Try tuna fish about a teaspoon ,not mixed in the dry though.It helps my cat. If that doesnt work call a vet they can advise you without taking it in.
Hope this helps..I am reading from a cat medical book, it says to give the cat 1-2 teaspoons of olive oil or vegetable oil twice daily. Not more than 3 days in a row. One more thing you can try is giving the cat Metamucil, 1/2 teaspoon twice a day. To prevent this from happening you can feed the cat canned pumpkin,mix 1-2 tablespoons with its food daily. You can always give it milk to drink which if its over one year old that will cause it to have loose stools. I do hope this helps..I am at mfroeh@yahoo.com if I can help any futher.
I had a cat that had this problem of loving to eat linear things. The vet had a name for it, but don't remember. Anyway, one day she at a knee-high stocking. The vet had me feed the cat Metamucil. The stocking came out..
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