Hello, it has been a while since I posted on my cat’s constipation so I thought I’d give an update in case it helps other cat owners who are going through the same thing.
My cat was so constipated that even with Lactulose, grain free food etc she had to have the manual evacuation of her blocked poo, the vet advised that she was suffering from mega colon which is basically where the colon is too stretched and does not work as well as it should do, it is not a ‘one off’ condition and would be something that she would always suffer from.
The manual evacuation procedure was as straight forward as it could be in the circumstances and my cat was a good as new for a couple of months, she was more energetic and friendly and really cheered up but unfortunately last week over three days she was constipated again even with the regular mediciation such as cisapride and the preventative measures we had in place. Unfortunately she will have an operation next week to remove part of her colon. Apparently this procedure on average has a favourable outcome so we’ll see how she gets on (fingers crossed).
I’ve found out a couple of things throughout all this (I feel I am now an expert in cat poo!).
Lactulose definitely helps, I mash lactulose into my cat’s wet food so she doesn’t realise she’s eating it and it has made her poo less hard. I think this approach would work for normal constipation in cats.
A good tip for me to get tablets into my cat is to squeeze a large drop of Lick-e-Lix paste onto a small bit of ham, stick the tablets into the paste so that they do not drop onto the floor and drop the ham into my cat’s mouth, it fooled her every time.