cat with intestinal blockage

On Oct 27, 1:05 pm, jb000....DeleteThis@mr-happy.com (JB) wrote:
> hi, all,
>
> my mother's cat, Zoe (5+ years old), has had an intestinal blockage
> for about 4-5 days. x-rays on Weds. showed some unidentified "haze"
> just above some stool. it looks to be near the "tail end", but my mom
> wasn't positive of the exact location in the intestines. the vet
> prescribed some "cat lax" (cod liver oil, white petrolatum, and some
> other stuff), which hasn't produced any movement. Zoe has no interest
> in eating anything but is drinking enough to urinate at least once
> daily, and my mom has started giving extra water with the cat lax
> using a dropper.
>
> without knowing the nature or exact position of the blockage, is there
> anything else my mom could give to Zoe to help things along? Zoe will
> go back to the vet clinic on Monday for further evaluation, but if
> there's anything my mom can do in the mean time, I'm all ears for
> suggestions. my mom's getting pretty upset.
>
> thank you,
> Jeff

Jeff,
My Sam had a broken pelvis sometime in his life before he came to us.
It healed without medical intervention and as a result his pelvis is
narrow and sometimes he has trouble with bowel movements. I have a
medication, Lacatose (I think) that I can give him but it has also
been suggested I feed him raw pumpkin. The pumpkin adds fiber to his
diet. Your mother might give that a try.

Julie
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On Oct 27, 1:05 pm, jb000....DeleteThis@mr-happy.com (JB) wrote:
> hi, all,
>
> my mother's cat, Zoe (5+ years old), has had an intestinal blockage
> for about 4-5 days. x-rays on Weds. showed some unidentified "haze"
> just above some stool. it looks to be near the "tail end", but my mom
> wasn't positive of the exact location in the intestines. the vet
> prescribed some "cat lax" (cod liver oil, white petrolatum, and some
> other stuff), which hasn't produced any movement. Zoe has no interest
> in eating anything but is drinking enough to urinate at least once
> daily, and my mom has started giving extra water with the cat lax
> using a dropper.
>
> without knowing the nature or exact position of the blockage, is there
> anything else my mom could give to Zoe to help things along? Zoe will
> go back to the vet clinic on Monday for further evaluation, but if
> there's anything my mom can do in the mean time, I'm all ears for
> suggestions. my mom's getting pretty upset.
>
> thank you,
> Jeff

There are things to make the stools move, but it takes a few days to
work, and being your Mom's cat is going to the vet tomorrow, they
wouldn't be fast enough. the only thing i know that works faster would
be an enema. But you aren't supposed to give them to a cat without
your vet's knowledge. The ONLY enema that can be used from human
formulas for cats are the Babylax enemas. Fleets enema will kill a
cat. The Babylax formula is liquid glycerin, and safe. There is a
group on Yahoo that deals with constipation in cats:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Feline_Megacolon/
My Tigger has crf and the medication he takes causes constipation, I
treat his with Miralax. I have tried numerous medications for it, and
the Miralax works the best, but it takes about 3 days to start making
the stool move on a consistent basis. Does the constipation happen
frequently? Does the vet know the reason why the constipation/blockage
happened? I have never heard of a vet letting a cat go home with a
blockage, when my Tigger was blocked and couldn't go, I had to take
him into the vet for an enema, this was before I found the Miralax,
and before my vet gave me the okay to give an enema at home should he
need it. If you want dosing for the Miralax, feel free to write and I
will be more than happy to make suggestions.
hth
Deborah, Tigger, Poohbear And Max
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JB wrote:
> hi, all,
>
> my mother's cat, Zoe (5+ years old), has had an intestinal blockage
> for about 4-5 days. x-rays on Weds. showed some unidentified "haze"
> just above some stool. it looks to be near the "tail end", but my mom
> wasn't positive of the exact location in the intestines. the vet
> prescribed some "cat lax" (cod liver oil, white petrolatum, and some
> other stuff), which hasn't produced any movement. Zoe has no interest
> in eating anything but is drinking enough to urinate at least once
> daily, and my mom has started giving extra water with the cat lax
> using a dropper.
>
> without knowing the nature or exact position of the blockage, is there
> anything else my mom could give to Zoe to help things along? Zoe will
> go back to the vet clinic on Monday for further evaluation, but if
> there's anything my mom can do in the mean time, I'm all ears for
> suggestions. my mom's getting pretty upset.
>
> thank you,
> Jeff


I hope Zoe is ok by now.
Lots of purrs and best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek
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