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Is my cat’s behaviour physical or behavioural? His life depends on your answer

Thursday, July 22nd, 2010

Okay kind of a long story- i have a two year  old neutered male cat. I have a male and female from the same litter and they have been inside since we got them at 6 weeks old.  He swllowed a piece of elastic and the vet at seal laird did surgery and removed it. It is a very sweet cat and he is very attached to me. He is a big boy at 17 lbs.  His problem is he runs through the house defecating . He will leave the litterbox from urinating and run full blast through the house pooping.  I have taken him to every vet within a 30 mile radius and they call it behavior problem. I can not put him outside because we have two labs and two outside cats.  The vets have tried prozac and prednizone and neither helped.   He is up to date on vaccines and they have done blood work and x rays.  I have 6 litter boxes in 4 rooms for two cats, with different kinds of litter and even newspaper.  He will whine when he  goes. I have tried the attract litter and I have had the floors professionally cleaned . My husband wants me to have the cat put to sleep as we can not even have people over because we are scared of what our cat will do.  i have approximatley a week to fix this or  that is what will happen.

If it is behavior , I can’t fix it. If it is some sort of physical issue, I want to help him.

Any questions-just let me know.

Thanks

Sandra

Older cat with bowel problems. Want to extend his life.

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

We adopted our cat Max from the animal shelter 8 years ago and they thought he was between 6-8 years old at the time.

His stools were always hard and we would give him laxatone with his meals per the advice of the vet.

About a month ago he started throwing up and his poops stopped, and he has been deobstipated twice since then.  We don’t feel surgery is the answer for him based on his age and the recovery process so he will be going in just one more time for deobstipation.

We were thinking if we put him solely on a liquid diet (any suggestions for this type of diet) and treated him with herbs perhaps he could recover.

My question: How long can a cat survive a liquid diet? right now he is on cisapride and lactolose, but only drips a pasty black liquid.

It’s very sad to think that he will not be able to recover from this problem.  Are there any recommendations for him?

Thank You

11 y/o Domestic Short Hair cat w/megacolon

Friday, August 1st, 2008

My 11-year-old female DSH cat has been diagnosed with megacolon. Treatment (over a year) has consisted of frequent enemas and a daily oral injection of casapride and a stool softener, which I don’t think works any more. Is there something else that can be done, not involving surgery, which I think is too dangerous for her age.

Thank You