I have told him over and over again no string....lol. I usually do get him a good brand wet food cause he's picky... very picky even down to the flavor... turkey only haha. But he is eating more and he's gaining his weight back. I am going to have him in the bathroom for the next couple of days too see if that helps. Thanks for all your help.
Jul 19, 2009 Rating
Try Premium Canned Food Plus Exercise Sessions by: Kurt (Cat Lovers Only Admin)
@Michele,
Poor little guy! He's probably all messed up from the antibiotics, laxatives, and not eating properly. Laxatives can dehydrate too, and most cats don't drink enough water as it is. His electrolytes might be off kilter.
Follow your vet's advice, of course, but to help get him back on track, some vets will recommend premium canned food (in controlled portions) and light exercise. So, to help get him back on track, try the isolation litter box retraining combined with a premium canned cat food and exercise sessions.
Canned food has more nutrition per dry ounce than dry food, and also has more water content. The premium stuff really is better, so go with that to get him fixed up.
Control his portions and encourage light play sessions for exercise. He'll eat less (so he won't have so much volume of stool to deal with) and get more nutrition and more water (which will help get him regular and help fix dehydration issues). The extra exercise should help too.
And tell him to stop eating string!
-Kurt
Jul 19, 2009 Rating
Response to Kurt by: Michele M.
Hi Kurt. I am 99.9% sure the string has past. His nickname for quite a while was pooppet...if you get my drift. I am pretty sure all the string is out because there's no longer any hanging out and he's eating like there's no tomorrow. His bowels use to be scattered around because of the string and now it's one place and looks normal.
I thank you for the advise and will give a call to the vet Monday and see what he says and possibly have more x-rays done. In the mean time I am going to try the secluded training because I think it's maybe just that. He hasn't gone in so long because he wasn't eating during his pooppet stage that he just maybe lost.
