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Cat Forum / Health and Behavior / February 2006Update on Spam (the cat not the emails)
As I posted in my rant a few days ago, Spam had been pooping in the living room. So today I caught the entire production and I think he's constipated. Spam peed in his pan, and pooped a little tiny bit before coming back to his favorite chair. After five minutes he hopped down and headed for the spot on the carpet where he poops. I grabbed him, turned him around towards the cat pans, and he went right to his pans instead. Weird! So do you think he is confused? ;) I suppose he could be pooping on the floor in an effort to say, hey, I'm constipated. He's eaten just fine. I caught him at his kibble and water 5 times yesterday but he only pooped twice in the last 4 days, so I'm thinking he's having to strain, which ads to the problem. Is this definitely still something to see a vet for? Or should I try treating the constipation and waiting to see? He's not any worse than he was before he started pooping in the living room. He hasn't played or moved around much for about a year, which is why I worried he doesn't have a good quality of life, but when comparing Spam today to Spam a month ago, he's the same. Just... confused, I guess. Thanks for all your advice, guys. It's nice to have others who have cats to talk to about these things. Stacia Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: > As I posted in my rant a few days ago, Spam had been pooping in > the [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > > Stacia Now that's interesting. I guess when you're constipated and then feel like you're finally going to go, you go where you stand (if you're a cat, of course). going outside the box is supposed to be a way to get your attention. I suggest the pumpkin approach to constipation to see if that's really the problem. (Kami won't eat pumpkin, but she will eat Vaseline with the same... um... outcome...)  SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt > Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav: [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >> >> Stacia have the vet check for roundworms they can cause diarrhea, constipation, bring in a fecal sample when you go a little reading for you http://www.petshealth.com/dr_library/felconstip.html http://www.petalia.com.au/Templates/StoryTemplate_Process.cfm?specie=Cats&story_ no=1562#ct-7 http://www.fabcats.org/constipation.html http://www.pets.ca/articles/article-catintest.htm http://www.catclinicofroswell.com/medicalhandouts/detail.aspx?handoutid=5 >Now that's interesting. I guess when you're constipated and then feel >like you're finally going to go, you go where you stand (if you're a >cat, of course). going outside the box is supposed to be a way to get >your attention. I suggest the pumpkin approach to constipation to see >if that's really the problem. (Kami won't eat pumpkin, but she will >eat Vaseline with the same... um... outcome...) Spam will eat Vaseline, too, but most of my cats will. They're all insane. The links elsewhere in this thread were interesting. Now I wonder if it's really constipation because his stools (once he finally went) were soft and numerous ;) He's drank plenty, 5 times yesterday and 3 times today already. I'm thinking I might forgo Monday's appointment and wait for the regularly scheduled follow-up in a couple weeks. Spam hates vet trips and I have to admit, I am running out of money, I've already spent $1,200 on Spam alone. (I know, don't get a cat unless you can afford it, but Spam and Reggie's vet bills have cost over $2,000 in the last few months and I just wasn't prepared for that kind of expense.) All the kitties are napping right now. They are so adorable when asleep. Stacia Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >>Now that's interesting. I guess when you're constipated and then >>feel like you're finally going to go, you go where you stand (if [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Stacia I feel your pain on the vet bills. I've saving for the down payment on a house and Kami has other plans. LOL! SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt > Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav: [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > I feel your pain on the vet bills. I've saving for the down payment on > a house and Kami has other plans. LOL! ...and you think it is funny that Kami is sick?!?! <groan> >>> know, don't get a cat unless you can afford it, but Spam and >>> Reggie's vet bills have cost over $2,000 in the last few months >>> and I just wasn't prepared for that kind of expense.) >> >> I feel your pain on the vet bills. I've saving for the down payment on >> a house and Kami has other plans. LOL! We just bought a house and I did get a small bit of money from an inheritance, which has helped, but it's running out. Timing is never good for anything like this, is it? I suppose I should be lucky we have money instead of running up credit card bills, but if I have to, I will run up debt for the kitties. >...and you think it is funny that Kami is sick?!?! ><groan> I don't think it's funny ha ha that Brandi means, Joe. More like, funny ironic. The kind of laugh you do instead of moping about the situation. Stacia Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in rec.pets.cats.health+behav: >>>> know, don't get a cat unless you can afford it, but Spam and >>>> Reggie's vet bills have cost over $2,000 in the last few months [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > > Stacia He knows that. He just likes to disrupt as many threads as possible so no one gets any benefit from the group. ;) Congrats on the house. I have my eye on a few, but have been looking for one with the master downstairs so Kami doesn't have to climb. Okay, is it odd to plan such a major purchase around your cat who won't be around but a few more years? (knock wood) SignatureMargarita Salt "...practically no one in the world is entirely bad or entirely good... motives are often more important than actions." -- Eleanore Roosevelt > Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav: [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > He knows that. He just likes to disrupt as many threads as possible so > no one gets any benefit from the group. ;) I'm not certain how your saving for a down payment has any benefit to the group. :-D > Congrats on the house. I have my eye on a few, but have been looking > for one with the master downstairs so Kami doesn't have to climb. > Okay, is it odd to plan such a major purchase around your cat who won't > be around but a few more years? (knock wood) Do you have two litter boxes for Spam? Some cats like to pee in one and poop in another. ---MIKE--- >>In the White Mountains of New Hampshire >> (44° 15' N - Elevation 1580') >Do you have two litter boxes for Spam? Some cats like to pee in one and >poop in another. We've got five pans! Four cats means lots of pans. We got a special low-entrance pan (made for puppies) for Spam and he loves it and uses it almost exclusively. The vet called back and is okay with waiting a week to see if Spam's okay since he's not got any other symptoms. I did notice Spam has some poopy fur parts on his hinder so this will give me time to groom him all pretty for the vet. Stacia > Glitter Ninja <stacia@xmission.com> wrote in > rec.pets.cats.health+behav: [quoted text clipped - 36 lines] > if that's really the problem. (Kami won't eat pumpkin, but she will > eat Vaseline with the same... um... outcome...) Have you tried Iams kibble with hairball remedy? I give my cat one small serving of this daily and she is "regular". MLB > As I posted in my rant a few days ago, Spam had been pooping in the > living room. So today I caught the entire production and I think he's > constipated. My cat rarely poops in her pan anymore. She does it in the neighborhood instead. And she has constipation, a complication of her chronic renal failure. Talk with your vet about giving your cat some Metamucil or One-Pie pumpkin. If your cat is 7 or older and has yet to have one, it would be a good idea to have the vet run a full blood screen, in case renal failure is the underlying cause. Renal failure can be managed. FWIW, 2 of our 5 boys poop outside the litterboxs only when they are constipated. >My cat rarely poops in her pan anymore. She does it in the neighborhood >instead. And she has constipation, a complication of her chronic renal >failure. Talk with your vet about giving your cat some Metamucil or One-Pie >pumpkin. If your cat is 7 or older and has yet to have one, it would be a >good idea to have the vet run a full blood screen, in case renal failure is >the underlying cause. Renal failure can be managed. Yeah, Spam does have renal failure. It's in the early stages and he's on Eukanuba Multi Stage Renal kibble for it. I've been watching his water input carefully and he's drinking as normal. I asked the vet about hairball remedy and she said to give him a little (too much causes problems, I guess) and he's pooped twice since then, so I'm very relieved. Both times in or near his box, too, and not in the living room. He's cheered up as well. I was worried because his urine was diluted but the vet said that was normal for renal failure. Stacia |
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