Just get some hairball meds and give it some.
Not Taco Bell?
Thanks for the info!
My vet recommended it a few yrs ago for my 17Lb dog...1/2 tsp twice a day sprinkled on food
Mathematicians know how to solve this problem without drugs.
We use Miralax for our older male cat. We mix, as do you, 1/4 tsp with his food. Before this he was having a terrible time. Now he has no trouble in the box.
I guess giving a constipated dog
cooked hamburger with prune slices might be too effective.Then you’ll have the opposite problem.
Now Fluffy is hooked. Miss the feline fix by just one day and watch out...
As someone who suffers from chronic constipation I can attest that Miralax does work..been taking it for 5 yrs now..my nephew is 3 and he gets constipated so my sister gives him miralax as well works well doesn’t work right away but taking it everyday a few times a day does the trick
Just the opposite with my kitty. It’s not parasites or anything like that. Just a very sensitive stomach. Anyone have a remedy for that?
Not for the entire meal, just as a supplement. Cats are obligate carnivores and need meat.
If that doesn't work I'll try your suggestion.
Canned pumpkin works great. For the mineral oil, dab some on her nose. She’ll wash her face and get the mineral oil down that way. Helps them to pass hair balls, too.
Good to know. Thanks!
Our two felines aren’t having any problems right now, judging from their “output”.
Canned pumpkin works too. Not the pie mix but the actual pumpkin. Or at least it does on dogs. Our dog must have gotten into something and has thrown up twice today. I just gave him a tiny bit of ivermectin and he’s sleeping all afternoon.
I throw a fish oil capsule in with my dogs food. It’s the first thing he eats.
much, much better to use non-chemical means, and do it every day to prevent constipation in the first place ..
we just had to deal with constipation in our cat because his diet is very low residue since it’s homemade cat food made almost completely of whole ground chicken thighs, hearts and livers ...
there’s plenty of liquid in the food, so that’s not the issue
our solution is to use what we use to keep ourselves regular, namely a mixture of pre-biotic inulin and a high potency 11-strain probiotic ...
our cat is already used to a breakfast appetizer of a canned fish mixture we make from no-salt, water-packed sardines, canned wild-caught salmon, and canned low-mercury, no-salt-added water-packed tuna, so now we mix in a small amount of inulin and a small amount of the probiotics with the fish mixture, and he snarfs the new mixture down just the same as before we started the anti-constipation additives ...
this is the probiotic we use:
https://www.customprobiotics.com/custom-probiotics-11-strain.htm
it’s expensive, but for a cat only a very small amount is needed every day ...
this is the inulin; likewise only a smallish amount is used or the stools can be too loose:
https://www.swansonvitamins.com/p/swanson-ultra-inulin-powder-8-oz-227-grams-pwdr
They sell laxatives for cats. It’s in paste form, and you put it on a front paw, which bugs them until they lick it off. It’s usually used for hairballs.
Catalax and Laxitone are the brands I remember; last time I bought Laxitone they actually had that name in fairly small type on the front of the tube and were selling it as Tomlyn Hairball Remedy. Just googled and don’t see Catalax any more.
Maybe PIAPS and Bidet* could benefit from this?
Neighbors dog drank his fill of used turkey fryer oil one night. Couldn’t imagine how much poop just one dog contains!