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Constipated Cat -- Surprising Folk Remedy (no joke, but slightly too much information -- forewarned!)
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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 361958" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>The problem is that when they did the surgery, they were working in the same area where the nerves to the anus run, Combine that with it plain hurting and it doesn't take much to wind up with a bunged up cat.</p><p></p><p>Don't try to shove ANYTHING up there as the tissue is very delicate, that includes keeping your fingers out of the works. Unfortunately, the best advice is to take him in for an enema. You don't want to try this on your own. It is way too easy to do serious damage.</p><p></p><p>You have to get him unbunged as the longer he stays constipated, the greater the likelihood of him doing permanent damage and winding up with megacolon which is stretching of the colon to deal with a fecal impaction which you've already got going on.</p><p></p><p>Think encopresis which has come up on this board on occasion. Cats can get it too.</p><p></p><p>I understand about the extra cost, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the initial surgery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 361958, member: 1963"] The problem is that when they did the surgery, they were working in the same area where the nerves to the anus run, Combine that with it plain hurting and it doesn't take much to wind up with a bunged up cat. Don't try to shove ANYTHING up there as the tissue is very delicate, that includes keeping your fingers out of the works. Unfortunately, the best advice is to take him in for an enema. You don't want to try this on your own. It is way too easy to do serious damage. You have to get him unbunged as the longer he stays constipated, the greater the likelihood of him doing permanent damage and winding up with megacolon which is stretching of the colon to deal with a fecal impaction which you've already got going on. Think encopresis which has come up on this board on occasion. Cats can get it too. I understand about the extra cost, but it's a drop in the bucket compared to the initial surgery. [/QUOTE]
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