constipated kitty

[mellowtigger]

After work today, it was clear that Hope is severely constipated again. It started with the puking. Now, she's got everything out of her belly, but she squats everywhere in the house and tries but fails repeatedly to poop. I've already mixed some laxative again in her soft food, but she won't eat or drink anything. I'll have to try getting a vet appointment for her tomorrow.

Unfortunately, I've already got an emergency dental appointment for myself tomorrow morning. I cracked the temporary cap on my molar again, waiting to get the permanent cap. We'll see if the dentist just repairs it with another temp until the permanent mold arrives, or they decide this tooth is too problematic and just pull it finally.

The cat is meowling in pain/discomfort occasionally. Thankfully, I'm in no physical pain myself. We'll both have an unpleasant evening though, waiting for tomorrow to arrive and hopefully some peace of mind for both of us.

Comments

[brian_bogue]

Sorry to hear about your tooth, dental problems can be very painful. More importantly sorry about your Kitty. I can sympathize, I recently suffered several bouts of compacted stools, the constant feeling of urgently needing to go to the toilet and not being able to was excrescently painful, hope it gets cleared up quickly

[mellowtigger]

It's 1am now. I got over an hour of sleep before waking up again. She's still puking (trying), meowing occasionally in pain, hiding in my closet, or trying to poop everywhere in my bedroom but failing. I hope I can get an immediate vet appointment at 8am, otherwise it'll have to be after 2pm after my dentist appt. I hate for her to suffer longer, but simultaneous medical emergencies are hard to coordinate. :(

[mallorys_camera]

You're the second person on my flist this morning who's dealing with cat constipation issues.

Poor Hope, and poor you. Dental issues are the absolute worst when it comes to pain. I hope you both get treatment today that will make you feel better.