http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ Daily Kitten Chat Forum Tag: straining en Sun, 19 May 2013 06:04:20 +0000 http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-649865 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:41:54 +0000 jcat 649865@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yay, doing the happy poop dance! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-649863 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:32:46 +0000 iliketea 649863@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yay we have even more poop! Ah only animal owners can get excited over poop. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-649423 Thu, 09 Jun 2011 08:58:08 +0000 iliketea 649423@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Aw thanks Buttercup! We have poop today! After 3 days :) Should I keep putting pumpking in her food? Or should I lay off now that it has passed? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-649098 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 15:29:32 +0000 Buttercup 649098@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>OK sounds good.:) I'm glad that she is playful and eating. It's good that she has such a careful,caring meowmy. :) </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-649080 Wed, 08 Jun 2011 14:51:08 +0000 iliketea 649080@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well the good news is, Sophie is eating and was playful last night. She kept me up! She has peed a few times and no painful meows or blood in the pee. I am waiting for her to go No 2 and hopefully she has a movement today. If not, I will take her to vet tomorrow morning. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648812 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 21:10:12 +0000 iliketea 648812@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>I did see her pee in her litter box, and when it clumped it was a bit bigger than a golf ball. So hopefully it is not that? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648777 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 18:26:35 +0000 jcat 648777@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>ILT, if you still think there's any chance it could be her bladder and that she's straining to pee, BC is right, it's an emergency and she needs the vet.</p> <p>If she did pee and it's a dark yellow in colour, she's dehydrated (don't forget about the tent test to also test for this). I would add pedialyte to her food for dehydration -- that will also help with constipation: <a href="http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/31106" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/31106</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648766 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:52:14 +0000 iliketea 648766@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks! I will report back! </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648764 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:50:02 +0000 Buttercup 648764@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi ILT,whichever one you have is best. Most people have good quality vegetable oil or olive oil. I hear Pumpkin is hard to get sometimes. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648746 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:25:38 +0000 iliketea 648746@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks Moonshadow! I will do that. Is Oliver oil good or should I try pumpkin? Which is better? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648745 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:24:15 +0000 iliketea 648745@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Thanks so much! Good idea with adding water to wet food. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648744 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:24:11 +0000 Moonshadow_NZ 648744@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Several drops of a good quality vegetable oil or olive oil in the food can help alleviate constipation. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648741 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:19:59 +0000 Buttercup 648741@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Yes she could be dehydrated. I get my kitties to drink more by adding ice to their water and getting them interested.If you have wet food for her you can add water to it and make it more "juicy".<br /> Here's a link for constipation;<br /> <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_4423058_stimulate-cats-constipation.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ehow.com/how_4423058_stimulate-cats-constipation.html</a> </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648739 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:15:26 +0000 iliketea 648739@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>She seems normal. Its been really hot the last two days and I am wondering if she is also dehydrated too? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648737 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:13:00 +0000 Buttercup 648737@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Feel on her abdominal area near the lower area below where her belly bottom would be. I just checked the cat nearest to me who is definitely not sick and I got a really dirty look. If she peed a lot and you think it's constipation maybe you could add some plain pumpkin to her diet.<br /> Others will have other ideas. Does she seem distressed or is she acting normally? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648736 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:04:34 +0000 iliketea 648736@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Buttercup, I have never felt around there before? Where is her bladder? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648735 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:03:09 +0000 Buttercup 648735@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Can you check her tummy and see if her bladder feels full? It will feel like a little balloon if it's full and she will act uncomfortable. Don't press too hard. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648734 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 17:01:37 +0000 iliketea 648734@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Well it looks like she did pee, but maybe it is a pooping situation? She went to the box again while I was in there, and there was pee but no poo? </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648726 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:45:08 +0000 Buttercup 648726@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hi ILT,is sounds like a Urinary tract Infection and it's an emergency when they can't pee. She needs to go the the vet now. And yes female cats can get them I had one who did. </p> http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/topic/straining-to-go-to-the-bathroom#post-648714 Tue, 07 Jun 2011 15:44:23 +0000 iliketea 648714@http://www.dailykitten.com/chat/ <p>Hey all, Sophie is about 3. I noticed today she kept going in and out of the litterbox. She would go in, come out a minute later and then go back in the box a couple of minutes after that. She did this a few times.</p> <p>During the last time, I went in with her and I noticed that she was straining and nothing really came out. A little bit of pee I think. I did however scoop her litter to see what is in it or not and it seemed normal.</p> <p>Is this something I should be worried about? Or is she just being a cat? </p>