Nat & Fluffy
Member Since 2016
Hello everyone! It has been ages since I have been here. <3 I miss this site a lot.
My parents, who take care of our 17 year old sugar kitty Fluffy (whom I discovered is very deaf and possibly has a bit of dementia), left me in charge for about a week when they went on vacation. I apologize, none of his current BG levels are documented on here, but for the most part, Fluffy has been staying pretty regulated on his Lantus, with bad days like 150-200 being quite rare. He mostly stays within the 70-120 ish range, and has a bit o Gravy Lovers to slow down the depot drops.
Fluffy's constipation is becoming quite bad. He every so couple of days seems like he is pooping hard poops. He is yeowling a lot at night when it is bad (but he doesn't when my parents around to take care of him, he knows I'm very responsive!!) The poops recently are not that bad in size, it used to be bigger and cause him a lot of pain... but now they are small and decent, and not that hard like they used to be.
I tried Miralax, that quarter of a teaspoon with meal (twice a day), but I don't think my mom kept up with it, and she doesn't want to :/ I know my Fluffy is old, but I just want to make him as comfortable as possible. I might be able to talk to my parents about just going to the vet and seeing what they can do, maybe run a panel of tests to see if it isn't anything else serious.
I recently changed his diet from "Purina Pro Grain Free Chicken and Turkey", to the "Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Funk In The Trunk Chicken in Pumpkin Consomme Grain-Free Canned Cat Food" I was hoping the pumpkin in the new diet would help. It seems to have because he had a normal softish poop the other day after being maybe less than a week on it! I heat his food up a little and a little more water to make it even easier. But I am wondering if he needs more help or if I am being paranoid because of the yeowling because he is deaf, or just wants attention, the neediness of old age, or the pain of poop. D:
Sometimes he will also have random small BG spikes, and I notice that's when he's in pain from constipation and he gets very meowy!
I would love to hear what you do for your sugar kitties in terms of constipation, especially for the geriatric ones. I'm currently reading about digestive enzymes or probiotics that might help. Any insight would be wonderful!
My parents, who take care of our 17 year old sugar kitty Fluffy (whom I discovered is very deaf and possibly has a bit of dementia), left me in charge for about a week when they went on vacation. I apologize, none of his current BG levels are documented on here, but for the most part, Fluffy has been staying pretty regulated on his Lantus, with bad days like 150-200 being quite rare. He mostly stays within the 70-120 ish range, and has a bit o Gravy Lovers to slow down the depot drops.
Fluffy's constipation is becoming quite bad. He every so couple of days seems like he is pooping hard poops. He is yeowling a lot at night when it is bad (but he doesn't when my parents around to take care of him, he knows I'm very responsive!!) The poops recently are not that bad in size, it used to be bigger and cause him a lot of pain... but now they are small and decent, and not that hard like they used to be.
I tried Miralax, that quarter of a teaspoon with meal (twice a day), but I don't think my mom kept up with it, and she doesn't want to :/ I know my Fluffy is old, but I just want to make him as comfortable as possible. I might be able to talk to my parents about just going to the vet and seeing what they can do, maybe run a panel of tests to see if it isn't anything else serious.
I recently changed his diet from "Purina Pro Grain Free Chicken and Turkey", to the "Weruva Cats in the Kitchen Funk In The Trunk Chicken in Pumpkin Consomme Grain-Free Canned Cat Food" I was hoping the pumpkin in the new diet would help. It seems to have because he had a normal softish poop the other day after being maybe less than a week on it! I heat his food up a little and a little more water to make it even easier. But I am wondering if he needs more help or if I am being paranoid because of the yeowling because he is deaf, or just wants attention, the neediness of old age, or the pain of poop. D:
Sometimes he will also have random small BG spikes, and I notice that's when he's in pain from constipation and he gets very meowy!
I would love to hear what you do for your sugar kitties in terms of constipation, especially for the geriatric ones. I'm currently reading about digestive enzymes or probiotics that might help. Any insight would be wonderful!
I hope it's good news for Fluffy. 
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