My cat's not drinking water & won't poop in the litter box

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vonniebgood

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Hi. My 16 year old diabetic cat, Bob, has been on insulin and Hills M/D wet food for years. He's been doing great. However, recently, he's not drinking ANY water, and he won't use the litter box to poop. Any one have any experience with this? He seems to feel fine, otherwise, but I know cats are good at hiding how they're feeling.

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Vonnie
 
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Is he defecating at all?

If yes, he may be constipated and it hurts to use the litterbox, so he may go elsewhere. Here's some reading on it from Feline Constipation.org

If no output at all, go to the vet, please - he could be obstructed.
 
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Baby(GA) also decided not to poop in the box till I got her another one and learned......she wanted one to pee in and one to poop in.
 
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are you adding water to the food? If not, you may want to start doing that. I found when I added water to the food, Maui stopped drinking from the bowl. And she rarely, if ever drinks from the bowl.

But with the no pooping, there could be something more going on too. how long has it been since she pooped? You may want to contact the vet as you don't want this to go on for too many days.
 
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my cat always drank water. always. even when she wasnt diabetic. i attributed it to the fact that i always fed her dry food and that made her thirsty. when she was in the early stages of diabetes, she drank even more water. but now that i have switched her over to wet food and her diabetes is regulated, she drinks absolutely no water at all.

as long as cats are on wet food, they will get enough water from the food, that they dont need to drink any extra water. i still put extra water in my kitty's food tho, cos her kidneys arent that good, so it helps with that

if bob hasnt pooped at all, definitely get him checked out by the vet. if he still is doing some poop, but having troubles, he might be a bit constipated. adding canned pumpkin to the food helps, or some extra fibre, and extra water as well

also, since bob is an older cat, it could be possible that he has arthritis and the squatting position to poop may be causing him some pain or discomfort. and since cats will associate this pain with the litter box, they will go outside they box where they think it doesnt hurt

but first things first, you want to make sure he doesnt have any sort of blockage preventing him from pooping
 
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