What about cat constipation?

What should the kitten do with constipation today?

What are the symptoms of cat constipation?

① Under normal circumstances, cats usually defecate 1-2 times a day, and if they eat raw meat, it may be once every three days. If a cat eats dry food for more than three days and doesn't defecate for more than four days, it is almost constipation.

The feeling of defecation is very laborious, the expression is blunt, and the defecation time is very long, up to more than one minute.

③ Feces are small, hard and dry.

④ The feces are obviously hard and covered with mucus or blood.

(5) frequent defecation gestures, but don't defecate, and issued a cry of pain.

⑥ Loss of appetite, weight loss, but increased abdominal circumference, intestinal contents as solid as sausage by palpation.

All landowners may be accompanied by vomiting, poor appetite and depression.

If you have the above symptoms, the cat is probably constipated.

There are many reasons for constipation:

1, drink too little water, or dehydrate, resulting in too dry feces.

2. Mechanical obstruction: such as hairball disease (hairball blocking the intestine) with foreign body blockage, tumor, etc.

3. Injury: pelvic fracture, pelvic deformity and spinal injury.

4, inflammation: anal gland inflammation, proctitis, perianal injury and so on.

5. Nerve or muscle diseases. Make defecation difficult or impossible.

6. Metabolic and endocrine diseases: hypokalemia, hypercalcemia and secondary hyperparathyroidism.

7. Hirschsprung's disease

8. Obesity and lack of exercise

9. Environmental problem: The cat refuses to go to the toilet because of the new environment or the unclean and unreasonable placement of the litter box.

10, stress factor: cats are highly nervous and will refuse to defecate.

How to treat cat constipation?

First, the treatment method:

(1) drug therapy with drugs to soften feces, with drugs to restore normal intestinal smooth muscle peristalsis. Such as cisapride, lactulose, hemp seed, etc.

2 infusion: relieve dehydration of cats.

③ Enema: Emptying colon under anesthesia, which is suitable for mild and simple constipation. Pour 40-80 ml warm soapy water into the intestine with an enema device, and press the hidden feces in the intestine with the outside of the abdomen. It is usually effective.

④ Laxative therapy: Take appropriate amount of laxatives orally. Such as 5-30g of magnesium sulfate or 5-50ml of liquid paraffin oil.

⑤? Oil-filling method: You can fill a spoonful of salad oil into the kitten to lubricate its intestines. Feeding 10 ml every 2-3 times should help.

⑥ Probiotic therapy: a kind of "good bacteria" which is only suitable for mild constipation and helps to maintain intestinal health. A healthy intestine can defecate normally and keep the stool soft.

⑦ Surgical treatment: Severe intestinal constipation. When the above methods can't work, surgical resection of intestinal cavity is feasible.

8 kaisailu:

Squeeze a little into the anus, but don't lean. Because kaisailu helps defecation by stimulating the intestinal wall to cause defecation reflex. If used frequently, the sensitivity of the gastrointestinal wall will become worse and worse, resulting in dependence. Causes intestinal wall dryness, causes habitual constipation, and aggravates constipation. Therefore, it is not recommended to use kaisailu at will. Cats have constipation problems, but we still need to find out the reasons.

How to prevent cat constipation?

1, diet prevention method:

① Food allergy can lead to intestinal inflammation and constipation in cats. Change the protein source of your cat food (chicken, mutton, etc.). ) can reduce inflammation, make intestinal movement more normal and reduce constipation.

② Appropriately increasing the fat content in food and feeding a small amount of foods with high fat content such as liver, mackerel and sardines can make cats defecate more smoothly, which is similar to the principle of oil filling.

③ Make proper use of plant fiber, such as adding a spoonful of pumpkin to food. The fiber in pumpkin can promote intestinal peristalsis and has a certain laxative effect.

④ Drink plenty of water: It is very useful to increase the amount of water that cats drink.

2, weight loss methods:

Control the cat's weight. Obese cats are more prone to constipation, control their food intake, play more with cats and exercise more.

3. Ways to keep happy:

Reduce stress and anxiety: cats will not eat or drink water under stress and tension. Moreover, cats tend to accumulate stress, and any change in environment or excessive attention of owners will make cats nervous. Give him some time to adapt to the environment and use pheromone products properly to relax him.

4, carding method:

Comb the cat's hair more and take away the dead hair to prevent the cat from swallowing too much and the hair ball from blocking the intestine.

If it is a long-haired cat, cut off the hair around the cat's anus to prevent the hair from winding and knotting. Doing so can keep the anus clean and help prevent constipation. If feces stick to hair, it may hinder defecation and lead to constipation.

5. Management methods of cat litter and cat litter basin:

Eliminate constipation caused by factors such as the litter box is too dirty, too small, the placement position is easily disturbed, or the litter box does not meet the cat's preferences.