I woke up on Monday morning probably sometime after six. The sleep had been interrupted because the cats had vomited. Shortly after I woke up, someone threw up again. Because Tabitha was next to me on the bedside table and Kali was on the bedroom scratching post, I knew that it was Olivia who vomited.
It took a while to realize that despite trying, Kali can't poop and that she had been trying to poop already at night. She also frequently vomited liquid. Didn't eat or drink. The possibility of intestinal obstruction also occurred to me.
Since Kali's bum was obviously full of shit, I tried to give her Microlax in the morning, but I guess it went wrong because there was no result. In the afternoon, a new attempt, which I think was successful, but still no results. Kali was then given paraffin oil.
In the evening, Kali drank water, laid in the sink and then managed to poop a bit, a couple of pooches. A lot of cat litter stuck to its wet paws from the toilet, which was then e.g. in bed. In a panic, I tried to get the wet sand out of its paws so that she wouldn't eat the litter.
Kali was then given another dose of paraffin oil, or at least attempted. There were battle injuries, i.e. wounds. Since that time, a little protection has been introduced, e.g. gloves.
The next morning, Kali peed, but despite trying, she didn't manage to poop. She tried to eat her wet food a bit, but I still gave her Nutriplus. Or at least I tried, it was on its jaw and leg. In the afternoon she drank again and spent quality time in the sink. Afternoon food didn't interest her (and neither anyone else!), not even the cat malt treat, so another dose of Nutriplus. In the evening, she made a small poop.
The situation has stubbornly remained the same. The cat doesn't eat, only manages to poop occasionally and a little, and is in pain. So the vet was called, when it's Christmas and the long holidays are coming.
Surprises were revealed at the vet. There was nothing in the intestine (I was already afraid of a tumor), but Kali has renal insuffiency (as does her daughter Olivia). Kali received a cortisone injection and Mirataz (which is said to be out of stock in many pharmacies) to stimulate her appetite. The diagnosis of chronic kidney disease is a surprise. Kali does drink a lot, but she doesn't pee a lot like Olivia, whose kidney value (221) was better in May than Kali's now (287).
When Kali suffers from constipation and her daughter Olivia has chronic diarrhoea, so... I've been dreaming of a stool transplant.
So why does Kali have trouble pooping? Some claim that constipation is a symptom of kidney failure. Well, Olivia has clearly not received that memo. One possible factor is that Kali is very reluctant to eat wet food. It is offered 3 times a day. As I have stated, Kali mainly lives on Bilanx's energy snacks. And with Orijen's dry food. Even treats containing cat malt have not really been eaten by her lately. The fact is that Kali should have been given regular laxatives a long time ago, at the latest when she started rejecting cat malt treats.
Well, now the pharmacy's shopping list included e.g. PEG (a friend with long experience with chronic constipation in cats claimed that the lactulose prescribed by vet is not good because it can dry out the intestines) and cat malt. It is clear that even in the best case, Kali will need laxatives for the rest of her life. And now we should start giving it something to support the kidneys. Well, there's about a closet of them, thanks to Olivia.
Four years ago I brought Tabitha to the vet just before Christmas and she got a virus from that trip. Tabitha and Kali did not eat for five days then and had to try to keep them alive by force-feeding them. Back then, Kali was more accommodating, but now she has fought back with all its might, making trying to keep her alive very difficult. But then her health clearly deteriorated and the resistance started to be less. :(
We'll see if I get a Christmas miracle, that is, if Kali starts eating, or if this was it. And now we should start giving it kidney foods. Well, Kali is at that point in her life where she eats whatever she agrees to.
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