It’s an anal gland issue and I would like to try adding some fiber to my kitty’s diet to see if it might help.
Canned pumpkin is a great source of fibre for kitties. c:
You can mix it in with their food or some cats will just eat it as-is.
Grass, one of my cats had to have grass so I bought it at petco during the winter.
Another cat loved butternut squash organic (only) soup.
Offer some of what you eat, vegetable-wise, to your cat. They are idiosyncratic though, so you may have to offer a lot of different things.
I’d try organic, preservative free food first.
Some cats like broccoli !
I second the canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, plain old canned pumpkin. Check with your vet, some of the fiber supplements for people can also be used on animals, just not sure what you would dose.
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I second the canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling, plain old canned pumpkin. Check with your vet, some of the fiber supplements for people can also be used on animals, just not sure what you would dose.[/QUOTE]
Thirding the plain pumpkin - you can mix it with wet and dry foods. I’ve used Metamucil as well, but check with your vet about the optimal amount. I think you’d have to start small and work up to the eventual recommended dosage as it takes them a little time to get used to it.
There is also Lactulose (available over the counter at drug stores here in Canada). I currently use it for stool softening for my geriatric (will be 21 this year) cat who is in renal failure and whose stools get very hard, small and difficult to pass. It works very well for her. It’s liquid and “citrus-flavoured” so you would also need to gradually introduce it. I use 1cc mixed with well-watered tinned food twice daily for my old kitty. (My sister’s cat had megacolon and he was on the pumpkin diet - worked extremely well for him. Plus he got Lactulose and I think another drug from the vet whose name escapes me at the moment. But that cat was very co-operative about taking meds and she just syringed the Lactulose into his mouth: she would say “open” and he’d open his mouth and take it!)
Why don’t you try a prepackaged raw diet for a few days and see if that cures the problem? cats don’t normally eat or need fiber. A few good hard bone poops should clear up any anal gland problems.
