My overweight cat hasn't pooped in days after enema. Is this normal?
Updated On September 23rd, 2025
Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Male | 6 years and 8 months old | 16.3 lbs
Fatboy had a enema sat at noon he poop alot after we got home then poop Sunday morning and again monday morning hes 16 pounds we cut his food by 1/4 he gets bigger portion at feeding time was feeding him 6times now 4 trying to get 2 times my ? Is does bus colon have to be fill with poop before he goes he hasn't poop since monday morning 4 am it's now wed noon what u think our goal is to cut him down another 1/4 food we also give a chewy hair remedy a laxatone a day what u think
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Published on January 1st, 2019
This sounds pretty normal. The colon doesn't necessarily have to be completely full for him to defecate. If you are cutting down his portions he may not have to defecate as much. You can continue to cut his portions down. He is definitely overweight at 16 pounds. I don't know if your vet suggested this but I would recommend you add some fiber into his diet - it is best to do this by using a high fiber prescription cat food like Hill's w/d or r/d. I personally would put him on one of those diets as his own source of food and not just use it as an additive. These diets will also make him lose weight. And he will be able to eat more instead of you cutting his regular food down until he is eating almost nothing. I suggest you speak to your vet about this. You can continue the Laxatone. Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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Published on January 4th, 2019
Fatboy's weight will not necessarily effect how much feces he produces and producing more stool is not a bad thing. Given the history of slow bowel movements (most cats have 1 -2 bowel movements a day) and the fact that he has already been constipated, I recommend a diet change. There is a diet made by Royal Canin called Fiber Response and it's my #1 choice for cats who struggle with constipation. It has special ingredients that promote a softer and easier to pass stool as well as promoting gut motility. Most cats do not need additional supplementation although severely affected ones might. Talk to your vet about using this diet. Your vet can then calculate how much to feed Fatboy to get him down to 13lbs. Continue to use the Miralax until you and the vet come up with a diet plan. Increasing the water intake can also help with constipation. You can do this by adding canned food with extra warm water added to his daily food intake. I hope this helps to point you in the right direction. Please post again with any additional questions.
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Thank u for weight chart I consider fatboy to be a 6 to 7 on chart we are feeding 180 calories but poops between 32 hours to 48 hrs 16 pounds now so by feeding him less and trying to get him to 13 pounds will he poop less and so how long until he poo
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