Has anyone ever dealt with a fecal impaction, or what looked to be one according to an x-ray? What did you do to help your bun?
My Mini Rex, Zoe, started having digestive issues yesterday. Digestive woes are common for her; she has megacolon, and underwent anesthesia on 7/19 to have a small growth removed from her ear.
She wound up back at the vet's on 7/21, when the problem seemed to start. She appeared to have gas (more so in the intestines) and decreased gut sounds on her lower left quadrant. She was given injectable meds.: Reglan, Metacam, sub-Qs and, unfortunately, a dose of Laxatone. (If my regular vet's colleague had mentioned Laxatone earlier, I'd have told her to not give it to Zoe. For all I know, it could be contributing to the current issue.
Zoe was examined yesterday, too. She had a temp. of 104-deg. F and normal gut sounds. The vet felt quite a bit of gas in Zoe's intestines. We also discovered a cut on the back of her right hind leg that was hidden until it was stretched out. The cut was treated, and I was advised to treat her with sub-Qs, Cisapride (which she's been on long-term), Reglan, and Metacam.
Zoe didn't pass any fecals after 10 am yesterday and barely touched any food--except what I syringed to her--after that time; hence her return to the vet's office today. She'll receive sub-Qs three times today, and I'm to also give her injectables--Reglan, Metacam, and Baytril--tonight. She'll return to the vet's for further observation tomorrow morning. (My vet isn't a 24/7 clinic, and the staff had to leave early today for training/instructional purposes.)
I continue to hope and pray that Zoe makes it through this digestive slowdown bout. She's been through many before, but I've never seen an x-ray of her showing a potential fecal impaction before now.
Thank you,
Jenk
My Mini Rex, Zoe, started having digestive issues yesterday. Digestive woes are common for her; she has megacolon, and underwent anesthesia on 7/19 to have a small growth removed from her ear.
She wound up back at the vet's on 7/21, when the problem seemed to start. She appeared to have gas (more so in the intestines) and decreased gut sounds on her lower left quadrant. She was given injectable meds.: Reglan, Metacam, sub-Qs and, unfortunately, a dose of Laxatone. (If my regular vet's colleague had mentioned Laxatone earlier, I'd have told her to not give it to Zoe. For all I know, it could be contributing to the current issue.
Zoe was examined yesterday, too. She had a temp. of 104-deg. F and normal gut sounds. The vet felt quite a bit of gas in Zoe's intestines. We also discovered a cut on the back of her right hind leg that was hidden until it was stretched out. The cut was treated, and I was advised to treat her with sub-Qs, Cisapride (which she's been on long-term), Reglan, and Metacam.
Zoe didn't pass any fecals after 10 am yesterday and barely touched any food--except what I syringed to her--after that time; hence her return to the vet's office today. She'll receive sub-Qs three times today, and I'm to also give her injectables--Reglan, Metacam, and Baytril--tonight. She'll return to the vet's for further observation tomorrow morning. (My vet isn't a 24/7 clinic, and the staff had to leave early today for training/instructional purposes.)
I continue to hope and pray that Zoe makes it through this digestive slowdown bout. She's been through many before, but I've never seen an x-ray of her showing a potential fecal impaction before now.
Thank you,
Jenk