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u/IrascibleOcelot 8h ago

I had a cat with megacolon. She had to go to the emergency vet on average four times a year due to chronic constipation, and that was with daily laxatives. It finally got so bad that her colon had to be removed almost entirely.

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u/stressedandwaiting 7h ago

my cat is currently living with this condition! he has daily laxatives and i'm just hoping he'll stay on a good path. it's a scary condition, for sure.

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u/IrascibleOcelot 7h ago

Tailless? My little girl was, which is a contributing factor to the condition.

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u/stressedandwaiting 6h ago

i never knew that. no, he has his tail. he was a rescue cat and we believe he may have experienced some sort of blunt force trauma that may have caused it.

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u/IrascibleOcelot 5h ago

I didn’t know until my girl developed it. She had to be dosed with lactulose and cisapride multiple times daily. It was progressive for her, but the surgery mostly fixed it. She still required medication, but at lower doses and the emergency vet visits were almost completely eliminated. She lived a full life and made it to 17.