[Gpdd] [Health Care] Fecal Impactions

[Elisabeth Haithcock]

Scecond verse, same as the first...

About a year ago I had to dash Winkie (Winkerton Phillip, but much too
dignified a name for this 4.5yo chow hound) to the emergency vet because
he'd stopped eating, and the cause turned out to be a fecal impaction about
the size of the tip of my thumb. They carefully cleared him out and
pronounced him whole, and by the time I got him back home he was gnawing on
-everything- letting me know he was hungry. And that was that.

Fast forward to last night. I got home from a horrendously long shift to
find his hay and pellets untouched and no signs of poo anywhere. My mind
immediately jumped back to last year, so the trusty cat carrier (a friend's)
got unpacked and off to the emergency vet we went. A very good thing as the
impaction was quite large this time. He's all cleaned out again, eating and
pooing normally, so he's out of the red zone and I'm breathing again.

So my question is this: am I doing something wrong? Diet for all of my
quartet is the same; all the hay they'll eat fresh each day, a small handful
of timothy hay pellets (Nutriphase) and fresh veggie treats scattered
through the day.

~e
Official Spokeslave of Molly Flanders, Bennett Jacob, Winkerton Phillip &
Pumpkin Pie a la Mode
Forever remembering Oliver Pigglesworth III, Kweepie Mapwetter, Gustavus
Adolphos & Victoria Greenbean

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when I thought I saw what I saw when I saw it... see?