Comments on: Metamucil for Cats: What You Need To Know

By: Kate Barrington

Kate Barrington — Wed, 26 Jun 2024 16:44:58 +0000

In reply to Steve.

Hi Steve, sorry for the delay on response! Have you talked to your vet about these issues? If they occur with some regularity, it might be worth checking it out. You can also try posting this question to the health section in our community forum where one of our partner vets will see it and respond: https://cats.com/community/health-care

By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 22 Jun 2024 14:46:12 +0000

My cat gets 3 cans of Fussie Cat Premium daily split between meals. Before, I was giving her 1 can twice a day with Dr. Elsey’s kibble. She’s a long haired cat and every few months she would have bad bouts of diarrhea and vomiting usually ending in pooping out a large hairball.

Since switching to only the wet food and adding one 300mg capsule of Metamucil per meal, she was doing great, but recently had an episode. We adopted her and her previous owners fed her Iams Indoor Hairball Control exclusively and said she never had issues! Should I go back to feeding a lower quality, higher fiber food? Or increase the amount of fiber I give her?

By: Agnes

Agnes — Mon, 10 Jun 2024 22:45:25 +0000

I have a 5 week old kitten that is backed up? What do I give him??

By: Anton Neumann

Anton Neumann — Sun, 02 Apr 2023 08:19:20 +0000

I was surprised about your comments in regard to giving a cat psyllium long term. We have 3 cats. Our mother cat (now 19) almost died from megacolon and had to have an operation. After the operation she again got constipated and we thought we would lose her. We have been giving her psyllium ever since (May 2020) together with home cooked food as well as prescription food. She has been fine. As her two kitties (now 13) had small hard stool we thought it a good idea to give them psyllium in the hope that we would avoid them getting megacolon later on. They too seem fine. We go to our vet regularly so I’ll mention that all three are on long term psyllium but up to now our sense is that it’s keeping our 19 year old (megacolon) cat alive and preventing hard stools in the other two.

By: Mallory Crusta

Mallory Crusta — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 16:59:31 +0000

In reply to Laura arevalo. It's not ideal, but it should be okay. The sugar and artificial sweeteners in these formulas aren't ideal, but there's nothing in them that would be toxic.

By: Laura arevalo

Laura arevalo — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 22:43:54 +0000

If you can’t find the unflavored metamucil .can you use the other metamucil fo the cat.

By: Mallory Crusta

Mallory Crusta — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 23:10:51 +0000

In reply to Jim Cardin. Jim, I would recommend consulting a veterinarian to identify the underlying cause of this issue! Wishing you and your cat all the best.

By: Jim Cardin

Jim Cardin — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 19:25:07 +0000

My cat is female. She use to urinate a healthy stream, now all she can do is dribble very small amounts. she is now 17and 1/2 years old. She no longer uses the litter pan all the time. Please help.

By: Mallory Crusta

Mallory Crusta — Thu, 13 Jan 2022 02:00:23 +0000

In reply to Robert Smith. Hi Robert, I'd recommend talking with a vet, but it really depends on the nutrient content of your cat's existing food. If it's already a high-fiber product, you could end up giving too much and having problems as a result. Again, the answer will be affected by your cat's unique situation.

By: Robert Smith

Robert Smith — Fri, 07 Jan 2022 09:15:12 +0000

How long is long term? How long can I safely give dayle dose of meta music?