Bllauben ~ Hello, nice to meet you and thank you for your suggestion I have been giving my cat 1 tsp daily of Miralax over the past year. His stools are soft not hard, he just can't move his fecals out of him. This morning he ran around the apartment and was scooting on the carpet trying to get his stools out and finally scooted across my bed and left a trail of fecal matter there along with on the floor, no problem can always wash it, I'm just worried about him. Not sure if it's the hairballs that is causing this difficulty, his age or the feline muscular hyperthesia or something else. I do brush him everyday to get as much hair off him as possible. I had considered having him shaved (he is a shorthair) but thinking it's might be more serious than just the hairballs. I am at the point of taking him in to the vets, as all my home remedies are not working.

Today, he is on day 3 of no gabapentin and he is becoming much more symptomatic. I'm thinking that I am going to give this to him once or twice a week instead of daily. He was approachable yesterday but on guard and watching my hands. I am thinking that once or twice a week is better than none if it keeps him calm and somewhat symptom free. I just have to find the right moment to nab him and then it's a fight to get the medication in him as he clamps his mouth shut.

I'm soo glad Miralax is working on your Nina That's a success story. At least she is cooperating. My kitty isn't which makes it extremely difficult. I wish he would eat canned food, then I would sprinkle the Miralax on that. I tried over the past three days to sprinkle it on his crunchies but he decided to not eat his food as a result.

I just feel like I am running out of options for him. He needs medication and yet fights me when I try to get him help. It's becoming a no-win situation for him and not to mention causing me to have more frequent mood swings.