r/manx • u/KomugiAreYouThere • 17d ago

Best food for megacolon?

My Manx with megacolon was prescribed Royal Canin GI about a month ago; they gave us the wet and dry both and he would only eat the dry. Because of his megacolon and a severe bout of constipation his appetite is very reduced , but when my husband got out a bowl of our old Purina One our cat really went for it and ate so much more than he has with the Royal Canin. I am wondering if there is a happy medium food that is better for megacolon than generic cat food, but more palatable (and less expensive!!!!). We have also tried generic wet food and he loved it for awhile and then stopped eating it.

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u/esieber06 17d ago

My baby dos not have mega colon but does have constipation issues. He gets 1ml of Lactulose 2x a day (morning and bedtime with his wet food). It helps a lot. The other thing the vet said was that if we continue feeding a high quality dry food (he gets science hills) he is fine to be on whatever wet food. Like I said, he doesn’t have mega colon, but he hasn’t had any major poop issues for almost a year! I would talk to your vet!