More notes. A few minutes ago (about 12:00 noon) Jennie got up from her morning nap and was crouching on the floor looking unhappy. She did respond to petting physically and vocally and seemed to want to be up on the perch, I am sure she can still get up there on her own but I picked her up and put her up there anyway and we had a little rapture together.
She allowed me to palpate/massage her tummy but did not like the area at the root of her tail, on her back, touched.
I stepped away to do something else and she came back down on her own and played with her banana for only a minute, then headed down to the litter boxes. I followed and watched her.
The usual, she stands in position for a few long minutes before starting to push. She does seem to strain a bit before producing the stool, but she's always been so private about pooping up until she got ill I really don't know if that's normal for her or new.
The poop was dark, formed, what would be considered a normal size for a raw fed cat who was pooping once every 2 days or so (to clarify Jennie is canned fed. I am only using that example for description purposes).
It was soft when I pressed on it..and here's something strange. When first putting pressure on it it .."popped" a little. So it had gas pockets in it. Her x ray back in September did show gas bubbles in her poop but this is the first time I have heard that little pop sound.
Not much blood. Only a trace.
She is now looking much more comfortable. When she was crouching half an hour a go I was even thinking of giving her the gabapentin early. The problem with that is, I can't keep up a schedule like that with lesser time in between, because of course I have to work. If I give it to her every 6, or even 7 hours, there will be times she has to go even longer between, it won't work.
All hopes pinned on the CBD now. It should be here Wednesday. But it takes time to find the right dose, starting really slowly. One drop a day to start.
I COULD ask the vet about getting some buprenex for when I think she is really uncomfortable between gab doses. Hmmmmmm