PRN Pharmacal PetEma - Disposable Single Use Enema for Cats and Kittens - Rectally Administered Gel Containing Lubricant, Laxative, and Stool Softener - with Glycerin and Sorbic Acid - 6 mL Syringe

After reading reviews here and not having the option to take my cat to his regular vet, we decided to try this PetEma on him in late October on a Saturday evening. He's almost 16 years old. We have been trying to help him diet and supplement wise with his constipation for a couple months since we adopted him in July. For awhile, giving up to 1/4tsp miralax in his wet food and about 1 tsp of plain pureed pumpkin daily kept him going regularly. But he eventually started refusing the pumpkin, and miralax alone didn't work. His stools were very dark and dry and he strained and then would sprint out of the litterbox like something was chasing him. He has early kidney disease and a heart murmur.I followed advice here: used the 6oz tube, put vaseline on it, set him up in the bathroom with a litterbox and some puppy training pads. My husband held him on the closed toilet seat while I inserted it. The syringe plunger should be better. It was hard to plunge. He of course flipped out and squirmed and probably thought we were attacking him. When I withdrew the syringe, there was dried poo on the tip. I think his hardened and dry poo was very close to the end of his anus making this kind of harder to insert than I expected. Some of the blue PetEma leaked out of his anus. I stayed in the bathroom with him for two hours, and there was no immediate result.When it was obvious he would not be having violent diarrhea or anything, I let him out into the house and went to bed. I found a stool about the length of my index finger in the morning in a litterbox, so that was great. But he wasn't completely cleared. I was able to get a vet appt for Monday afternoon. The vet took an x-ray to confirm he had a lot of stool still inside. She then used this same PetEma. And gave him two of them in the space of about an hour since they were closing soon. He produced lots of stool and they sent him home. It was all very quick. I recommend getting a morning vet appt so they can monitor your cat longer. And have them take x-rays before and after so they can see how well it worked.He felt ill that whole evening and late at night vomited clear liquid and didn't want to eat. He also had blood coming out of his anus when he went to the litterbox. He went several times to the litterbox to strain but didn't produce anything. I gave him a dose of famotidine and that didn't help his stomach upset. I had to take him to the ER vet and they gave him cerenia for nausea and sub-q fluids for dehydration. They did another x-ray and he still had some stool further up in his colon, farther from where a syringe type enema could reach. They advised me to keep giving him miralax and that he would hopefully move that stool out.He did move it in the next day or two and the blood dripping eventually cleared up and he stopped being lethargic. It was a stressful time. He eventually felt better and is back to his usual playful but still sadly chronically constipated self. Despite Smooth BM Gold and miralax and Benefiber, he's getting stopped up again. I plan on giving him another petema tonight before it gets as bad as it was last time.I think we are going to need to try prescription cisapride because I think this is turning into megacolon. And possibly try enulose. PetEma is likely not going to be a long-term solution for a constipated cat. But in the meantime, I'm glad to have PetEma to help him when a vet visit isn't possible.

This worked on my constipated senior cat within about two minutes at most. I had tried everything else before this and nothing worked. Not even two vet visits where they did nothing but misdiagnose him. I thought my cat was going to die. He was throwing up and couldn't keep anything down. He had a big molar tooth removed a couple months prior and that's when the more serious eating and weight loss issues began. After giving him this enema he pooped right away, puked twice and had the runs off and on into the following day. BUT he started to feel better very quickly and I elevated his food bowls and he slowly began to eat and drink more throughout the week. Before this he got down to 6.4 lbs. We were seriously considering putting him down because he just couldn't eat or keep it down. I truly believe this helped save my cats life when the vet didn't even try. My 19 yr old cat is now back up to almost 9 lbs and counting. I will buy this product again if need be. But I also highly recommend keeping any senior cat this old on strictly canned wet food.

Easy to use. Need a lubricant to use like Vasoline or KY, yet can be a life-saver for older cats with teeth &/or digestive problems.Using in a warm tub of water at the end of a bath helps keep cat comfortable & makes cleanup easy. A shower-head to rinse & a cup for pouring warm water on your cat to keep him or her warm until he or she goes & nitrile gloves to grab the harder, larger stuff is very helpful, as is a towel or two & a hair drier plugged in & ready to go along with a few treats makes this process easier. Also be sure to have water available for your cat to drink afterwards.If you don't know how to use, or if your cat really needs it, contact your vet for advise, yet if you know your larger cat or small dog needs help, then this can be done fairly comfortably & will give relief that can be a life-saver.Get everything together before you get started to make it easier & warm up the room before getting started to make it comfortable.Again, keep fresh water available & wet food ongoing is important too!