u/HeroTime

I'm hoping this is just a result/side effect of medication.

So my cat is 11 years old, I've had him for 4 of those. He's always been my shadow and is next to me maybe 80% of the day. I noticed a few days ago that he was only peeing in the litter box and pooping outside for about 2 days. So I decided to take him into the emergency vet and have him looked at.

The vet pretty much gave me all good news. He was healthy, stable, no signs of constipation or anything at all he exam was positive. She did hear a Heart Murmur, but from what she could hear it seemed likely on the lower of seriousness and I was given a way to monitor his breathing while asleep.

Because of what I could and couldn't afford after speaking with the vet, because from everything she could see he was totally stable I ended put taking home 50mg gabapentin for him and putting him on a gastrointestinal and fibre food diet. The Gabapentin is for every 12 hours, and was prescribed in the event the reason he wasn't pooping in the litter box was due to arthritis and it not being comfortable/painful. I know that the medication can cause a sedation effect, and that is just what I am hoping it is. He's much slower now today (it's been 2 days and 4 doses), he's tried to jump up into a few places he's always been able to and missed and then sort of fell a bit when he landed and then I had him in my arms and just set him barely off the floor and stumbled a little then too. Maybe I just didn't anticipate the effect of the medication him but I wanted to ask here.

* Species: Cat * Age:11 * Sex/Neuter status: Male/Neutered * Breed: Mixed Long Hair * Body weight: 4.9 Kg* History: Grade 3 Heart Murmur * Clinical signs:peeing in the litter box and pooping outside * Duration: * Your general location: Eastern Canada