Thank you all for the kind wishes and suggestions for DC Nicky. He is feeling much better this evening. We both slept late this morning. Ron, thank you for the article. Actually, Nicky had a more serious attack of this problem about a year ago, which required an emergency visit to the vet. He was not impressed with the vets desire to probe his rear end. As noted in the article from Ron, his vet recommended a third of a teaspoon of Miralax mixed in his food once or twice a week. Also, Nick lets me know when he needs a dose of hairball medicine, which is also mentioned in the article. I am afraid that I got a bit lax (pun not intended) on giving Nick the Miralax, so I blame myself for this problem. We are now back on schedule, so hopefully we can avoid any more problems.
