Laura, Has he been dewormed? If a stool sample turns up negative, consider trying FortiFlora. Or maybe that's the pro-biotic you mentioned. My 4 month old positive kittens recently went through a bout of diarrhea (where no parasites showed on a fecal float) that cleared up with FortiFlora. Katherine
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 12:51 PM, <laurak...@aol.com> wrote: > Hi everyone, > > I joined the group early in the year when I adopted my sweet felv+ kitten, > Dani (who turned a year on June 1st :) About three months ago I adopted > another felv+ kitten around Dani's age, Pugsly (he looks just like a little > pug--upturned nose and big round eyes.) > > Pugsly has persistent herpes flare-ups but got that under control with > upping his lysine to 500mg twice a day and he's been pretty much fine. > Yesterday, though, I found vomit and diarrhea, which I was able to > determine to be his. I noticed he didn't eat yeaterday or today with his > usual gusto--it's usually gone in a nanosecond. His stool is pasty and > jelly-like. There was a very faint pinkish hue to some of it yeaterday. He > is still active but not his usual spazzy self. I started probiotic this > morning and hope it will help. > > He is not feverish and is hydrated. Dani is totally fine. > > He also gets NuCat vitamins, two twice a day, and is on a grain free wet > food only diet. > > I was going to try some pumpkin in his food...I was wondering what other > suggestions there are for treating the diarrhea. I also have slippery elm > bark. > > I know I can call my vet and get flagyl or tylan powder but wanted to > reach out here first. I just hate giving antibiotics when it's not known if > it's a bacterial cause. > > Thanks for reading, > > Laura, Dani and her bff Pugsly > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > >
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