Re: Question on diarrhea

Sun, 30 Oct 2005 17:47:56 -0800

>.>>Also, have any of you ever seen diarrhea persist for over a week, with no other symptoms, from something like antibiotics or dietary change, but then resolve in a little more time?<<<
 
Michelle, Snoball was the only one of mine that ever got diarrhea, and he had it for pretty well a whole summer--2004--off and on. Each time, I had to put him (which meant all of them) all on the chicken diet (which in my case meant blending broiled breast of chicken with Frazier's chicken broth and her recommended supplements for FeLV cats). That didn't work. Snoball's diarrhea only cleared up properly when I stopped all the supplements and began re-introducing them slowly one by one ( a new one each week). I'm afraid I've forgotten now which one appeared to be the culprit. As soon as I stopped using it altogether his diarrhea went away and never reappeared. Kerry
 
 
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 7:03 PM
Subject: Question on diarrhea

So Lucy still has diarrhea, going on a week now. It started a few days before her surgery, I think from my switching her diets too quickly-- she had been on S/D only for about 6 weeks, and I stupidly switched her to S/O over only two days when it was clear her bladder stone was not struvite and had gotten bigger rather than smaller on the S/D.  She had been on Baytril for a month at that point too, because without it she kept getting UTI's due to the bladder stone. Since 2 days after surgery she has been off the baytril, but I have had to switch her food again (this time i am doing it slowly) due to finding out her stone was ammonia urate (neither struvite nor oxylate). She has been on Metronidazole for 4 days.  I am concerned, because I have never seen diarrhea in a cat take longer than 2 days to resolve on Metronidazole, and the vet seemed surprised as well. I have been giving her slippery elm, and today started giving her a feline kaolin diarrhea over-the-counter med.  I gave her acidophilus for a few days after stopping the Baytril.
 
Any suggestions? Also, have any of you ever seen diarrhea persist for over a week, with no other symptoms, from something like antibiotics or dietary change, but then resolve in a little more time?
 
Thanks,
Michelle

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