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Kitty had an awful diarrhea for weeks..........we had every
test known to vets run (almost literally) and the specialists were convinced she
had cancer of the pancreas. An angel sat on my shoulder and screamed food
allergies. I ran the idea by one of my vets. After several days
trying to find an exclusionary diet she would eat, then just sort of making her
one, it cleared up wonderfully. She is doing just fine. Something to
look at.
Take care
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Sent: Sunday, October 30, 2005 8:46
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Subject: Re: Question on diarrhea
>.>>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
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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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