Re: Worried about Lucy

[Lernermichelle]

I did go through all of this when her problem started last October. It started after she was on antibiotics for a month.  I tried all kinds of probiotics, and they all made her diarrhea worse. I tried fast track.  I also started her out on chicken when her problems started, and her diarrhea did not get better until I put her on the turkey.  I may try chicken again. But she was doing fine on turkey for the last 6 months. I suppose she could have suddenly developed an allergy to it. But after what happened last night when I gave her something she had not been eating (duck) and things she had not had for a while (turkey baby food, i/d dry), I am loathe to try new foods again right now.   Thanks, though, Michelle   In a message dated 7/2/2006 8:04:17 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Try chicken instead of turkey.  Some of the better holistic books say turkey is a major cause of food allergies in cats and chicken is not.  I can't cite the books (they are boxed for moving) but I went thru this with the Royal Princess Kitty Katt.  Please try chicken instead.  Also, if you can get it Fast Track or any active bacteria med will help reestablish the "good bacteria" that the meds are destroying to get to the "bad bacteria"  which maybe leading to the overgrowth.  Please, please, ask your vet to consider a food allergy situation.  It may not be all there is to it but if it is even part of the problem it can be dealt with easily.  Kitty was about 10 years old when she developed her allergies so don't believe a cat can be too old to have the problem.  The diarrhea was watery and extremely smelly for her and she lost so much weight.  When we figured it out (thanks to the angels I mentioned before) everything worked out in that regard...no more diarrhea and the weight came back.