Re: Worried about Lucy

[Marylyn]

I can understand your feelings.  Have you tried a fish diet--getting totally away from poultry?  Duck has a lot of fat in it.  I don't know why I keep going back to the food issue but I do.  Maybe some people tuna?????  I know it isn't good for a full time diet but you need something short time.    I truly feel for you.  I remember what I what thru with The Royal Princess Kitty Katt.  It was even more awful for so long because I didn't know what to do.  And it takes days on a diet to see if it works.  Those days are so painful to the guardian.  Blessings to you.  May an angel sit on your shoulder and whisper in your ear the way one did on mine.                                                              If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures                                                  from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who                                                  will deal likewise with their fellow man.                                                                   St. Francis ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 7:50 AM Subject: Re: Worried about Lucy 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.      No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.9.8/380 - Release Date: 6/30/2006