Re: Jimi the stressed out cat?

[Lernermichelle]

It really does sound stress-related, which would be IBS, probably. I have never researched IBS because it's not what Lucy has. Maybe you should do an internet search on feline IBS and see what you come up with, both for diagnosis purposes and to see if they suggest anything helpful. Perhaps a psych med would help, or something like the transdermal benadryl I give Patches to calm her down and stop her from overgrooming.   In case it could be helped with food, I really would suggest trying raw (which you probably don't have time to do, given all you are doing) or EVO. A lot of the commercial sensitive stomach foods have grains in them, which are very hard on IBD cats. You cold also try pred for a week or so and see if it helps, like I did with Lucy. But, again, it really does sound from what you are saying like it is stress-related, which would be IBS rather than IBD and probably not related to food and probably not helped by any meds other than perhaps psych meds.   Michelle   In a message dated 9/17/2006 8:23:56 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Thanks Michelle, He has had two fecals both negative, did two rounds of metronidazole, one round of albon and of course wormer. He is a maine coon found dumped outside matted to the skin had to be shaved. Declawed. Its almost impossible for a rescue to be low stress on a high stress cat. At the moment I have 8 dogs and six cats here and a couple of kittens that are caged. The adult healthy fully vetted cats I like to let out of the cage. We have tried a lot of sensitive stomach food with Jimi. This is the worst, he seems to do better in a cage, stool wise. He loves attention and gives kisses. If allowed out of the cage too long he starts urinating on the bed, then the stool gets real loose and then vomiting starts always on my bed. Writing this down helps....guess it really is stress isnt it? what do you guys suggest?