Thank you for your suggestions. We are going to change the "smorgasboard" into Innova Evo only.
Cast of characters: Our cats: Smokey, 3.5 yrs, healthy Bandit, 3.5 yrs, healthy Otis, ~13 yrs, FIV+, hyperthyroid Gussie, 11 yrs, diabetic, brain damage from hypothyroid coma induced by too much insulin (we got her days after she came out of the coma) Foster cats: 3 kittens, Taylor, Jackie, Kayla, possible FeLV exposure from mother The smorgasboard originated this way: the kittens came to us on Purina; rather than change diet and annoy bowels that way, we just left them on it. The DM was for Gussie; of course she prefers the Innova anyway, and the protein/carb balance in it is acceptable for her, so the other cats were eating diabetic food and she was eating theirs. Otis will eat Science Diet or table scraps, your choice (rescue cat who had been fed table food by the classic "little old lady" who supported him off her dinner). He absolutely refuses Innova and is thinner than we'd like already. Our new plan is to meal-feed Otis Science Diet, unless by some miracle he decides the Innova is ok, and leave only the Innova down for free-feeding. In answer to the question about the Albon and Metronidazole, they were on the meds 10 days. They have received weight-appropriate dosages of Drontal twice; they had tapeworms and because they had diarrhea the vet recommended treating twice as the dewormer potentially was not in their systems long enough to be completely effective. Can you tell me what an "inpouch tritrichomonsis" test is? Google is not returning any results. A fecal and exam follow up seems appropriate to me once we see if making their food consistent helps. How long should we wait? Lynette =^..^= "The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be measured by the way in which its animals are treated." --Mahatma Gandhi, 1869-1948
