Thanks everybody for the insight. I was able to determine this a.m. that indeed, all three are having very stinky, loose, "cow pie" stools- but not exactly super runny diarrhea. It's not the really wet diarrhea that is almost all watery/fluid...Does this description help? And they have it at the regular times (usually after eating), like they did when having regular stools. Eagle Pack makes a "Holistic Soultions" food additive that is probiotics (acidophilius, etc.) for diarrhea and loose stools. I started them all on this last night hoping it will help regulate the gut bacteria, if that is the problem. They probably do need to be dewormed again and I can get that done this week. I haven't taken them to a vet yet since I've had them and I think I have to go through the adoption agency, so I am trying to find out how to work getting fecals analyzed.... -Caroline
Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 22:19:08 -0700From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: OT: Kitten QuestionTo: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org I agree. And not to gross everyone out there's a difference between constant, runny diarrhea (that could cause dehydration and warrant a vet visit) and loose stools when they normally would go anyway. Does that make sense? If they are going all the time and it's watery, check for hydration. If it just happens that when they do go their stool is not firm, I would give it some time. Try the probiotics and pumpkin. tMelissa Lind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Caroline, In my previous post, I mentioned how it took Ashley two weeks to get better after the antibiotics had made it through. We had an appointment at the vet scheduled for 2 weeks after finishing the medicine (to take stool samples), but it turned out that she didn’t need to go in since she was better. If it were me with the high vet bills that I usually have, I’d wait another week since they just finished their antibiotics. But, I’m not a vet or an expert. As long as they are eating and drinking, I think that they’d be okay. But, please don’t chastise me anyone if this is bad advice—just set me straight! Melissa From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Caroline KaufmannSent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:15 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RE: OT: Kitten Question I am not sure about their worming schedule at this point- I took them in from another volunteer/rescuer b/c she was overloaded and they weren't getting proper care, so she has their records. All were given Advantage before they came to me. I'm pretty sure they got a deworming tho, b/c I know they give dewormer to kittens even smaller than these and I doubt the other volunteer would have had them in her house with her other cats w/o first deworming. Plus, I look for worms all the time and have never seen any. Do I need to take them to a vet?Thanks,Caroline > Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 14:05:35 -0500> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: OT: Kitten Question> > It could be coccidia or giardia. Both are very common in kittens.> Coccidia is treated with albon, giardia with flagyl.> > It could be worms, but I'm thinking you wormed them already.> > On 9/25/07, Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > I am down to three foster kittens now as one was integrated to the on-site> > adoption facility (the pet supply store) on Saturday. He was bigger and> > totally healthy and getting to be too much for me because he was the> > instigator and a bad influence on the other ones. He was a B/W little> > Kittler, so it figures!> > Of the three I have now, they seem to be having a touch of diarrhea? And I> > don't know what the cause is? I'm not doing anything different with them.> > They all get fed Wellness Wet Kitten food and Eagle Pack Holistic dry> > kitten. Each gets about a half of the small can of Wellness in the a.m.,> > and the same in the evening. When I leave for work, after they have eaten> > the Wet food, they get the Eagle Dry- kind of free choice because they stay> > in crates when I am not home, so I like to leave them with some food. They> > are all drinking water fine, except for when they tip their waters over, but> > I don't think they go too long before I am able to get home and refill them> > and it doesn't happen every day (I just ordered "coop cups" from Revival, so> > these should solve that problem).> > On their wet food in the am I sprinkle L-Lysine free form powder and> > Brewer's yeast (and have been doing this for weeks now). In the pm, I do> > the same, but add a sprinkled on gel cap of Colostrum- about 290 mgs each.> > I just placed an order for "Just Born with Colostrum" and will be switching> > them to that when I get it.> > I think, but am not for sure, that they are June babies and I don't know if> > they are from the same litter- 2 might be, but I don't know for sure. The> > smallest now weighs 2.8 (and I should not that this is the only one that> > hasn't been fixed yet because it weighed too little, but now with me, it's a> > little eating and growing machine!). The biggest- Yoda- the first one I> > took in that I thought might die (weighed 2.4 lbs and they had him on the> > floor for adoption!?! with a raging URI!), anyway, he now weighs 3.6 lbs and> > I've had him since Labor Day Weekend!!!! He's a growing monster.> >> > So they all have healthy appetites and they are all gaining weight and> > getting noticeably bigger. They run and play like maniacs (they have so> > MUCH energy! My mom tells me to stop pumping them full of vitamins and> > supplements!) when I let them out of their crates twice a day for play-time.> > They are all well now-- it took 2 weeks to 14 days to bust those URI's out> > of them, but I finally did it. I stopped the Amoxicillin well over a week> > ago, so it can't be that causing the diarrhea? But now they seem to be> > having soft stools, if not actual diarrhea. Yoda seems to be having the> > diarrhea more (I can tell with him because he has a crate to himself and the> > other two share one). My first foster cat- which I guess I am keeping (!),> > she's 1 now and no longer a "kitten" but a big, healthy mature cat-- she> > gets the same protocol of supplements, except she gets fed 1/4 can of> > regular adult Wellness in the am and pm and free choice Wellness Dry Core.> > She mingles with the kittens now during "play-time" and she is not having> > any diarrhea.> >> > Does anyone have any thoughts about a possible cause of diarrhea and what I> > can do about it?> >> > I'd appreciate some help! I haven't had kittens since I was 10, so I just> > don't know much about them...> > -Caroline> >> > ________________________________> > Gear up for Halo(r) 3 and get a $25 Best Buy gift card. It's our way of saying> > thanks for using Windows Live™. 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