kelley, remind me on giardia--is that one that isn't easy to find (ie, isn't in every sample?) i know that's the case with coccidia...... so far (keeping lots and lots of paws crossed), i've never had giardia, so i don't know it's smell, but once you've had coccidia in your house, you never forget it..... you know on csi and similar programs, they can tell the illness/problem just from the smell? coccidia is like that..... tri-trich has a different aroma all its own.
i On 9/28/07, Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I think they are June babies, but don't know the dates for sure because I > don't have their records with me and I don't think they are from the same > litter. They all weigh over 2 lbs now. Yoda shot up from 2.4 at Labor > Day when I took him in to 3.6 last Saturday when I weighed him. The two > grey ones are smaller, but I need to reweigh them because adoption day was > so crazy last Sat., I didn't get a chance to write down their weights. I > ended up with one long haired grey one because it wouldn't gain weight and > couldn't get fixed yet because it didn't weigh 2 lbs. The volunteer who had > it before me was syringe feeding it? But when I got it, it immediately ate > crunchies first? So I started mixing wet and dry with that cat and it will > eat both now fine. The cat did not need to be syringe fed. I weighed it > last Saturday and I think it's 2.4 This is my smallest one, but it's > clearly gained weight since I have had it (we think it's a boy, but it's so > hard to tell when they are tiny and have long hair!). It's getting more > longer than fatter so the cat is really funny-looking now because it has > this long, lean skinny mid-section and this big head that looks like it > would tip it over! As opposed to Yoda who gets a fat snake belly everytime > he eats and who has a tiny head! > They are not dripping diarrhea though. As of yesterday, the diarrhea was > a little worse tho in all of them- more watery, less cow pie-like. > We are doing a stool sample today. My mom is off work so she is going to > pick up a Yoda stool sample and take that in. Hopefully, we will have some > answers soon. The smelly poo is driving me crazy! > -Caroline > > ------------------------------ > Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 01:48:07 -0700 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Kitten Update > To: [email protected] > > In my experience though, coccidia gets really bad, really fast. i.e. the > kittens are basically dripping diarrhea....They get it on their rear ends > and back legs and have to be bathed frequently, etc....They don't make it to > the litterbox. That's what has been my experience with coccidia. Kittens > are often born with coccidia as well. When you've dealt with it you can > usually tell from the smell. ugh. > > With soft stools a lot of times it's giardia. I think a fecal is a good > idea, but if the stools are not as I described above, or if nothing shows > up, I don't think I'd add another med. at this time. > > Lots of kittens just have loose stools due to changes in diet, additives, > stress, etc.... Are they still hydrated? losing weight? I had one kitten > we put through the ringer trying to diagnose his loose stools, and we > finally just left him alone and they cleared up. I think it was all the > medicine we were giving him. How old are the kittens again? > > t > > *Kelley Saveika <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: > > On 9/27/07, Caroline Kaufmann wrote: > > My three kittens are status-quo. I started them on a probiotic made by > > Eagle Brand on Tues. evening, so they've had a day and a half of that > and > > we're still having diarrhea/soft stools/cow pies (and stinky!). I don't > > know how long it takes the probiotic to work though? I have talked to > the > > volunteer of the Adoption group- who originally had these kittens and > whom I > > needed to obtain approval from before taking in a stool sample. She said > > she doubts it's coccidia or girardia because she thinks it would have > shown > > up earlier because she had them at her house for a while before I took > them > > in. > > That isn't necessarily true. Coccidia is so very common in kittens, > and I have sent kittens to a "clean" environment (no other cats at all > - they are the only cat) and had them come down with coccidia after > they had been there a month. > > In fact, coccidia is so common that every time I have taken a kitten > in for a fecal, they have prescribed Albon even if the stool sample > doesn't show any (it can be hard to detect). > > You need to get approval?? Before taking a kitten in for a fecal? > > It isn't uncommon for rescuers to have 20 or 30 (or more) cats in > their houses, by the way. They kill close to 70% of the cats that > come in to our local kill shelter. > -- > Rescuties - Saving the world, one cat at a time. > > http://www.rescuties.org > > Vist the Rescuties store and save a kitty life! > > http://astore.amazon.com/rescuties-20 > > Please help George! > > http://rescuties.chipin.com/george > > I GoodSearch for Rescuties. > > Raise money for your favorite charity or school just by searching the > Internet with GoodSearch - www.goodsearch.com - powered by Yahoo! > > > > ------------------------------ > Get news, entertainment and everything you care about at Live.com. Check > it out! <http://www.live.com/getstarted.aspx+> > -- Spay & Neuter Your Neighbors! Maybe That'll Make The Difference.... MaryChristine AIM / YAHOO: TenHouseCats MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 289856892
