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!
