Thanks so much Tracey for all this helpful info. Will look at the site as soon as I get a break from work. I'm picking up more meds tonight, and if that does nothing, then this will be my backup plan. Your story about Abbey is very encouraging--congratulations. She's a lucky little girl that she found you! Kerry
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tracey Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2008 8:25 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kitten chronic loose stool Kerry, I have had a little experience with the loose stools you're talking about. A few months ago I found a kitten (Abbey) who was near death who tested +. She had uncontrollable diarrhea, I mean it was everywhere and she didn't even seem to know it was coming out. Of course she had been starving and eating God knows what. But I fed her only the best food (Wellness canned) to try to get her healthy. She was wormed and was on antibiotics for 10 days initially. Gradually over the first few weeks she got better and better, but she would still 'ooze' frequently outside the litter box, and inside the box it was still extremely loose like babyfood. So I started giving her Fortiflora (recommended by the vet) for 30 days. It did help a little bit, but it was never solid like it should have been. I have 3 other cats, all -'s and I have fed them a homemade raw chicken and bones diet for the last 9 months. I was reluctant to give it to her (Abbey) because I was hoping to find her a home and it would be very unlikely that anyone else would give her that same diet, so I didn't want her system to have to get used to a different diet. Anyway, after about 6 weeks of dealing with the diarrhea, I started feeding her the raw diet. It was amazing! Within a week it was solid as can be, and she is really the picture of health. Another cat I took in a year ago (Missy), a stray starving kitten, also had diarrhea issues, but hers also had blood in it (bright red). Of course I had her stools checked and they never found anything wrong, which is terribly frustrating. You know there has to be something wrong if there is blood in it. My vets could never find anything though. She is the reason I started researching cat foods. I took me a long time to make the decision to make my own food and it also took a while to get them switched over to this new diet, but it was well worth the effort! They are so healthy! Their coats are extremely shiny and softer, their temperaments are better, they are much more active (playing more than they ever did), and my 16 lb 'fat cat' has lost a little weight. I just couldn't believe it could make such a difference. I got my recipe form catinfo.com and catnutrition.com. These are awesome websites, one is even a veterinarian. It is 'complete' if you make it right and use the right ingredients and supplements. It is not that expensive. I make 15 pounds of it at a time and freeze it. Making the food is a bit intimidating at first, but I have it down pat now. I will never feed dryfood again, or use anything but a high quality food. It does makes all the difference. Good luck! Tracey (Indiana) ----- Original Message ----- From: "MacKenzie, Kerry N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 11:56 AM Subject: [Felvtalk] Kitten chronic loose stool > > Hi all, > My FeLV foster kitten, Daisy (about 14 weeks old now) has had soft > stools, and sometimes uncontrollable diarrhea, ever since she was found > in the street at 3 weeks. > When I began fostering her about 5 weeks ago she had been taking meds > for coccidia for several weeks without improvement. I took her to my > vet, who has state of the art everything, including feces-testing > methods, and he found that her coccidia had cleared up (it never > actually goes away) and what she had was (bad) bacterial growth. He put > her on a 3-meds treatment plan that included 5 days Panacure. > She has control now, but her stool is still baby food consistency. > My question is---have any of you ever used an exclusive diet of broiled > or raw chicken to treat a *kitten's* diarrhea/loose stool? > I've used it successfully with my former adult FeLV, Snoball, but I'm > worried about the effects of an incomplete (albeit temporary) diet of > this kind on a kitten. > I'd also welcome hearing of any other successful ways that anyone may > have found in treating kittens' loose stools. > Thanks! > Kerry M. > > ________________________________________________________________________ _____ > > IRS CIRCULAR 230 NOTICE. Any tax advice expressed above by Mayer Brown LLP > was not intended or written to be used, and cannot be used, by any > taxpayer to avoid U.S. federal tax penalties. 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