Thank you Faye, I have had Gypsy on Acidophilous, but it didn't help,
I'll try kefir.
Nina
Faye Lewis wrote:
I have had a time with my cats and tapeworms this year. The fleas
have been controlled by Advantage and the cats were repeatedly
dewormed with Droncit. Eventually, the problem did end. However,
during the 3 months of dealing with this problem, they developed
severe diarrhea. Not IBD (although, I was beginning to suspect it was
involved). I found that kefir really, really helped with the
diarrhea. It might even be helpful with IBD. The only catch is that
some cats don't like it. You can buy kefir at SitNstay.com. 6 of my
9 cats love the stuff and act like it is ice cream. Those were the
cats that would form better stools after eating it. It is a good way
of getting beneficial bacteria into the guts of your cats. The
bacteria in kefir is different from yogurt and some people believe
better.
This might not help you but it is inexpensive since I had such great
results with it, I thought it worth suggesting.
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Hello Everyone,
I've posted before about my "feral turned house cat" Gypsy. We
suspect she has Inflammatory Bowel Disease, (fecal tests showed no
parasites or Giardia). The only vet that she's seen is not my
favorite. He's kind of old school and is pretty annoyed at me for
being so involved in her treatment. Because Gypsy can't be pilled,
or given shots, I have to have something compounded into a liquid to
mix in her food. When I asked my vet which tasted better, Prednisone
or Dexamethasone, he thought Dex might. When I called my compound
pharmacy, they told me to go with the Pred instead. I guess I should
have looked up dosage before I had my vet write the script for Pred,
because Dex is recommended at .22 mg/kg/day initially and Pred at 2.2
mg/kg/day. It seems to me that getting a smaller dose of something
down her might be easier than the larger dose, even if it tastes
worse. I hate having to call the vet back and beg him to change his
script. Do you think I should order the Pred and cross my fingers
that she'll eat it? The poor little thing has been battling chronic
diarrhea for so long, I just want to get her some relief before she
dies from malnutrition.
Thanks,
Nina
