Sounds like your kitty was trying to help you figure it out Amani
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Oakley
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2018 3:49 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Diarrhea...
Bob
This made me wonder if he has IBD. This causes weight loss and
diarrhea. My 15 year old cat has has this. He was diagnosed with
this 3 years ago and is on prednisolone and B-12 shots.Lorrie
On 02-24, Pam Doore wrote:
> Hi Bob, My friend's cat I mentioned was a shelter cat who was trea
Thank you all for the ideas on treating Diarrhea... A few I recall
reading about when I first got Jerry but several are brand new
Bentonite and Pectin are seemingly benign enough and easily enough
obtainable to add to his regimen Roundworm Larval stages are
CERTAINLY not something
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> Amani, will roundworms aways show up in a fecal?
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No – it depends on the parasite load.
Amani
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Amani, will roundworms aways show up in a fecal
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> Thank you pam,sandy ,ardy and all wh
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Thank you pam,sandy ,ardy and all who weighed. in. on. the “ runs”
I’m leaning toward this being an autoimmune issue and will ask the shelter to
have Tommy back to the vet for a better eval... Original recommendation was to
use an antibiotic more common
Bob,
Bentonite edible white clay and pectin work wonders for diarrhea!
These are natural remedies and the dosage does not have to be exact.
I mix a bit of clay and open a capsule of apple pectin with water and
syringe a 3cc syringe, almost full, into the cats mouth. It does not
taste bad
i HAVE A NEW VET AND SHE IS OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR TREATING ANYTHING WILL
STICK WITH HER FOR LIFE. .
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From: Pam Doore <thyme2s...@gmail.com>
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 08:58:52 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Diarrhea...
Hi Bo
Hi Bob, My friend's cat I mentioned was a shelter cat who was treated by
both of our vets repeatedly and nothing worked. She was fostering and
finally gave up and took him to her own vet who saw everything that had
been tried and had not worked and went and did very expensive blood work
and then
our shelter. He needs company
Hope all is well with your Kitties my two old guys are doing
pretty
well. Tommy had 5 teeth extracted and it gave him a new lease on
life. He's MUCH more active and happy and FATTER Jerry is
still
suffering his chronic diarrhea and we are st
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From: Lance <lini...@fastmail.fm>
To: felvtalk <felvtalk@felineleukemia.org>
Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 9:13 am
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kit has Diarrhea
Hi Nancy,
I used to give Ember plain (not spiced for pies) canned pumpkin when she had
diarrhea. She would eat it on its own out
Hi Nancy,
I used to give Ember plain (not spiced for pies) canned pumpkin when she had
diarrhea. She would eat it on its own out of a bowl, though I think most people
mix it with wet food. Pumpkin is gentle and can firm up things a bit.
Ember periodically had diarrhea, though it was only two
iotics for Pets."
> Can I safely use both?
>
> Nancy & Kit
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> Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 11:34 am
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kit has Diarrhea
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> Could Kit have pumpkin and a probiotic at the same
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Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 11:34 am
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kit has Diarrhea
Could Kit have pumpkin and a probiotic at the same time? Ultimately up to your
vet, but I would think they w
I will Lance. Thank you!
Nancy
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Sent: Wed, Feb 10, 2016 12:23 pm
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Kit has Diarrhea
That makes sense. I had a good working relationship with Ember’
Hello everyone, so far it has been all good news for Kit. Blood work perfect.
About
4 days ago, she developed diarrhea. While she is not running to the litterbox
all
the time, when she does go (maybe twice daily or 3), it is watery. I know FeLV
cats could develop IBD. Could this be it? How
CASEY HAD DIAHREA, WE THOUGHT. ACTUALLY SHE WAS CONSTIPATED AND I WAS FEEDING
SOFT FOODS AND SHE WAS DRINKING A LOT. WHAT CAME OUT LOOKED LIKE DIAHREA.
Kelley moonv...@gmail.com wrote:
I fear giardiasis. We're going to vet tomorrow
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Thanks all for the suggestions. At the shelter he was dewormed, but if the
stool is the same tomorrow I will take a sample to the vet to rule any
parasites out and go from
laurak...@aol.com
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Sent: Wednesday, September 4, 2013 12:51 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] diarrhea
Hi everyone,
I joined the group early in the year when I adopted my sweet felv+ kitten, Dani
(who turned a year on June 1st :) About three months ago I adopted another
persistent herpes flare-ups but got that under control with upping
his lysine to 500mg twice a day and he's been pretty much fine. Yesterday,
though, I found vomit and diarrhea, which I was able to determine to be his. I
noticed he didn't eat yeaterday or today with his usual gusto--it's usually
gone
Laura,
Has he been dewormed? If a stool sample turns up negative, consider trying
FortiFlora. Or maybe that's the pro-biotic you mentioned. My 4 month old
positive kittens recently went through a bout of diarrhea (where no
parasites showed on a fecal float) that cleared up with FortiFlora
:51 PM
Subject: [Felvtalk] diarrhea
Hi everyone,
I joined the group early in the year when I adopted my sweet felv+ kitten,
Dani (who turned a year on June 1st :) About three months ago I adopted
another felv+ kitten around Dani's age, Pugsly (he looks just like a little
pug--upturned
Hi Laura,
I'd involve the Vet. Take a stool sample if you don't want to take Pugsley himself, and let the Vet see the consistency and mucous, and test for parasites.This doesn't sound like what I'd consider "normal" diarrhea. I know that sounds like a contradiction, but common ca
Thanks all for the suggestions. At the shelter he was dewormed, but if the
stool is the same tomorrow I will take a sample to the vet to rule any
parasites out and go from there. Next step will be an actual visit. Hoping it
won't come to that as it stresses him out so much.
Will keep you
Please try some rescue remedy Bach flowers if you have to take him; it might
help ease him.
Best,
Mally
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On Sep 4, 2013, at 18:22, laurak...@aol.com wrote:
Thanks all for the suggestions. At the shelter he was dewormed, but if the
stool is the same tomorrow I will
the actual diarrhea with loperomide, but
that's short term and won't eliminate the cause.
Have they ever lived together? Have they been treated for parasites
even if they don't show up in a fecal? Most worms/parasites only show
intermittantly, so I always try a course of panacur
Please, try a raw diet for these kitties. I had one felv+ with severe
diarrhea...went through all the meds and tests...it is the only reason she
is alive today at 5 years old. Another cat (negative) had bloody diarrhea,
and went through all the meds as well...it was her cure as well. They
don't
...@gmail.com wrote:
Please, try a raw diet for these kitties. I had one felv+ with severe
diarrhea...went through all the meds and tests...it is the only reason she
is alive today at 5 years old. Another cat (negative) had bloody diarrhea,
and went through all the meds as well...it was her cure
Hello,
Have you tried slippery elm?
I have used it for diarrhea and it works well.
Good luck!
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On May 12, 2013, at 14:58, dlg...@windstream.net wrote:
I have tried to switch my pride (6) to a raw diet, they just turn up their
noses and refuse to touch it. Of course, when
This really is not about FeLV+ cats. I have 2 adult kitties with very bad,
long term diarrhea. Both have no fever, no worms and no parasites. They
have both had antibiotics, endosorb, pumpkin, and one has had pro pectilin.
These kitties are not related and didn't live in the same place
Hello everyone,
I'm sorry to bother you all, last night, a few minutes past midnight, Kitty had
diarrhea. She had it again at 4 this morning and again about 15min ago now.
Her feeding schedule has been, she ate her regular canned food with mixed water
at 9pm last night and again this morning
I would suggest some probiotics...sounds like gut flora is off. Your vet
may carry it...it's called Probiocin...comes in a gel/paste form in a
syringe that cats like. Really helps with diarrhea. Also, a complete and
balanced raw food diet will do the trick also. Yogurt really doesn't have
I have successfully used Propectalin to stop diarrhea in cats when there was no
apparent cause (change of diet or some sort of parasite, bacteria). It's a
paste. Comes in a tube and usually costs about $12. You put a 1 strip on your
finger and swipe it into the cat's mouth. Be careful
Hi Maryam,
My FeLV+ girl has had a few bouts of diarrhea, and canned pumpkin (not pie
filling, of course) seemed to help. Ember seemed to enjoy the flavor or texture
of pumpkin, too. She ate it by itself, though I think most people stir it into
other food.
Best wishes for Kitty to feel better
Thank you, I have made her the chicken broth too hours and once it is cooled
ill add a little white rice, pumpkin and feed her that broth.
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On Apr 6, 2013, at 12:30, Lance lini...@fastmail.fm wrote:
Hi Maryam,
My FeLV+ girl has had a few bouts of diarrhea, and canned
Thank you for your good wishes and suggestions. Kitty has not had diarrhea
since 9am, I did not feed her until 4:30 and then only homemade chicken broth ,
with a little white rice and pumpkin.
She has had that three times and since she has peed twice but no bowel
movement. I'm hoping I can
.
Diarrhea goes away almost instantly. I had one who had it severely
also, the raw diet is the only thing that cured her. I believe it
saved
her life. Antibiotics can contribute to the diarrhea as you probably
know. Feed them good food and they'll need no meds! Wish you luck
!
From: dlg...@windstream.net dlg...@windstream.net
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Saturday, December 8, 2012 10:10 AM
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Imodium for kitten diarrhea
MAYBE WE SHOULD ALL GET TOGETHER AND POOL OUR RESOURCES. Then there would
always be someone to take over when one
On 12-06, Tracey Shrout wrote:
Lorrie, glad to know they're better! But, as far as price goes, I can
make it for about $1.30/lb which equates to 45 cents for a 5.5 oz can
of 9 lives...dirt cheap for premium cat food. Anyway, I understand that
with 26 cats it would be pretty hard to
Lucky cats...bless you for taking care of all of them. Needs to be more
people like you!
On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:01 AM, Lorrie felineres...@frontier.com wrote:
On 12-06, Tracey Shrout wrote:
Lorrie, glad to know they're better! But, as far as price goes, I can
make it for about
Have you tried a raw diet for them? It's worked for me on many kitties.
Diarrhea goes away almost instantly. I had one who had it severely also,
the raw diet is the only thing that cured her. I believe it saved her life.
Antibiotics can contribute to the diarrhea as you probably know. Feed them
of peace and quiet
before letting them back with the others.
Tracey Shrout dtshr...@gmail.com wrote:
Have you tried a raw diet for them? It's worked for me on many kitties.
Diarrhea goes away almost instantly. I had one who had it severely also,
the raw diet is the only thing that cured her
A raw diet would be good, but with 26 cats I just can't do it.
Too expensive and too much work for my ancient self!
The kittens are better now with Albon and Kaolin.
Lorrie
On 12-06, Tracey Shrout wrote:
Have you tried a raw diet for them? It's worked for me on many kitties.
Diarrhea
wrote:
Have you tried a raw diet for them? It's worked for me on many
kitties.
Diarrhea goes away almost instantly. I had one who had it severely
also, the raw diet is the only thing that cured her. I believe it
saved
her life. Antibiotics can contribute to the diarrhea as you
I have two rescued kittens approx 4 months old. Both
have diarrhea. I wormed them twice with Pyrantel Pamoate
aka Strongid.
They are also on Albon. They were checked by the vet and
who found no parasites in the stool samples, but the diarrhea
is still there, and very severe
It could still be negative in a few months. Think positive!
t
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Tommy's test was positive.
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From: Lisa Borden
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:26:44
To:
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2 month old kitten with diarrhea
pumpkin and yogurt. that does it around here--the benefits of pumpkin
PLUS the beneficial bacteria..
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 12:26 PM, Lisa Borden
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Thank you for all of your wonderful responses. I can feel the love
and support already! It's so great
Hello. He may need some unflavored pedialyte, too. I give that when mine
have diarrhea.
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Sent: Monday, November 17, 2008 5:01 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2
Good for you. I have mixed positives with negatives for years with no problem.
I think my positive is my healthiest cat right now, in fact. I don't know
about the diarrhea. Have you changed the food at all?
t
Lisa Borden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am so happy to have found this list
a clean litterbox, etc. and I just
let him back out with my other cats. From the couple of posts I have
read, I see I am not the only one. And my vet was so adament about
keeping the baby isolated.
He does have diarrhea, and I was looking at probiotics. Can
something like Fortiflora
to supervise
them,
make sure they don't fight, keep a clean litterbox, etc. and I
just
let him back out with my other cats. From the couple of posts I
have
read, I see I am not the only one. And my vet was so adament about
keeping the baby isolated.
He does have diarrhea, and I
Lisa
It is good that you have a vet who is willing to work with you. I am one of
those on this list who mixed my cats. By the time I knew I had a problem all
my cats had been exposed for months. Since stress management is very
important it would seem wise not to upset the kitten by separating
Borden
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 8:25 AM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2 month old kitten with diarrhea
Thank you so much, Jane. Any and all advice is welcomed. I'm very
new to this, and have been going between feeling hopeful about
things
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 09:13:22 -0500 From: [EMAIL
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month old kitten with diarrhea Lisa It is good that you have a vet who is
willing to work with you. I am one of those on this list who mixed my cats. By
the time I knew I
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2
month old kitten with diarrhea Lisa It is good that you have a
vet who is willing to work with you. I am one of those on this list
who mixed my cats. By the time I knew I had a problem all my cats
had been exposed for months. Since stress management is very
Try Feliway spray to calm him and Rescue Remedy in his water. Believe
it or not, pumpkin (not pie filling but plain canned pumpkin) mixed in
canned kitten/cat food will help with the diarrhea. (Per several vets
and personal experience with Copper and Thomas Cougar-Kitten).
On Nov 14, 2008
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From: Jane Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2 month old kitten with diarrhea
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Date: Friday, November 14, 2008, 6:06 AM
Hi Lisa
Forti-Flora will be fine for a kitten. I used it
successfully with mine.
I am rushing out and will write more
Thank you for all of your wonderful responses. I can feel the love
and support already! It's so great to hear from other people who
are/were in my situation.
I just went to the store and bought some canned pumpkin as a couple
of you suggested. When I came home, he saw me
Tommy's test was positive.
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From: Lisa Borden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:26:44
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] 3 1/2 month old kitten with diarrhea
Thank you for all of your wonderful
isolated.
He does have diarrhea, and I was looking at probiotics. Can
something like Fortiflora harm him if he does have a compromised
immune system? I understand I would be giving him good bacteria to
balance things out. He was negative for worms.
Thank you for any info, and I
occasions of nonspecific diarrhea.
Gloria
On Feb 17, 2008, at 9:12 AM, Lynne wrote:
Laurie, I will call the vet just to see if there is something else
we should be doing. I just had a long talk with BooBoo about the
necessity of fighting his hardest to overcome this problem. He
I'm very sorry, I must have deleted an email about diarrhea and doxycycline.
Is there something I can give to BooBoo to help with this side effect. He's
only had 4 doses of the stuff and it isn't agreeing with him.
Lynne
Could be the different foods, too. Or stress. Or a combination of factors.
The probiotics or yogurt mentioned might help with this.
I recall that Midas the kitten had diarrhea until we got him off all his meds.
I am sorry to hear BooBoo has this to contend with, too.
How many days go you have
Lynne, I would also call your vet and let him or her know about the diarrhea.
I want to reassure you that we thought both Midas and Isabella would not make
it this past year. They are both thriving.
It's hard to see past today's troubles but hope keeps us going.
My best
Laurie
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to put up with.
This seems to be one of those bad days and we'll just deal with it.
Lynne
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From: laurieskatz
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: diarrhea
Lynne, I would also call your vet and let him
Hi Lynne,
When Ember has had diarrhea on occasion, I've cleared it up by pulling
her off of dry food and stirring pumpkin into her soft food. I've
found that she'll eat the pumpkin before it's even stirred into the
food. I don't know if this would help with diarrhea brought
Thanks Lance. I just happen to have some left over from the last pumpkin pie.
Lynne
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From: Lance
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: diarrhea
Hi Lynne,
When Ember has had diarrhea on occasion
Cool. As long as it's just pumpkin and not filling, you're fine. All
the extra spices and other ingredients in filling would probably just
keep the diarrhea going. Also, you might try heating it up in the
microwave for a few seconds (I do 12 for Ember). That sometimes makes
it more
Yep this is the plain stuff with no additives. Its in the microwave deftosting
now.
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From: Lance
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 12:26 PM
Subject: Re: diarrhea
Cool. As long as it's just pumpkin and not filling, you're
with a little
sauce on it. She also ate part of a cooling banana bread loaf on Saturday.
When I set the loaf out she was playing happily in another room - when I
turned around she was munching away~_~ The problem is that she's developed
diarrhea. She has no other symptoms. We try hard to keep her
Hi Susan,
You should talk to your vet's office to see what they think, but I don't
think you need to rush
Autumn in right away. Having dealt with diarrhea with Ember, my first
course of action would
be to rest her from food for a day or two, if possible. Make sure she
has plenty of water
your own judgment/let YOUR cat tell you what's best in the end.
I did start adding S/D wet to try to satiate Monkee more, but I don't know if
it worked because I also stopped leaving things out on the counter so his food
raiding did cease anyway!
I also think that when they are having diarrhea
I think people on this site have also recc'd- for general diarrhea- in the past
to boil a chicken and give them the chicken broth. I have never been able to
try it yet though, as I am a vegetarian, thus, I'm not chicken boiler! But
it's something else to try to keep her satiated, dehydrated
to start making kitty food then.
Melissa
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Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 5:20 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: OT: .for Melissa re diarrhea
Hi. Check out the yahoo IBD group. Great info
and treat accordingly.
It sounds like your vet has a good plan.
Laurie
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From: Melissa Lind
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:08 PM
Subject: RE: OT: sancturaries for special needs
For her diarrhea, the old vet used Metrondiazole
coccidia also has a distinctly 'foul' smell...
Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does the poo smell
(fouler than usual diarrhea)? Is it greenish at all? Is it a
pattie-like consistency, similar to cow patties? Trich is usually greenish cow
pattie
like poo
The three kittens I am fostering, whose mom tested a faint positive
12/24, have ongoing diarrhea.
They have received Albon and Metronidazole but the diarrhea (liquid)
continues.
They are eating Purina One kitten chow, plus quite a mix of what is
available around the house (Science Diet adult
How long have they been on Albon and metronidazole? And how old are they?
Good appetites, playful? Kittens often have diarrhea. I wouldn't be too
worried at this point.
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The three kittens I am fostering, whose mom tested a faint positive
12/24, have ongoing
, January 01, 2007 2:17 PM
Subject: kittens have diarrhea
The three kittens I am fostering, whose mom tested a faint positive
12/24, have ongoing diarrhea.
They have received Albon and Metronidazole but the diarrhea (liquid)
continues.
They are eating Purina One kitten chow, plus quite a mix
FELV doesn't usually cause diarrhea (not in itself, though I believe lymphoma
can,
and FELV does cause lymphoma). However, bad food is the #1 cause. Purina is
crap,
throw it away, feed it to the raccoons, just get rid of it. Feed a high quality
kitten food, like Innova, Wellness, or Chicken Soup
My first impulse is to not suspect felv. It would be highly unusual for
them all, esp at the same time, to display the same symptom, (diarrhea)
as an indication of felv compromising their immune systems. It is much
more likely a product of immature gi's dealing with your smorgasborg
feeding
I got to doing some digging, and came upwith this...
Purina ONE feline growth ingredients:
Chicken, chicken by-product meal, soy flour, corn gluten meal, brewers rice,
beef tallow preserved with mix d-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), corn
meal, fish meal, poultry by-product meal, natural
and Metronidazole, they were
on the meds 10 days.
They have received weight-appropriate dosages of Drontal twice; they
had tapeworms and because they had diarrhea the vet recommended
treating twice as the dewormer potentially was not in their systems
long enough to be completely effective.
Can
I would try just evo, and if it continues, I would ask the vet to try a week
course of metronidazole (flagyl) to clear up whatever is causing it.
Michelle
oops-- sorry, I had not read the original post. I see they are already on
metronidazole. Yes, then I would focus on diet.
Michelle
if diet does not fix it, I would get a fecal test sent out. Some parasites
and other things need specific treatment.
Michelle
Keep in mind that a lot of times giardia does not show up on fecal. How long
have they been on metronidazole? Have they been dewormed, preferably with
Drontal?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: if diet does not fix it, I would get a fecal test
sent out. Some parasites and other things need
That may be the case. I do find it bizarre that all of a sudden I'm getting
so many positives for trich... but then, there wasn't a test before, so that
explains why I just began to find them. Err DUH! If you don't test for it,
you don't KNOW about it. I just am glad it's finally becoming known,
info if your vet needs to know where to get the kits or needs more info)
http://www.fabcats.org/tritrichomonas.html (this is a link that has more abou
t trich)
Now that I read this article, I realize that our rescue group vet
mentioned this in connection with an adult with persisent diarrhea
Try Apple Pectin and/or Metamucil in small amounts. Also try
probiotics/yogurt with active ingredients.
We are using Purina veterinary diets fortiflora mixed into IVD/Royal
Canin limited ingredient wet food at night. I don't know whether to
continue this, with the stop the smorgasboard plan
Keep in mind that a lot of times giardia does not show up on fecal. How long
have they been on metronidazole? Have they been dewormed, preferably with D
rontal?
They were on met for 10 days (off now). They've been dewormed twice
with Drontal.
Lynette
will deal likewise with
their fellow man.
St.
Francis
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Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 5:50 PM
Subject: Re: kittens have diarrhea
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Oh yeah, I completely understand! I don't do raw or homemade myself for JUST
that
reason, too much effort (and money)! It might be ok to just feed him the
chicken and
turkey you are plus a bit of a general supplement, like say Feline Missing
Link, or
Vita-tabs, or anything just as a general
probiotics are good, no matter what you feed, I would continue to add the
probiotics!
I'm currently using the Purina fortiflora packs myself, as my vet sent my cat
home
from the hospital with an opened box, and I think it's a good product, he seems
improved already. Normally I wouldn't buy
How does the poo smell (fouler than usual diarrhea)? Is it greenish at all? Is
it a
pattie-like consistency, similar to cow patties? Trich is usually greenish cow
pattie
like poo with a TERRIBLE smell, very odorific.
Phaewryn
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How does the poo smell (fouler than usual diarrhea)? Is it greenish at all? I
s it a
pattie-like consistency, similar to cow patties? Trich is usually greenish co
w pattie
like poo with a TERRIBLE smell, very odorific.
It's quite odorific. However, it is brown, not green. Just darker than
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