Lance,
I hope this message finds Ember feeling better. Sometimes cats just get
diarrhea from something they ate and it takes a while to get their system back
on track.
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Lance [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi everyone,
Last Saturday night, I came home to find a very large, very odorous,
Hi everyone,
Last Saturday night, I came home to find a very large, very odorous,
completely unformed
poop in the box. Other than having soiled pants, Ember seemed fine. I
held back food
for about twelve hours, and then gave her a normal can but a small
amount of dry food.
She had another,
Agreed - I'd use Flagyl and feed some high fiber food. Fecal tests
often don't show anything. If Flagyl doesn't work, I then try Albon
(for coccidia - see http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?
cls=1cat=1359articleid=726).
On one FELV diarrhea cat I used a diet change and it worked
Lucy responded to prednisone, and gets worse with processed foods, so we
concluded ibd without further testing, which I did not want to put her through.
I would actually try flagyl (metronidazole) before centrine. Lucy has been
on a low dose of it for almost 2 months now and has been way
a lot of things can cause loose stool, but hair balls are probably not one
of them. they tend to cause constipation.
are you sure she has hair balls? cats with ibd (inflammatory bowel disease),
which my Lucy has, can vomit in a way that looks like they are hacking up
hair balls, and can
a lot of things can cause loose stool, but hair balls are probably
not one of them. they tend to cause constipation.
I've only found a few references to diarrhea accompanying hairballs,
but one of the places was the Anitra Frazier book. I would think she
would be over it by now, if it
Maybe an electrolyte imbalance of some kind? Just a thought, I really don't
know. My
first thought was stress, but if you are sure it's not stress, I don't know.
Phaewryn
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Last week, Ember went to the vet for a check-up. She's doing well,
has gained weight, and her CBC looked good. About two days after the
visit, she threw up a large hairball. Not long after, she had a
really runny bowel movement, and then a very bizarre, watery stool. I
took her off food
I have been fostering a FELV pos. cat for over 6 months and she has chronic
diarrhea multiple times a day. She has been tested numerous times for
parasites and been dewormed. Our vet feels it may be lymphoma. If it is, how
long do
these cats live? Otherwise she is doing fairly well for a
Any suggestions? Yeah -- metronidazole (Flagyl). Parasites, such as giardia,
very often do not show up in a fecal. I'm surprised the vet did not mention
this. Many vets will treat with metronidazole on the basis of symptoms, even
when a fecal is negative. I don't think I'd be jumping ahead
] On Behalf Of Susan Hoffman
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:09 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: loose stools
Any suggestions? Yeah -- metronidazole (Flagyl). Parasites, such as
giardia, very often do not show up in a fecal. I'm surprised the vet
did not mention this. Many
It could also just be the food. We had a cat at the shelter with horrible
diarrhea. After tons of money spent on tests (all negative) and meds, switching
his food has solved the problem. If he eats anything else, it comes back.
Beth
Susan Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any
It could also be IBD. There are lots of possible causes for chronic
diarrhea other than cancer. I find that to be a rather bizarre statement.
Fortiflora by Purina Veterinary Diets, which is a probiotic or friendly
bacteria Enterococcus faeciumSF68, has helped one of my cats significantly
with
Yes, I hear higher fiber is good sometimes...but then if they have IBD you
may need a different protein source...like venison or God forbid rabbit.
On 11/27/06, Gussies mom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It could also just be the food. We had a cat at the shelter with horrible
diarrhea. After tons
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: loose stools
Any suggestions? Yeah -- metronidazole (Flagyl). Parasites, such as
giardia, very often do not show up in a fecal. I'm surprised the vet did not
mention this. Many vets will treat with metronidazole on the basis of
symptoms
Of Susan Hoffman
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 3:09 PM
To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Subject: Re: loose stools
Any suggestions? Yeah -- metronidazole (Flagyl). Parasites, such as
giardia, very often do not show up in a fecal. I'm surprised the vet did not
mention this. Many vets
Specifically WHICH parasites did your vet test for? How about Giardia,
Coccidia, and Tritrichomonsis?
Have you done food trials to test for food allergies?
The best treatment for diarrhea is to find the cause and to treat the
cause that involves lots of testing.
Phaewryn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org
Sent: Monday, November 27, 2006 4:00 PM
Subject: loose stools
I have been fostering a FELV pos. cat for over 6 months and she has chronic
diarrhea multiple times a day
Agreed. You have to find the cause. But, because some parasites often do not
show up on a fecal, many vets will assume the parasites are present and treat
accordingly. If a week of metronidazole makes no difference, then it probably
isn't giardia.
Jennifer Phaewryn O'Gwynn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If it is lymphoma, it is small cell, because 5 months is a long time for
large cell going untreated-- cat would not be alive. Even with small cell,
there is usually some lethargy. Is she lethargic?
My positive cat Lucy has IBD. I was very scared it was lymphoma at first,
and have been
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