Re: diarrhea
I sometimes use veterinary Kaopectate. It's not what's on the store shelves, cause they've changed the formula and it's not safe for cats. But the old formulation was - and somehow, thru our vet, we got the safe old formulation of Kaopectate. It's worked well for my kitties, for many 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 was purring all the time. I know this sounds silly but it's up to him too as to how much he wants to put up with. This seems to be one of those bad days and we'll just deal with it. Lynne - Original Message - 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 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 - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea Two weeks Laurie. I picked up some yogurt so I'll try offering him some of that. - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea 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 to give the doxy? L - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: diarrhea 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
Re: diarrhea
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 to give the doxy? L - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: diarrhea 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
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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 - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea Two weeks Laurie. I picked up some yogurt so I'll try offering him some of that. - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea 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 to give the doxy? L - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: diarrhea 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
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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 was purring all the time. I know this sounds silly but it's up to him too as to how much he wants to put up with. This seems to be one of those bad days and we'll just deal with it. Lynne - Original Message - 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 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 - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:39 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea Two weeks Laurie. I picked up some yogurt so I'll try offering him some of that. - Original Message - From: laurieskatz To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: Re: diarrhea 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 to give the doxy? L - Original Message - From: Lynne To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 8:00 AM Subject: diarrhea 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
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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 on by antibiotic use, but it's the easiest and most gentle solution to diarrhea, as far as I know. You just want to buy canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Lynne wrote: 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
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Thanks Lance. I just happen to have some left over from the last pumpkin pie. Lynne - Original Message - 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, 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 on by antibiotic use, but it's the easiest and most gentle solution to diarrhea, as far as I know. You just want to buy canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Lynne wrote: 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
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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 interesting. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Lynne wrote: Thanks Lance. I just happen to have some left over from the last pumpkin pie. Lynne - Original Message - 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, 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 on by antibiotic use, but it's the easiest and most gentle solution to diarrhea, as far as I know. You just want to buy canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Lynne wrote: 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
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Yep this is the plain stuff with no additives. Its in the microwave deftosting now. - Original Message - 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 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 interesting. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 11:21 AM, Lynne wrote: Thanks Lance. I just happen to have some left over from the last pumpkin pie. Lynne - Original Message - 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, 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 on by antibiotic use, but it's the easiest and most gentle solution to diarrhea, as far as I know. You just want to buy canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie filling. Lance On Feb 17, 2008, at 8:00 AM, Lynne wrote: 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
RE: OT: .for Melissa re diarrhea
Thanks for the info Laurie! If it turns out to be IBD, I'll be glad to know there's a group to turn to. Yes, making food seems daunting since I have a difficult enough time doing it for me and my husband (not because I don't like to, just busy). The winter is always less hectic, so I plan to start making kitty food then. Melissa _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of laurieskatz 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 there. It's possibly a food allergy. You might try the canned foods suggested at www.catinfo.org if making home made feels overwhelming. Depending on size of stool and frequency, the vet should be able to determine if upper or lower intestine and treat accordingly. It sounds like your vet has a good plan. Laurie - Original Message - From: Melissa Lind mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 and Albon. No parasites were found. The new vet tried new food (Science Diet ID) along with Clavomox. She also dewormed her again just in case. Ashley has gained 2 pounds in the last two weeks since the visit with the new vet, but her poops are the same. Possibly the dewormer helped. I just got off the phone with the vet, and she suggested that we put her back on her regular food that she's used to for 2 weeks. No meds. Then I'll have a stool sample sent to a lab for further testing (once all the meds are out of her system). Then we'll see what could be in her. If that doesn't work, the vet said we might have to do a scope. We'll see. Time will tell. I guess this is really not the time to try to find a home for her. I'm probably the best one to keep her since I know what's going on, what's been done, etc. Maybe I could just find a home for Nonie (healthy) to alleviate the stress. Melissa _ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Hoffman Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: sancturaries for special needs Also, what has been tried? Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a nice list the other day, but can't remember where - will have to look. Never heard of FORLs, what's that? Have you tried any of the recipes in Dr. Pitcairn's book for her? Gloria On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Melissa Lind wrote: Hi All, Just wondering if anyone knew of sanctuaries that will take special needs kitties. My poor Ashley (foster kitty) still has diarrhea, and they suspect she has feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions (FORLs). I want to find a good home for her, but right now I'm not able to find anyone around here who'll take on a special needs kitty. I just want her to get as much attention as she deserves. She's not FeLV (tested twice), and she seems healthy otherwise. I don't mind taking care of her, but we have 5 kitties in the house (2 that need homes), and now we're expecting (me, not any kitties). I'm not sure how we'll all fit into the house down the road. There's constant wrestling and fighting all night long (play fighting), and I just need to alleviate a little stress. I love our two foster babies, but I know we can't handle 5 forever (financially or emotionally) until we have a bigger home and more $! Melissa
Re: OT: .for Melissa re diarrhea
Hi. Check out the yahoo IBD group. Great info there. It's possibly a food allergy. You might try the canned foods suggested at www.catinfo.org if making home made feels overwhelming. Depending on size of stool and frequency, the vet should be able to determine if upper or lower intestine and treat accordingly. It sounds like your vet has a good plan. Laurie - Original Message - 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 and Albon. No parasites were found. The new vet tried new food (Science Diet ID) along with Clavomox. She also dewormed her again just in case. Ashley has gained 2 pounds in the last two weeks since the visit with the new vet, but her poops are the same. Possibly the dewormer helped. I just got off the phone with the vet, and she suggested that we put her back on her regular food that she's used to for 2 weeks. No meds. Then I'll have a stool sample sent to a lab for further testing (once all the meds are out of her system). Then we'll see what could be in her. If that doesn't work, the vet said we might have to do a scope. We'll see. Time will tell. I guess this is really not the time to try to find a home for her. I'm probably the best one to keep her since I know what's going on, what's been done, etc. Maybe I could just find a home for Nonie (healthy) to alleviate the stress. Melissa -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Hoffman Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 12:03 PM To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: sancturaries for special needs Also, what has been tried? Gloria Lane [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I saw a nice list the other day, but can't remember where - will have to look. Never heard of FORLs, what's that? Have you tried any of the recipes in Dr. Pitcairn's book for her? Gloria On Jul 13, 2007, at 8:40 AM, Melissa Lind wrote: Hi All, Just wondering if anyone knew of sanctuaries that will take special needs kitties. My poor Ashley (foster kitty) still has diarrhea, and they suspect she has feline odontoclastic resorptive lesions (FORLs). I want to find a good home for her, but right now I'm not able to find anyone around here who'll take on a special needs kitty. I just want her to get as much attention as she deserves. She's not FeLV (tested twice), and she seems healthy otherwise. I don't mind taking care of her, but we have 5 kitties in the house (2 that need homes), and now we're expecting (me, not any kitties). I'm not sure how we'll all fit into the house down the road. There's constant wrestling and fighting all night long (play fighting), and I just need to alleviate a little stress. I love our two foster babies, but I know we can't handle 5 forever (financially or emotionally) until we have a bigger home and more $! Melissa
