RE: Autumn and 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 and keep her electrolytes going. Good luck. Caroline > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org> Subject: Re: Autumn and Diarrhea> Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 14:23:14 -0600> > 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, of course.> After the short break, I would increase portions until normal over a few> days. If you don't want to > give her time off of food, then you might at least take her off the hard> food for the time being, > and then slowly reintroduce it over a week or so. You might also try> giving her some pumpkin. > I think a teaspoon of pumpkin mixed in with wet food is what I did for> Ember when she had> bad diarrhea.> > Keep in mind that this is what *I* would do. Your vet may have a better> idea of what's> best for little Autumn. I hope she starts feeling better soon. > > Lance> > > On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:37:47 -0600, "Susan Ang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:> > Hey All,> > > > Autumn is doing really well overall. She's been feeling so good in> > fact> > that she's been trying to steal human food. She's tried to do this as> > long> > as we've had her. The only difference is that she's now bigger and> > sneakier.> > On Friday night she got into a plate and ate some pizza crust 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 out of> > people> > food, but if you turn your back for a second she gets into your plate.> > Should I get her in to see a vet ASAP or just wait and see? I understand> > that sometimes people food upsets their stomachs. I have a soft food for> > cats with intestinal troubles. Should I take away her hard food and give> > her> > the I/D formula? She's also had terrible kitty gas.> > > > Thanks,> > ~Susan A> -- > Lance Linimon> [EMAIL PROTECTED]> > _ Help yourself to FREE treats served up daily at the Messenger Café. Stop by today. http://www.cafemessenger.com/info/info_sweetstuff2.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_OctWLtagline
RE: Autumn and Diarrhea
OH MY GOD! This is such a similar experience to what my beloved, and late, Monkee did, I just had to reply! He too got into a homemade cooling loaf of banana nut bread I had left out on the stove top (which he knew he wasn't allowed on)!! I had put a paper towel over top of it and he totally raided it! When I found it, he had shredded the paper towel and there were kitty nail marks and teeth marks all on the bread! It was so funny! Also, about the same time, I had left a soy cheese pizza out on the counter, cooling, with a paper towel on top and he raided that too! He shredded everything again, but the funniest part was that his white muzzle got stained orange from the pizza sauce (from him sticking his face in it no doubt)! He tried to act like he didn't do anything wrong, but the evidence was all over his face! I was mad at him, but it was so funny and he looked too cute that I took pictures of his orange face with my camera phone and sent them to everyone with the title "Pizza-faced Monkee!" He was the best and I miss him soso entertaining. Cherish these moments, even if they are semi-annoying! I did talk to my vet about Monkee's food raiding when it happened because he had never done it to that extent before. At the time, we were trying to get him to lose some weight so he was on S/D light dry only. The vet recc'd adding wet food as the "new" theory was that cats "feel" like they have eaten more if they get some wet food. Now, this is in contrast to a previous "theory" that cats get "filled up" more on a primarily dry food diet. I'm sure this could be debated on end and different vets will be on a current, different theory at any given time, so, you have to take it with a grain of salt and just try different things and use 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 and you can pin-point the cause (human food raiding), it's good to give their gut a rest and hold off on the dry food. If you have I/D, I would personally feed that to get her through the hump. Also, with the caveat that I AM NOT A VET and you certainly don't need to follow my advice, but when I had kittens with diarrhea that wasn't caused by a known source, to help calm their systems down, the vet said to give them Liquid Imodium- which I did and they were fine. I can't remember the dose though. But it's not a full cc- when in doubt, I always go with 1 cc per pound of body weight, or maybe even less than that. In situations like this, you can always put a call into your vet and ask what they think about the food-raiding behavior and/or if you can give Imodium/how much, etc. I hope this helps, Caroline Date: Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:37:47 -0600From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Autumn and DiarrheaHey All, Autumn is doing really well overall. She's been feeling so good in fact that she's been trying to steal human food. She's tried to do this as long as we've had her. The only difference is that she's now bigger and sneakier. On Friday night she got into a plate and ate some pizza crust 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 out of people food, but if you turn your back for a second she gets into your plate. Should I get her in to see a vet ASAP or just wait and see? I understand that sometimes people food upsets their stomachs. I have a soft food for cats with intestinal troubles. Should I take away her hard food and give her the I/D formula? She's also had terrible kitty gas. Thanks,~Susan A _ Boo! Scare away worms, viruses and so much more! Try Windows Live OneCare! http://onecare.live.com/standard/en-us/purchase/trial.aspx?s_cid=wl_hotmailnews
Re: Autumn and Diarrhea
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, of course. After the short break, I would increase portions until normal over a few days. If you don't want to give her time off of food, then you might at least take her off the hard food for the time being, and then slowly reintroduce it over a week or so. You might also try giving her some pumpkin. I think a teaspoon of pumpkin mixed in with wet food is what I did for Ember when she had bad diarrhea. Keep in mind that this is what *I* would do. Your vet may have a better idea of what's best for little Autumn. I hope she starts feeling better soon. Lance On Mon, 5 Nov 2007 13:37:47 -0600, "Susan Ang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Hey All, > >Autumn is doing really well overall. She's been feeling so good in >fact > that she's been trying to steal human food. She's tried to do this as > long > as we've had her. The only difference is that she's now bigger and > sneakier. > On Friday night she got into a plate and ate some pizza crust 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 out of > people > food, but if you turn your back for a second she gets into your plate. > Should I get her in to see a vet ASAP or just wait and see? I understand > that sometimes people food upsets their stomachs. I have a soft food for > cats with intestinal troubles. Should I take away her hard food and give > her > the I/D formula? She's also had terrible kitty gas. > > Thanks, > ~Susan A -- Lance Linimon [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Autumn and Diarrhea
Hey All, Autumn is doing really well overall. She's been feeling so good in fact that she's been trying to steal human food. She's tried to do this as long as we've had her. The only difference is that she's now bigger and sneakier. On Friday night she got into a plate and ate some pizza crust 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 out of people food, but if you turn your back for a second she gets into your plate. Should I get her in to see a vet ASAP or just wait and see? I understand that sometimes people food upsets their stomachs. I have a soft food for cats with intestinal troubles. Should I take away her hard food and give her the I/D formula? She's also had terrible kitty gas. Thanks, ~Susan A
