Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-12 Thread Lernermichelle
Lance, What you are describing sounds like what Lucy has sometimes. It usually means there is a problem in the colon or lower intestines, like colitis. Bowels start normal and end loose. If there is every any red blood on the outside, that is another sign. I would not worry

Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-11 Thread Marylyn
- Original Message - From: Lance [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2007 8:23 PM Subject: Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts? Thank you Nina, Phaewryn, Marylyn, and Michelle. I appreciate the information. I don't know, but I may have

Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-09 Thread Lance
For the last two and a half weeks, I've been fighting intermittent diarrhea (and possibly constipation) with Ember. I haven't resorted to any medicines like Flagyl or Centrine. I'm trying to treat as lightly as possible. I introduced pumpkin into her diet a few days ago, and it really

Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-09 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sounds like maybe you scaled back the pumpkin too much to me, go back to the amount you were feeding on the good days. Phaewryn http://ucat.us The easy way out has a bad reputation. Why would anyone take the hard way out? The door? No thanks, that would be the easy way out. I'm jumping out the

Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-09 Thread Nina
Hi Honey, From your notes, it doesn't sound like anything to be alarmed about. She is having bowel movements, even if they aren't every day. If she were constipated and still eliminating it would more likely be liquid, (sort of edging around the blockage). And you thought you were graphic

Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-09 Thread Lernermichelle
I would do a course of flagyl at this point. I have never had a cat react badly to it. For regular diarrhea, it always has cleared it up. For IBD, which Lucy has and Ember might have, it works really well as an anti-inflammatory. Michelle In a message dated 1/9/2007 6:05:30 P.M.

Re: Ember's troubles - your thoughts?

2007-01-09 Thread Marylyn
] To: Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Tuesday, January 09, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: Ember's troubles - your thoughts? For the last two and a half weeks, I've been fighting intermittent diarrhea (and possibly constipation) with Ember. I haven't resorted to any medicines like Flagyl or Centrine