Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-25 Thread Kelley Saveika
what I heard." But she wanted to know if Yoda tested pos for > giardia (which he didn't and I'm sure he doesn't have- it's a Yoda-specific > problem and if he had had giardia, I'd have it by now!), b/c she wanted to > know what I decided to do b/c the vet

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-25 Thread catatonya
Have you tried kaopectate? Ask Dr. first, but it used to be recommended. Also try white rice made with chicken broth. Try each one at a time so you'll know what works. Pumpkin tends to help as well. Just mix with wet food. tonya Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: .hmmessage

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-25 Thread catatonya
y bed! He really trashed it one time and my mom was like, "I would rather die than sleep in that bed!" And I'm a clean-freak/germaphobe-- that's the irony! caroline - Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:25:06 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten (Questions for Caroline)

2007-12-19 Thread Kelley Saveika
On Dec 19, 2007 6:23 PM, Susan Hoffman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please do not assume IBD. That's basically a default diagnosis when > nothing else makes sense. > > 1. How long was he on metronidazole and at what dosage? > 2. Has your vet considered tritrichomonas foetus and treatment with >

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten (Questions for Caroline)

2007-12-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
27;ve read many times, is that cats with chronic IBD often develop normal poo when fully switched to raw. - Original Message - From: Caroline Kaufmann To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten We

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread C & J
esday, December 19, 2007 3:36 PM Subject: RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten Well, Yoda's favorite thing to do is run across my bed, romp on it and rummage in my pillow! So sometimes there are poopy footprints left on my bed! It's so gross- and I have a multiple junky covers

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
Okay, thanks. We are not desperate yet, but it is definitely affecting my ability to adopt him. He's getting bigger and bigger every day and he's now a juvenile and past that adorable teeny kitten stage that all the people seem to want. And I sometimes hold off taking him to cat adoption bec

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Pat Kachur
Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2007 5:04 PM Subject: Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten Caroline I've been battling diarrhea for months. It began as giardia and we used everything beginning with Panacur on down and nothing has worked. We used a remedy, Thullium met which worked f

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Jane Lyons
Caroline I've been battling diarrhea for months. It began as giardia and we used everything beginning with Panacur on down and nothing has worked. We used a remedy, Thullium met which worked for several months but it is back again and we in the same state that you are. Nina has a cat (Gypsy)

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
m a clean-freak/germaphobe-- that's the irony! caroline - Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2007 13:25:06 -0800 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Metronidazole can in very rare instances cause convulsions. Very rare though. Untreat

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
Well, Yoda's favorite thing to do is run across my bed, romp on it and rummage in my pillow! So sometimes there are poopy footprints left on my bed! It's so gross- and I have a multiple junky covers I use as my top sheet to protect my actual bedsheets from getting the Yoda-prints...but still,

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
4 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten You know - has he been treated for coccidia? A lot of times my vet will treat for coccidia even if nothing shows up on the fecal, because it is so hard to detect. Metronidazole doesn

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
I feel like I'm just not getting enough attention from the agency's vet and that maybe I should just suck it up and pay out of my own pocket to take Yoda to the vet of my choice? At least he's healthy and it's not an emergency situation. I think maybe Monkee's former Holistic vet might be a g

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Caroline Kaufmann
No. I didn't want to give him anything that he didn't need. But I do have access to Albon. Incidentally, one of the other fosters told me on Sat.- when I was complaining about Yoda's on going saga- that some of her cats- or a litter that was recently adopted, not sure which, just tested p

RE: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Chris
talk@felineleukemia.org Subject: Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten You know - has he been treated for coccidia? A lot of times my vet will treat for coccidia even if nothing shows up on the fecal, because it is so hard to detect. Metronidazole doesn't cure coccidia...Albon or there is a new drug

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Kelley Saveika
You know - has he been treated for coccidia? A lot of times my vet will treat for coccidia even if nothing shows up on the fecal, because it is so hard to detect. Metronidazole doesn't cure coccidia...Albon or there is a new drug that does it... On Dec 19, 2007 2:32 PM, Caroline Kaufmann <[EMAIL

Re: OT: diarreah in 6 month old kitten

2007-12-19 Thread Susan Hoffman
Consider tritrichomonas foetus, which is similar to giardia but requires treatment with ronidazole. (Info at http://www.bengalcatclub.com/downloads/HealthDIARRHEA1-06.pdf or via google.) A lot of times, fecal tests show nothing even when something is definitely there. And a lot of t