catnapper
07-13-2005, 09:37 AM
As some of you may know, we've been fighting runny poops here for well over a month. First we determined it was coccidia. We all did Albon and still had the runs, so a second dose came around. STILL smelly, yellow, runny poop. Fecals done yesterday said they were clear of all bugs, worms, parasites, etc. UGH! I feel like I'm living in a poop saga! LOL... what else to call it?
The vet called me back this morning and the dr. feels it might be a food sensitivity. If thats the case, then why do my big guys also have the runs? If its a food sensitivity... what the heck am I going to feed them? As it is, they are brats when it comes to eating! They nibble on the adult's food, and refuse the dry kitten food. The only thing they devour is wet food. I cut back on that considerably to see if the wet was making them have diarrhea, and it didn't make any difference. Still, I have to cut back on the wet because A) its expensive, and B) Harry has gotten mucho fatto since feasting daily on it for two months.
COULD it be the Meow Mix I mixed in with their food? The rescue gave it to me to help offset the amount of food I've been feeding the fosters. I mixed it in about a month and half ago to stretch the food I had, and to keep the 20 pound bag from going stale (Minette would have been the only one eating it... it would take her a loooong time to polish off a 20 pound bag! :D) I'd die to see if it was the Meow Mix... maybe my guys DO have sensitive tummies and the Meow Mix isn't good enough for them. But right now its mixed in about 20% Meow Mix, 80% Nutro, so would a 20% mixture make for bad diarrhea?
Did you all follow that? Anyone have any ideas? I'm sooo tired of runny poop. Its litterally EATING my cat litter. I've never gone through so much cat litter in my life.:eek:
The vet called me back this morning and the dr. feels it might be a food sensitivity. If thats the case, then why do my big guys also have the runs? If its a food sensitivity... what the heck am I going to feed them? As it is, they are brats when it comes to eating! They nibble on the adult's food, and refuse the dry kitten food. The only thing they devour is wet food. I cut back on that considerably to see if the wet was making them have diarrhea, and it didn't make any difference. Still, I have to cut back on the wet because A) its expensive, and B) Harry has gotten mucho fatto since feasting daily on it for two months.
COULD it be the Meow Mix I mixed in with their food? The rescue gave it to me to help offset the amount of food I've been feeding the fosters. I mixed it in about a month and half ago to stretch the food I had, and to keep the 20 pound bag from going stale (Minette would have been the only one eating it... it would take her a loooong time to polish off a 20 pound bag! :D) I'd die to see if it was the Meow Mix... maybe my guys DO have sensitive tummies and the Meow Mix isn't good enough for them. But right now its mixed in about 20% Meow Mix, 80% Nutro, so would a 20% mixture make for bad diarrhea?
Did you all follow that? Anyone have any ideas? I'm sooo tired of runny poop. Its litterally EATING my cat litter. I've never gone through so much cat litter in my life.:eek: