Originally posted by catnapper
I feel like I'm in a Masters program for cat rescue. This class is "Diarreah 304" and the test is a doozy.
I passed Diarrhea 304 with flying colors and now am onto Diarrhea 401 - the advanced class.
Cracker Jack was taking something called Probiacin. It comes in a tube that looks like a hypodermic needle. You dial in the 1 once dosage then push the plunger and just the prescribed amount comes out. This is the probably similar to your gel stuff and the Acidophilus. It puts the good bacteria back in in the intestines.
CJ was getting this for months because the vet said sometimes it really takes awhile for the "balance" to equal out again after an upset. I finally determined this wasn't working with CJ as his poop was the same whether I was giving it to him or not, so he has now graduated to Prednisolone. The vet said if he responds to this, that means he is allergic to something - whether it is food related or environmental - and then we can do allergy testing and either get him the right food or eliminate whatever it is in the environment. There was a suspicious First Class A-One poop on the floor this morning, so I'm thinking it's starting to work (maybe, hopefully). I don't know about giving kittens Pred. but you probably need to give the current meds time to work. Switching all the time just produces more confusion in the intestines and doesn't help anything.
One thing might be to isolate the poopers so in the event that it is something bacterial, they don't keep re-infecting each other.
Poor little girls and poor you! I know exactly what you're going through and according to my vet, CJ's diarrhea is hurting me more than it's hurting him. He is completely healthy - even gained 1/2 pound since his last visit - plays, eats and drinks like normal. He said some cats are just like this and I'm more worried about it than I should be. But then again, CJ is a full grown cat and not a kitten who can get dehyrdated much more quickly.
Anyway, didn't mean to write a novel, but I feel your pain and just wanted to share what I hope is finally working with CJ.
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