poopy cat

[Hellojosie]

We actually did just put a box downstairs yesterday in the vicinty of where he's going, but unfortunately, he still went in front of the TV this morning. I just don't know what else to do at this point. He won't eat the plain yogurt anymore, and the Kaeopectate doesn't seem to be working at all either. I guess I'll be calling the vet tomorrow and see what other medication we can try...I really just want to get to the root of this problem!! I'm trying to be patient though...I know it can take a lot of time. Just seems like we've tried everything we can think of and nothing is working!

[QueenScoopalot]

It sounds to me as though you may be better off seeing a new vet! Often coccidea can't be seen in the fecal float test, and it sounds worth a try putting Stewie on a course of Albon & Metronidazole (aka flagyl) to hopefully get rid of coccidea, or giardia if that's what he could have. Also Kaeopectate (I'm pretty sure) has been reformulated, and is now dangerous to give cats. Another possibility is Stewie is allergic to some ingredient in the food...but this often causes itching.

[Hellojosie]

Well, the vet did have Stewie on Albon along with an anti-diarrhea medication a couple weeks ago with no results, and the 4th pill she prescribed was Metronidazole. He just took his last pill yesterday, and we are still having problems as of this morning. Thanks for the tip about the Kaeopectate...it wasn't helping anyway but now for sure I won't give him any more!

I started thinking a bit about his pattern of diarrhea...it seems to me like he always goes downstairs to do his messy business first thing in the morning (after we've been sleeping for 6-8 hours and not paying attention to him), and often when we come home from work there's another mess. Is there any sort of chance that this may have something to do with stress? Could he have separation anxiety or something? We do have another cat but he tends to keep to himself a bit more...Stewie always follows us around EVERYWHERE when we're home. Is stress-related diarrhea possible?? Something to ask the vet about tomorrow when I call for the next round of medication, I guess...

[ratchet22]

We have a 1 1/2 year old male cat, Stewie. We've been having problems with him having diarrhea on an off for about 6 months or so. The last time it happened we took him to our vet,

here you state it was on and off.............what do you mean by this?

Also now you state he is a mess and has it again, is it worse?

Go back before the vet, meds and food, what some vets do as far as Im concerned is make things worse.NOT ALL VETS..... Stop changing things so fast, cats systems cant take it, you will make it worse. Go back to the begining where it was on and off and start over, obviously the meds didnt Do it, and not all fecals show the problem. What color WAS his stool at the time you were having the problem? What waS he eating, does he get people food, is he declawed?

Please help answer a few questions and relize once a cat has diarrhea this bad, it can take time to get it back settled, so be paitent. Is he thin? Does he eat well? Does he still play and active....

Let us know

carrie

[Hellojosie]

Well, the last time we had taken Stewie to the vet for diarrhea was back in June, and he also had a slight virus at this time- was acting tired and lethargic, and just not like himself. He was treated with Endosorb for the diarrhea, given a pencillin shot and was also put on antibiotics. Within a couple days he was fine again.

By "diarrhea on and off" I mean we had a few incidents during this time frame (maybe a couple times a month) where we'd find that he'd had diarrhea downstairs. I had not been noticing anything out of the ordinary when I scooped the litter boxes. In thinking back, I know for sure that we didn't make any changes to his diet or litter or anything else, and he's been completely happy and healthy otherwise- he's not super skinny, he's eating, drinking, playing with us and running around like normal with our other cat, Ollie (who has had no symptons of diarrhea at all).

The reason I say he's worse now is because the diarrhea is a DAILY occurence. We finally put a litter box downstairs, and he actually used it for the first time this morning (instead of going in front of the tv as he usually does). No mess to clean up today, hooray! But, the problem is still there. The poo is a caramel-y color, about the consistency of pudding. It usually has virtually no shape at all, but it's not completely liquid either.

I am still working on getting him switched over from his Whiskas food to Nutro- although it seems like he's been eating more of the Nutro out of the dish anyway. It has been almost a week since I made that switch. The only other thing I've changed recently is cutting out his wet food completely and giving him tiny pieces of chicken breast mixed in with rice instead. He does not get any people food other than the chicken & rice, and he doesn't go through the trash or anything- I also make sure to never leave any dishes in the sink with food on them.

I was planning on calling the vet today to get her thoughts, even though she really hasn't been very helpful. She may put him back on the Metronizadole, or she said she had a few other medications she could try. I hate putting him on drugs that don't seem to be working at all, but what else can I do at this point??

[ratchet22]

[QUOTE= The poo is a caramel-y color, about the consistency of pudding. It usually has virtually no shape at all, but it's not completely liquid either. [/QUOTE]





Is there a bad smell to this Pudding carmel poop?

[Hellojosie]

Oh heck yeah...we can always smell it right away as soon as we hit the staircase, and the poo is all the way across the room. My gag reflexes are in full force when cleaning it up too.