Starr's A Very Sick Little Boy

[krazyaboutkatz]

I know you all must be getting very tired of hearing this but when I was cleaning out the litterboxes this evening, I found more very mushy poops as flat as pancakes. I know that they're from Starr. Since I wasn't the one to pick the meds for him, I wasn't even sure what the panacur liquid was for so I looked it up on the internet. It's a dewormer. I bet that this is what's causing this. At least I hope this is all it is. I also looked up more info about the fortiflora and it sounds like a very good product for a cat like Starr. I'm not giving up just yet but I hope that he'll continue to poop in the boxes.

[Medusa]

This is what my Puddy was experiencing a couple of weeks ago and she had a terrible time passing those "pancakes", as you put it. Dr. Lee said that when he performed her surgery, her colon was filled w/hardened feces and he pressed most of it out. But she still had more to pass, obviously, and that's what was causing her so much discomfort. And it stuck to the fur on her hindquarters like glue. I tried soapy water to no avail and I ended up having to cut it out. Maybe that's what has Starr in so much discomfort.

Blessings,
Mary

[jazzcat]

Oh no, I'm sorry to hear he is still having pancake poos.

I'm in the same boat with you. Rumor has been having it for at least a week and half and this morning when I cleaned the boxes it seemed the majority of the poos there were mushy. Rumor has been on metro...(whatever it's called) since Tuesday night plus I've been giving her Lax'Aire as the vet prescribed but all I notice is she is feeling a little better and acting more like herself and the blood and mucus in her poos are gone yet it is still pancake like. The vet found nothing in her fecal exam and thought it may just be hairball related but it's not looking that way.

Remember when Moxie and Decker had diarrhea so badly a couple months ago? Well they were given two rounds of Albon with a round of Panacur in between (plus a few days of yogurt only diet followed by boiled chicken and rice only for a week) before they got better. Because of all it took to get them over it and nothing showed in the fecal exams my vet was never certain was the cause was. I'm afraid I'm dealing with that again with Rumor. Do you think Starr is having the same thing? Wonder if there is some new hard to find kitty intestinal problem going around?

[jenluckenbach]

Tracey, I am so behind on all the threads.... Have you been able to try using the Metamucil in Starr's food to help firm up the poop??

[krazyaboutkatz]

Tracey, I am so behind on all the threads.... Have you been able to try using the Metamucil in Starr's food to help firm up the poop??

No, I haven't tried this yet. Starr's been on so many different things that I don't want bombard his system. Right now I'm putting the fortiflora in his food so I'll try this for a while but I'll keep the metamucil in mind for later on if nothing else works. How much would I give him?

This morning I didn't find any pancakes so it's been a good morning.