Sunny's Doing Well & Pearl's Now Doing Much Better!!!:Latest SKY Update 6-17-09

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear you've been having so many troubles. I'm glad things are starting to look up, I hope they will continue to get better.

Thanks Amy. So far so good. Sky's stools looked a lot better and Pearl's continue to look good too. I just never knew that diarrhea would be so hard to treat and get under control since it's not an IBD problem. Thanks again everyone for putting up with all of my constant problems and updates.

[cassiesmom]

I just wanted to let everyone know that Pearl is finally doing much better. Sky was also starting to have mushy runny stools and he had been on the same antibiotics that Pearl had been on. I also started him on the Forti Flora and so far so good. I just wish that my vet had thought of this a long time ago. I'm going to continue it for a while and hopefully they'll both continue to do well without it but if not then I'll just continue to give it to them. Thanks again for all of the prayers and concerns.

Yea, this is good news! Keep it up, KAK Kitties!

[allmycats]

I'm sorry to hear you are still having trouble with the kitties. hope they are well soon. keep posting updates.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I'm sorry to hear you are still having trouble with the kitties. hope they are well soon. keep posting updates.

Thanks. As far as the stools go, they're looking good these days. Sky threw up a lot this morning after I gave him the Fortiflora. I've decided to stop giving this to him because his tummy is very sensitive any way and this must be causing him more problems. I'll continue to give it to Pearl for a few more days and then I'll stop and hope that both of them will continue to do well. Thanks again everyone.

[allmycats]

how are they now? I saw your post on the 18th, have you posted since then?

[krazyaboutkatz]

how are they now? I saw your post on the 18th, have you posted since then?

Thanks for asking. Pearl's doing great but I haven't actually seen her poop in the box for quite a while now. Sky's poops are still a little on the mushy side and sometimes have a little blood in them. I hope that in time they'll improve. My vet said to just wait and see what happens since he didn't do well on the Fortiflora. Sky eats well and acts normally so I'm not too worried about him. Thanks again everyone.

[kittykatharine]

I hope that Sky and Pearl are continuing to improve. I know it is never easy nor fun to work with kitties who have diarhea issues. By the way, do you have any pics of Pearl you could post? She reminds me alot of my sweet Hercules.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope that Sky and Pearl are continuing to improve. I know it is never easy nor fun to work with kitties who have diarhea issues. By the way, do you have any pics of Pearl you could post? She reminds me alot of my sweet Hercules.

Thanks. Yes, I have a lot of them but none of them are very recent. I'll have to post them later because I need to go to work. If you look in the cat breeds section and go to the thread about "Possible Lynx Point Siamese" then you'll see some pictures of her there along with many other gorgeous meezers.

[allmycats]

I hope they continue to improve. please keep us posted.

[krazyaboutkatz]

I hope they continue to improve. please keep us posted.

Thanks. Pearl's doing just fine and I've seen her making some nice firm stools in the litter box. Sky is still making mushy stools with some blood in them. He has his annual vet exam on June 14th so I'll most likely be bringing in a stool sample that day too. Ziggy will also be going in with him for her annual exam as well. I just hope that everything goes well.

[allmycats]

how is Pearl, and Sunny doing now?

[krazyaboutkatz]

how is Pearl, and Sunny doing now?

Thanks for asking. Pearl seems to be doing fine now but Sky is still having diarrhea and sometimes it'll have blood in it. I took both Sky and Ziggy in for their annual exams on Sun. but I wasn't able to bring in a stool sample from Sky until this morning. I never saw him going until very late last night and then this morning.

My vet wants to do the same test on Sky's stool that she had done on Pearl. I think it takes about 1 week because it has to be sent out and it's a very thorough test and also very expensive. She thinks that my herd, that's what she calls my 6 cats, is carrying the same parasite that Pearl had. She said it's very hard to get rid of and usually purebred cats have this but all of my cats are mixed breeds. She'll be on vacation in about 1 week so I don't know if I'll have to wait until she gets back for results or not. She usually e-mails the results. I just want everyone to be happy and healthy.

Sky only weighs a little over 12lbs now and he's lost some weight since last year. Ziggy is a little over 14lbs. There's nothing little about my baby girl. Other than Sky's current problem they both checked out fine.

[allmycats]

prayers for your sweet Sky and Ziggy to get well soon!

[krazyaboutkatz]

prayers for your sweet Sky and Ziggy to get well soon!

Thanks. Ziggy is fine.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Sky's stool test came back normal which is great news. My vet didn't even charge me the $150 for the test. I spent more than enough today on Ziggy's bill.

Now I'm to give Sky 5mg of pred once a day for the next 4 days to see if this will help firm up his stools. Then I need to e-mail my vet to let her know if it's helping him or not. If not then I don't know what we'll do next. The Fortiflora helped Pearl but it made Sky sick so I can't use this on Sky. I just want him to get back to normal again.