Well, I called my previous and original vet for Mishka with my concern. What an amazing guy - I am now definitely going back there even though it will be a far distance to go to see him. Anyhow - he took the time to speak to me on the phone for over a half hour!! He asked me a ton of questions about Mishka and suggested that I try to put him on some Metamucil (!?) for a couple of weeks before we go ahead and do a battery of tests.
That suggestion alone makes me instantly trust this doctor because he is not pushing tests on me straight off the bat - which the other vet did right away which looked like a money grab to me.
So Mishka has been on Metamucil for just over a week and it really seems to have helped. His stool is much better!! And he seems even happier and livelier than before - actually as my mom said "he's got the devil in him". He is bouncing off walls!! He acts kind of like this;
Silly, silly kitty
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