My 13 yo male tabby, Louie, is having some problems. I noticed on Friday 2-3 small spots (1-2 inches) of soft, runny poop around his litter box. The poop was very dark in color (not normal) and I noticed blood in some of them. This continued over the weekend (and still this morning) and I noticed that he hadn't been each much over the past week.
I took him to the vet yesterday and showed the vet some fresh stool samples. One definitely had a lot of red blood and the vet noted that the other sample was dark - but I don't know if he thought there was old blood in that one or not. When they took his temp, the assistant noted his butt was red and she saw blood. She also thought his face smelled of pooh -- like maybe he had been licking himself. They took some blood and urine to be tested and I should hear back on those later today. Vet said that the bleeding was a sign of something irritating his intestinal track. And prescribed some antibiotics and another med for coating the intestine. Louie is strictly an indoor cat and the vet didn't think he had parasites.
Louie doesn't look sickly but I'm pretty sure he's lost weight. I feed him Wellness Core and a little bit of Fancy Feast wet food. I'm going to up the wet food because he did seem to eat that last night. Vet gave me some cans of food to try.
Any suggestions or thoughts on what might be wrong with him?
Thanks!!
I took him to the vet yesterday and showed the vet some fresh stool samples. One definitely had a lot of red blood and the vet noted that the other sample was dark - but I don't know if he thought there was old blood in that one or not. When they took his temp, the assistant noted his butt was red and she saw blood. She also thought his face smelled of pooh -- like maybe he had been licking himself. They took some blood and urine to be tested and I should hear back on those later today. Vet said that the bleeding was a sign of something irritating his intestinal track. And prescribed some antibiotics and another med for coating the intestine. Louie is strictly an indoor cat and the vet didn't think he had parasites.
Louie doesn't look sickly but I'm pretty sure he's lost weight. I feed him Wellness Core and a little bit of Fancy Feast wet food. I'm going to up the wet food because he did seem to eat that last night. Vet gave me some cans of food to try.
Any suggestions or thoughts on what might be wrong with him?
Thanks!!