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The asthma started before we brought tuna into the diet, but just as his digestion problems started to clear up. Vet was at a loss but said purebreds like him (in Switzerland at least) tend to have all kinds of problems. Easier to treat symptoms than send him away for a real diagnosis, and the...

Hi! I do have an update on floyd actually. After we stopped giving him wet food (sticking to a mix of dry food, tuna and chicken), he got a bit better. Then he started having coughing fits and the vet said he likely has asthma. The treatment for asthma (shots every 6 weeks plus interferon and...

And also, the vet gave us a 3 month supply of interferon to try out.

Thank you all for your wonderful advice, it's much appreciated! And apologies for disappearing, I wasn't receiving notifications and had no idea I was still getting replies! Quick update on Floyd: I've been keeping him on chicken and rice with digest-friendly dry food, and it seems to have...

Yes he is, most of the time ! Nope, no health guarantee. We though she would be interested to know about the problems but was quite dismissive when we called saying she has never had a problem before. No website or anything for the breeder, I imagine it's not a very professional set up, however...

He tested negative for giardia (I'm not sure about coccidia but they may have tested for that at the same time). He had green poop at one point so the vet really thought this was the problem. We gave him baycox in a syringe, but didn't notice much of an improvement. It didn't help that he hated...

Thanks Denice and StephenQ, I will look into prednisolone! We had him on a few medications before but stopped when we didn't notice an improvement, and because I've never seen a cat put up such a fight to anything. We were away and had a catsitter giving him antibiotics daily at one point, and...

Thanks for your message :) He was dewormed and tested for several types. A few times he did have black tar stool, but for the most part it has been bright red. Maybe part of the reason the vet hasn't really known where to look. For now I have him on boiled chicken and rice, he is drinking...

Hi Stephen, The vet did some sort of imaging (radiography?) to look for blockages or foreign objects. Didn't find anything. The language barrier is a bit of a challenge, but I understood she also didn't think it was cancer or IBD.

Nope, no relation! The other one (Manny) is a mix that was found on the street. We took him at 2 weeks old and other than some worms at the beginning he has been in perfect health. Everyone keeps telling us purebreds around here are known to have lots of issues, but the vet seems stumped on this...

Hi all, I'm getting pretty desperate trying to help my poor 9 month old Bengal. After  many trips to the vet and still no relief or diagnosis, I'm hoping someone on here might have some ideas. Here's the background: We got Floyd from a breeder (in Switzerland) 7 months ago. We took him for...