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Help! My totally indoor 8 year old BabyCat has pretty loose stools and leaves skid marks on my carpet almost every day. He's been to the vet - no worms or impacted anal glands. I used to give him dry Natures Balance Duck and Pea dry food (grain free) but this didn't help. I switched to Royal...

Yesterday we had an AWFUL scare: our 17 year old KittyBear started crying and vomited big time. She lost her coordination - couldn't walk or even stand up - and her eyes were rolling and darting back and forth. We thought she was having a stroke and rushed her to our vet and he said it looked...

I want to make everyone aware to CHECK YOUR KITTY'S NAILS OFTEN. I was going to do a routine clip that I had put off too long. She had an ingrown nail on each of her front paws. One had some blood on it. I took her to the vet right away. One of her dewclaws was ingrown, too. The vet clipped...

I live in FL and we always have some fleas but this time was bad. I have 3 fur babies, ALL TOTALLY INSIDE CATS (2 are 8 yrs. old and 1 that is 17). I had all of them on Advantage II and need to use it every 3 weeks but it really doesn't work real well. My one furbaby was an orphan some...

Oh! I forgot to add that the vet squeezed his anal glands but there was very little there. Ashley

Greetings, to all who posted comments on this subject. I think I finally found the answer to BabyCat's soft stool, sore heiny and his scooting his butt on the carpet after he poops. He had expensive blood work done and was examined for parasites and worms and got a clean bill of health. I...

Wow! I'm learning so much! I just printed all the replies I received and I now have something really strong to work with. I'm so grateful for the information! 128568 Ashley

Thank you! Ashley

You may be right! Although sometimes his whole stool is soft. I'm going to try a different food. They are all on Petsmart's 'Natures Balance grain free dry food.'. For almost a year they were on Royal Canin but that doesn't agree with him, either. Maybe a hypoallergenic canned food with...

Hi! He definitely isn't constipated but I'll give it a try with the canned food. I'm willing to try anything. He has a sensitive tummy, too. Thank you so much for your input! Ashley

All he said was the kitties don't really need a grain-free diet and I should try maybe a hypoallergenic food. He stocks a probiotic powder so I think I'll pick it up Monday. I forgot to mention this.

Hi! What would be a good 'limited ingredient' diet? I would think it would have as few ingredients as possible, right? Maybe something hypoallergenic? I think even Rachel Ray has a product. My vet suggested putting powdered probiotics on everyone's dry food, too. Would this help? Thank you so...

Hi! Baby is a muscular 17 lbs. He's just 'big'. I brought his fresh poop in a baggie so the vet could see it. Anal glands were squeezed but there wasn't much in there. I have literally become the 'queen of poop'! I read online about trying food food made with rabbit, and duck so that's my...

Hi! Thanks for your reply. The vet took a stool sample twice. No worms or parasites or anything - my 3 babies are totally indoors. Blood work was sent out and everything came back fine. Vitamin B12 levels are good. We are stumped! All that's left is Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Now I don't...

I have 3 indoor kitties - all very healthy - but my one 5 year old has a normal poop but it gets very soft at the end. Usually not real diarrhea. Other than that he's a big, healthy boy (17 lbs.) He leaves skid marks all over the carpet and even on my glass coffee table. I'm sure he has a...