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    Continued diarrhea even after vet visit

    Not always but sometimes cats do get upset stomachs over sudden drastic food changes! The rule of thumb is to mix some of the new food in with their current and over time increase the new and decrease the old so in the end they barley notice! as for your cats recent bout of diarrhea it could...
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    Continued diarrhea even after vet visit

    Slightly off topic but please get her off that meow mix dry food! I'm not a total food ingredient nazi, but the 1st few ingredients in that are corn, corn gluten meal, chicken by products & soybean meal. just BAD! at least get her a dry food that's only slightly more expensive but healthier...
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    worm segments or mucus in poop? (pic is semi graphic)

    Alright so here's a major update. I'm SO super relived. Last night I started doing a bunch of research and realized my cat's issues right now are NOT worms, but a coccidia infection. The photos above I posted aren't worms, but intestinal lining shed, as a result of the coccidia parasite. This...
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    worm segments or mucus in poop? (pic is semi graphic)

    Thanks for the replies! The segments in the photos above are basically what I dug out of his poop and washed off (with a stick and 3 pairs of gloves of course!) TMI I know but I've been obsessed! They appear to be segments of digested adult worms. I only found 1 similar jelly like poop related...
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    worm segments or mucus in poop? (pic is semi graphic)

    Hello all! So my cat was dewormed about a week ago. Ever since then he has low energy and is either staring out the window or sleeping. he's drinking water, but not eating much if at all, and his poop since the deworming has been very jelly / jello like. I'm trying to figure out if these are...
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    Fenbendazole dosage for 20 lb cat?

    Hello all Can someone tell me what the dosage of Fenbendazole would be for a 20 pound cat? It's liquid Fenbendazole, 10% suspension / 100 mg Thank you!
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    Rice like pieces in hairball vomit (worms?) but nothing in feces?

    Thank you for the reply I will definitely take a photo the next time it happens to ask the vet...that makes sense! No idea why I haven't yet.. He was de-wormed when he was adopted 4 years ago or so...supposedly anyway. Looking back the adoption center he came from was a bit sketchy, as...
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    Rice like pieces in hairball vomit (worms?) but nothing in feces?

    Hi all So I have a 5 year old tabby Lately he has been vomiting hairballs / mini hair balls at least once a day and there's what looks like pieces of rice embedded within it. it took a little while to put 2 and 2 together as for a couple weeks we had been feeding him fancy feast medly portions...
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    7 month old adopted cat experieicng side effects from rabies shot / neutering?

     Hello all I just had a few questions about a 7-8 month old cat I adopted a few days ago. I'll be taking him to a local animal clinic later but they can't see him until 7PM EST, so figured posting here in the meantime could *possibly* put my mind at a bit of ease, as I'm a bit worried. Anyway...
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