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So I've been giving her metro for a week, which didn't do anything. Her diarrhea is more watery now than before (it was just soft, but now it's liquid), so the vet told me to stop and that he will try her on a different antibiotic. Interestingly enough her gas is gone and her stool doesn't smell...

Thanks @Stefanz. Since the diarrhea Is only once per day at her normal poop time I am not super worried about dehydration but I will continue to keep any eye on it. My host family keeps goats, I will look into milking one myself (how many times has that sentence been written here?!).

@catwoman707 how quickly should the metro work if this is giardia/coccidia? I've been doing it for 2 days now and she still has diarrhea...

That's extremely helpful @catwoman707 Unfortunately I am not in South Africa so food selection is quite limited. I will be going into the larger city for a grocery run sometime in the next week (currently waiting to get my living allowance) and I will check to see what is available there. I...

So I just double checked and the antibiotic syrup that he gave me and that I just started her on is metronidazole! He said 1.5 ml a day for seven days. Does that sound right? I don't know if this is the antibiotic he was injecting. He isn't a western trained vet but he has been very helpful. I...

I have not changed her diet. We normally do catmore dry food and purina wet food packets. I've also seen whisksas at the store, but I don't know if that's any better. I occasionally see Bob Martin (or maybe it's Tom Martin) but not that often. There's one fancy food (4 in 1 or something?) that...

Wow all this help is awesome! Keep it coming guys! To answer a few questions: -since the antibiotics fix the diarrhea I don't believe they are making it worse. -she is eating and playing more or less normally -I have been boiling her water since this whole thing started. It's actually winter...

Thank you so much for your kind words. I sometimes forget what it's like to be around cat lovers as the locals here don't really understand the concept of pets ("No, she's like my child, I am not going to eat her! And neither will you!"). I can ask the doctor about imodium if the antibiotic...

I have a 1 year old cat named Rose that I got here in Africa. She's my best buddy and little baby and keeps me company through the very lonely times at my site. I am serving in the peace corps so have very limited food options, but I serve her a mix of wet and dry cat food. She is indoor only...