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My cat Cleo has been dealing with FIC for 8 months now.  It all began when my other cat Athena was dying from chronic kidney failure and then had to be put down.  Athena was her life long baby and clearly she is still having a hard time without her.  Cleo was hospitalized twice for FIC in the...

I have a 9 year old female called name Cleo who has had a rough year.  I had an 8 year old cat who I had to put down in late January due to chronic kidney failure and Cleo has had a very hard time with it all.  She had the stress of watching me trying many things to help my other cat and it was...

I've thought about getting a large tote or adding plexiglass on the sides but it won't work for my resident cat.  Since Maia is great at peeing over Every edge of the litter box i would need to have plexiglass on all sides or a large tote.  My resident cat has arthritis so I don't want to add...

I have a 6 month old kitten and as cute as she is, I have only had problems since getting her and this just happens to be one of them.  She was taken away from her mother at 7 weeks old surrendered to a shelter until I adopted her at 11 weeks old.  To add to her training or lack there of, the...

Thank you everyone.  Maia was tested (the Elisa test) 2 weeks after her meds were finished from round 2 of giardia and it came back clear!  She has remained clear thus far and am very hopeful she will remain that way.  She still has some soft and smelly stools but not with every bowel movement...

Thanks everyone.  It's been about 3 weeks since her last treatment ended and so far so good.  We did a Elisa test 2 weeks after the meds ended and it came back clear with no giardia.  She still has loose bowels at times.  It seems like every couple of stools are lose and they have an door to it...

Thank you both.  I wasn't sure how diet played a role in this so it all make a lot of sense with what you said.  I will definitely look at her diet in hopes that can help mend her sensitive digestive system.     LDG: I saw that link about the use of enzymes to rid giardia as well.  I asked my...

Thanks everyone . When it comes to diet, I am a bit curious how it helps with the giardia?  Does it help her fight it better?   Sarah Ann, my kitten has spent most of that time quarantined and was only allowed out when she was cleared after the first round.  She went back to the quarantine when...

Just to follow up with Catwoman707, the info she found is definitely true.  Having been dealing with 2 rounds of giardia infection and possibly facing a 3rd round  (my kitten showing some symptoms),  I  have done hours of research and I am still face challenges.  My kitten has had 2 rounds of...

Thank you, I checked out the enzyme treatment but from all the questions that he was asked about it, he wouldn't comment on most of them so it worries me that he is willing to tell someone about this method yet won't back it up with anything.  I asked my vet about it but he has never heard of...

Thanks Burkey for looking for me.  That is really nice of you to do.  During Maia's first round of giardia my vet didn't suggest to do anything other than give her the meds which I thought was a bit odd once I went home and read up about how hard giardia can be to rid.  During Maia's second...

Thank you but that is what I did during the first round of infection which is why I stepped it up during the 2nd round.  

She has not be retested since the 2nd time she was positive for giardia.  I was the one who actually requested to still do the 3rd round of meds as a precautionary.  The amount of money and time needed to disinfect and steam clean my entire apartment if it happens to return is just not feasible...

That's what I am afraid of but my vet won't put her on anything else.

I have a 4 1/2 month old kitten from a shelter that I came to learn the hard way that they did not take good care of her.  She was diagnosed with giardia within the first week having her home.  They put her on metronidazole and amoxicillin (they didn't have the giardia results at the beginning...

That is a good idea.  Where do you find it at?  I guess I'm just trying to figure out if I should have my vet do a 3rd round of treatment in hopes it could help for good.  I've read some really great stories that some have not had to deal with it again and I'm just praying that I can be one of...

Well she successfully made it through the first infection of giardia but only to have it return 2 weeks later.  My doc put her on another round of metronidazole for 10 days and panacur for 7 days.  I asked if he will consider doing a 3rd round of meds and he will only do a 3rd round of metro but...

I'm not certain I would be comfortable using that medicine.  I was just reading up about it.  I spoke to my vet and he said he will put her on 2 more weeks of metronidazole but not panacur.  Has anyone tried just metronidazole before for a round of treatment? 

I am having the exact same thing with my 4 1/2 month kitten who I took home from a shelter in February. She just finished meds from round 2 of giarda and it seems my vet has already given up on her and dont want to do a 3rd round of meds like they suggested before. I cannot continue caring for...

Did anyone do the steam cleaning of the carpet?  If so, how often did you do it?