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I'm researching S. Boulardii for my recently dx'd IBD kitty, Coco, and found this discussion.  Just thought I'd mention this (for kitties who don't want to eat it mixed in their food).  Transfer some into empty capsules (either #3 or #4) and place on top of food with some crushed treat on top...

I'm so sorry for your loss.  We went through it too in 2011.  We got 2 Ragdolls at the same time--they were "half-cousins".  The little girl, Ellie, seemed to poop out quickly after playing, so at age 18 months, I had her tested for anemia and the blood tests strongly suggested dry fip (God, I...

Hi Duncan's mommy.  Thanks.   My male Ragdoll (now age 5) sneezed constantly when we first got him.  When I switched him from a food with grain to grain-free, his sneezing was reduced by 50%.  The rest stopped when I switched his litter to Dr. Elsey's.  I guess I need to re-read the labels on...

LoL, Mrsgreenjeans.  That's how we describe Maggie--a docile 8 lb Ragdoll turns into a 100 lb feral cat when at the vet or when trying to force something on her. We're still managing to get the the pill in her, though it takes a few tries, and a few lost doses which I need to remember to ask...

We had success!  I put the broken tablet pieces into a gelcap and using a Buster (?) pill shooter (with water chaser inside), we were able to dose Maggie.  Whew.  And I get to do it all over again in 10 hours, LoL.  Hopefully we'll get better at it.  Mary convinced me not to try it the vet's way...

Thanks for the pep talk.  Just spoke with the vet office--they suggested dissolving her ¼ tab into tuna or clam juice and syringing it into her mouth.  They said the flavored liquid it could be compounded into probably wouldn't be any more palatable, and I'd still have to do it this way.  I'll...

Thanks, MomofMaxwell.  I've had a response on the FLUTD board and someone there who just lost her kitty told me she'd used the drug on that kitty and it made her thyroid crash--maybe it's her.  What won't vets tell me?   I don't know if I can get this med in Maggie anyway.  I wasted 2 of them...

Okay, spoke to the vet and have a bit more information.  It's not "MRSA", it's "MRSPi" (methicillin resistant staph. pseudintermedius) which means better news for the humans in the house!  The ABX that's indicated for it is called Trimethoprim sulfa-something (TMS), or Tribrissen trade name...

Thanks for the replies and letting me "vent".  Yes, I know kitties are good at picking up our stress....unfortunately.   The urine was cultured and shown to be methicillin resistant staph (however you spell it) intermedius, or something like that.  I still haven't heard back from the vet, so I...

Maggie is 3.5 yrs old.  She was born with only 1 kidney (learned this during her spay).   Her first problem seemed to be "soft stool" which caused a messy bum, and since she's not a butt-licker, I was always trying to clean her up, and sometimes we'd have a potty-patch shaved or we'd keep her...