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Oscar has got a bit of Colitis according to the vet, and the vet thinks that it will be due to worms (and as his Mum had a bad case of worms when they were rescued and they never finished off his worming course at the Cats protection, this does make sense), so we've been giving them panacur for the past couple of days and will be giving their last dose today.

I was just wondering though if there's anything else I can supplement his diet to help? Someone suggested fibrous foods, but the obvious ones aren't in season in the UK at the moment so aren't too easy to find. His diarroah (spelling!) isn't too bad, but I'd like to give him something to make it more comfortable for him until he's better. Any suggestions would be much appreciated.


Also, if it is worms, will we be able to tell? I know that in dogs if they have worms, once they're wormed generally the worms come out in the faeces, but is that the case for kittens/cats? And if so, when can we expect to see that?
 
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Great - thanks a lot for those links, the last was of particular use as it had a list of "To do's". Our vet didn't really tell us much though, just that it should clear up but if it doesn't in a week then to go back to get some antibiotics. I'm a little concerned that he was only put on worming medicine, but fingers crossed that will sort him out.


Still finding it difficult to find high fibre foods for him though to supplement his diet though!
 

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If it is worms the vet should be able to do a test to be sure.
You say the parents both had worms when they were rescued- how long ago was that? Do you have the parents too? The reason I am asking all of this is because a change in diet can bring on diarrhea. Especially if Oscar & his parents were wild- eating who knows what. Then they are captured and fed a totally different diet- make any sense? I'm not sure what kind of food you are feeding them, but if they got little to none nutrition in the wild and now they are eating richer foods, it can bring on some tummy upsets

The worming meds will also make their poo somewhat runny I believe. Until the meds get all the icky worms and what not out of their tummies
 
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The Mum had worms, they were rescued with the Mum and 4 other siblings. That was a long time ago though, at least 3 months but they couldn't be wormed until they were a bit older. They'd been with the Cats Protection for a while. (which is where we got them from)

We only have the 2 boys, the rest of the litter had already been rehomed. We changed their diets quite a bit, but we've settled down now and are just feeding them one food and the one which doesn't have Colitis seems much better.

I think we'll give them until next week, and then if there isn't any improvement by then, we'll take them back to the vets like they said to.

Thanks for the advice.
 

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Originally Posted by Katteh

Great - thanks a lot for those links, the last was of particular use as it had a list of "To do's". Our vet didn't really tell us much though, just that it should clear up but if it doesn't in a week then to go back to get some antibiotics. I'm a little concerned that he was only put on worming medicine, but fingers crossed that will sort him out.


Still finding it difficult to find high fibre foods for him though to supplement his diet though!
In your other thread on this subject psyllium husk powder or human fiber powders were suggested. Have you considered them?
 
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I don't want to give anything too potent, I've had psyllium husks before and I would have thought it would be too much for a little kitten?

The reasoning for another post was because it went off the original topic by the way.
 

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Originally Posted by Katteh

I don't want to give anything too potent, I've had psyllium husks before and I would have thought it would be too much for a little kitten?
Maybe you could ask your vet if it would be OK?

The reasoning for another post was because it went off the original topic by the way.
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