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Hi everyone,
I'm new here but you all seem so knowledgeable I was hoping to get some advice about my cat, Piper. She's about 6 months old and I got her from a rescue group about a month and a half ago. She's had all her shots, is spayed, and is very energetic and runs like crazy!
Well, about three weeks ago, Piper wakes up and throws up her food. I didn't think much of it as she was still running around and acting normal. A few days after that, I wake up to Piper vomitting once again. More like mucus than cat food this time. I called the vet, and they thought since she was acting normal and eating and drinking just fine that it probably wasn't a big deal. Well, a few days after that, I was up to Piper throwing up. Just mucus again. She then threw up two more times in the next two hours, and then had diarrhea. So off to the vet we went.
The vet did a fecal, and he said that she had some spirochetes. She went on Flagyl for a week and seemed to get better. One week after the vet visit, she's not really being herself and has diarrhea again. It was only once though, and since she was eating and drinking and went back to acting normal, I figured she was fine. Well, Wednesday morning Piper wakes me up throwing up again, then again about a half hour later. When she went to the bathroom and had diarrhea again, we went off to the vet.
The vet (a different one this time) did another fecal and her exact words were, "Piper's feces look like sperm." Apparently she had so many spirochetes that they were everywhere and just wiggling all over the place. The vet told me she wasn't really sure the best approach to treat it. She looked it up in some of their veterinary databases, and I guess the new thinking is that diarrhea causes spirochetes, not spirochetes cause diarrhea as was originally thought.
The two options she gave me was to either try another round of Flagyl for longer, or to try a hypoallergenic diet in case it is something in her food that is bothering her. She reccommended the diet just to see. So now Piper is eating a Venison and Green Pea food from Royal Canin.
She's been fine for the past couple days. She must be fighting off the spirochetes and then they flare up again. I say that because in between her episodes of vomitting and diarrhea, she is completely fine. Eating like normal, drinking like normal, pooping like normal, running around like crazy... and then I wake up and she's throwing up. I didn't know if anyone had an idea about what to do. It didn't really seem like the vet had any experience with a case like this, so I'm hoping maybe one of you has.
Thank you so much for reading all this. She had been eating Science Diet kitten dry food with some Fancy Feast as a treat at night. Now that I've been reading what everyone here has to say, I'm thinking I may just be wasting my money with the Science Diet
So any suggestions??
I'm new here but you all seem so knowledgeable I was hoping to get some advice about my cat, Piper. She's about 6 months old and I got her from a rescue group about a month and a half ago. She's had all her shots, is spayed, and is very energetic and runs like crazy!
Well, about three weeks ago, Piper wakes up and throws up her food. I didn't think much of it as she was still running around and acting normal. A few days after that, I wake up to Piper vomitting once again. More like mucus than cat food this time. I called the vet, and they thought since she was acting normal and eating and drinking just fine that it probably wasn't a big deal. Well, a few days after that, I was up to Piper throwing up. Just mucus again. She then threw up two more times in the next two hours, and then had diarrhea. So off to the vet we went.
The vet did a fecal, and he said that she had some spirochetes. She went on Flagyl for a week and seemed to get better. One week after the vet visit, she's not really being herself and has diarrhea again. It was only once though, and since she was eating and drinking and went back to acting normal, I figured she was fine. Well, Wednesday morning Piper wakes me up throwing up again, then again about a half hour later. When she went to the bathroom and had diarrhea again, we went off to the vet.
The vet (a different one this time) did another fecal and her exact words were, "Piper's feces look like sperm." Apparently she had so many spirochetes that they were everywhere and just wiggling all over the place. The vet told me she wasn't really sure the best approach to treat it. She looked it up in some of their veterinary databases, and I guess the new thinking is that diarrhea causes spirochetes, not spirochetes cause diarrhea as was originally thought.
The two options she gave me was to either try another round of Flagyl for longer, or to try a hypoallergenic diet in case it is something in her food that is bothering her. She reccommended the diet just to see. So now Piper is eating a Venison and Green Pea food from Royal Canin.
She's been fine for the past couple days. She must be fighting off the spirochetes and then they flare up again. I say that because in between her episodes of vomitting and diarrhea, she is completely fine. Eating like normal, drinking like normal, pooping like normal, running around like crazy... and then I wake up and she's throwing up. I didn't know if anyone had an idea about what to do. It didn't really seem like the vet had any experience with a case like this, so I'm hoping maybe one of you has.
Thank you so much for reading all this. She had been eating Science Diet kitten dry food with some Fancy Feast as a treat at night. Now that I've been reading what everyone here has to say, I'm thinking I may just be wasting my money with the Science Diet
