(This is both food and health issue)
OK - this is really pissing me off. I have been ORDERED by our rescue director to put the fosters on dry and water ... only using wet to give pills, etc. She is adamant that the wet is causing their poo problem.
I have five cats with routinely soft, watery, lighter colored poo. They live communally. I have one cat sequestered from the rest. HE EATS THE SAME THING THE OTHER CATS DO.... AND HE HAS NOOOO POOOO PROBLEMS!!! In fact his is a little dry so I have started to give him Petromalt.
The five communal fosters were on 250 mg Albon each for a week. Their poo got better but the problem didn't clear up.
This leads to beleive that the five who share litter pans are also sharing something communicable. The "carrier" IMHO was Archie - fluffy black cat who came in with a stinky behind, really bad smelly gas and really soft poo.
One of our vets did agree to put the cats back on Albon for 10 days this time to see if that is the iusse.
If these were MY cats, I would take Arch to have a poo culture done. They take a swab from the rectum, as I understand it. Determine the bacteria problem, then attack it with the right drug instead of playing musical antibiotics.
Can the wet food - they are getting approx 2 oz per cat per day... 2 larger cans for six cats...cause the really soft stool?
I posted something similar in cat health and no one really answered.
I can tell you that I won't foster again. I don't like this one bit.
OK - this is really pissing me off. I have been ORDERED by our rescue director to put the fosters on dry and water ... only using wet to give pills, etc. She is adamant that the wet is causing their poo problem.
I have five cats with routinely soft, watery, lighter colored poo. They live communally. I have one cat sequestered from the rest. HE EATS THE SAME THING THE OTHER CATS DO.... AND HE HAS NOOOO POOOO PROBLEMS!!! In fact his is a little dry so I have started to give him Petromalt.
The five communal fosters were on 250 mg Albon each for a week. Their poo got better but the problem didn't clear up.
This leads to beleive that the five who share litter pans are also sharing something communicable. The "carrier" IMHO was Archie - fluffy black cat who came in with a stinky behind, really bad smelly gas and really soft poo.
One of our vets did agree to put the cats back on Albon for 10 days this time to see if that is the iusse.
If these were MY cats, I would take Arch to have a poo culture done. They take a swab from the rectum, as I understand it. Determine the bacteria problem, then attack it with the right drug instead of playing musical antibiotics.
Can the wet food - they are getting approx 2 oz per cat per day... 2 larger cans for six cats...cause the really soft stool?
I posted something similar in cat health and no one really answered.
I can tell you that I won't foster again. I don't like this one bit.