Frustrated!

I've been using a Purina product called FortiFlora to help Abby recover from all the antibiotics she was on for her URI and coccidia. Her stools are harder, now, but still have streaks of blood in them. I have to take her in for another recheck. Her last two floats showed no coccidia or other parisites. So the vet is scratching her head. Her food has no corn in it. Barley is the only grain. I might have to try a grainless food.

ai, ai ai.... IBD and Clavamox do not mix well.... My Bugsy is going on a 4-month diarrhea after a course of clavamox... Hopefully this is not going to be the case for you... As soon as he is off Clavamox put him on a good Probiotic. Bugsy's vet put him on Proviable-DC, it is excellent, very very strong.... Also, something that is finally working for him, after months of medication, is a gel Called DiaGel - I strongly recommend you putting him on as soon as he finishes Clavamox. I am not sure it will be the final step for Bugsy, but it is now day 4, and it has been the only thing that helped so far... and I tried a LOT of things...

Putting kitty on a probiotic is a good idea but you don't have to wait until he's done with the clavamox. You can, and probably should, start it right away. Imo it's always a good idea to start your cat on probiotics whenever he's put on any antibiotic. Antibiotics rids the body of bacteria, both good and bad, and the probiotic helps put some good bacteria back in the stomach.
There are several different kinds of probiotic. I too use Fortiflora for my cats. It works well and it takes pretty good so it's easy to get them to eat it. It is made by Purina and I know that some people consider all purina products to be crap but I don't think that's the case at all. Fortiflora has worked well for both my cats and my dogs. You can get it from your vet or buy it online (cheaper). You can also give your cat Activia yogurt or any other yogurt that contains bacteria. Vanilla or plain works well.

I have the same problem as you with one of my cats. He also has IBD and will have diarrhea off and on. It can be extremely frustrating to treat. Proper diet and probiotcs helps. Wellness canned worked well for my guy. Antibiotics of any kind, clavamox or not, can cause diarrhea even in healthy cats so that could be what's causing your cat's diarrhea. Hopefully it will go away on its own once the clavamox is stopped. You pretty much just have to wait and see along with giving him probiotics.

Are you giving him Lysine too to prevent or treat the URI symptoms? Lysine can help the immune system and since your guy is on steroids giving him lysine on a maintenance basis may be a good idea. It can't do any harm at least. I use the Viralys gel for my guys, either mixed with canned food or squirted into their mouths with an oral syringe. They usually don't mind the taste. An adult cat should get 250mg twice a day.

Good luck. I hope your kitty feels better soon.

Hills I/D is as much as prescription as Z/D.... your vet tech should known better....

My Ricky has had IBD issues for the last 7 years. His stool have pretty much always been slushy. I've just kept him on science diet wet food and that seemed to work well. I used to be on feline IBD forum and many suggested a diet of raw food mostly in extreme cases. It's a lot of work and time though to prepare a raw diet and as science diet seemed to do the trick I never really explored it but I heard lots of good results from the raw diet.

It's usually one package a day (it comes in little individual packages). You can divide it up in several feedings or just feed it all in one. It doesn't matter. I usually divide it up in two feedings.
Some cats love the stuff so you can put it on top of the food while others will only eat it if you mix it in well.

Good luck!