We have two cats, both will be 5 years old in the next couple months, but they aren't from the same litter. They both appear to be very healthy, and get great bills of health when we take them to the vet.
However, one of them obviously has digestive issues, for which we've not gotten any real help from the 4 different vets we've tried. This is what we notice:
- Kitty is slightly overweight
- He eats about the same amount as his "brother"
- He consistently has "runny" stools... I guess I'd say they're between hershey's syrup and slightly formed in consistency.
- His stools are AWFUL smelling... I mean... clear the whole floor stinky, and he won't bury them
- Sometimes the stool sticks to his rear end, and he "drips" it throughout the house
- Every once in awhile, when we wipe the stuff that's stuck to his rear end, we notice that there will be a small bit of bloody/mucusy substance with the stool. This happens every 6 months or so.
Here are the things that we've gone through with the vets:
- Every vet immediately says parasites. We've spent a LOT of money on parasite testing, and it's always negative. Also, the other cat doesn't have parasites, and neither show any signs of having parasites.
- One vet said there was a flora imbalance in his colon. We were told to give him yogurt/probiotics. This helped in resolving the smelly gas, but not the stool consistency or smell.
- One vet suggested a food allergy. We have been feeding him a grain-free dry food since then (they said not to give him wet food, that it would only make the stools worse). We thought initially that it was helping, but have since gone back to the same symptoms.
Kitty does NOT get table food. He has dry food available when he needs it, as well as water freely available. He doesn't go outside, unless we're right there with him and even then it's for about 5-10 min tops, every few weeks.
Any thoughts or suggestions? The next nearest vet to take him to is over an hour away, and he finds car rides extremely stressful - so I'm hoping we'll stumble on something that will help him (and avoid having to go through another round of "It must be parasites").
However, one of them obviously has digestive issues, for which we've not gotten any real help from the 4 different vets we've tried. This is what we notice:
- Kitty is slightly overweight
- He eats about the same amount as his "brother"
- He consistently has "runny" stools... I guess I'd say they're between hershey's syrup and slightly formed in consistency.
- His stools are AWFUL smelling... I mean... clear the whole floor stinky, and he won't bury them
- Sometimes the stool sticks to his rear end, and he "drips" it throughout the house
- Every once in awhile, when we wipe the stuff that's stuck to his rear end, we notice that there will be a small bit of bloody/mucusy substance with the stool. This happens every 6 months or so.
Here are the things that we've gone through with the vets:
- Every vet immediately says parasites. We've spent a LOT of money on parasite testing, and it's always negative. Also, the other cat doesn't have parasites, and neither show any signs of having parasites.
- One vet said there was a flora imbalance in his colon. We were told to give him yogurt/probiotics. This helped in resolving the smelly gas, but not the stool consistency or smell.
- One vet suggested a food allergy. We have been feeding him a grain-free dry food since then (they said not to give him wet food, that it would only make the stools worse). We thought initially that it was helping, but have since gone back to the same symptoms.
Kitty does NOT get table food. He has dry food available when he needs it, as well as water freely available. He doesn't go outside, unless we're right there with him and even then it's for about 5-10 min tops, every few weeks.
Any thoughts or suggestions? The next nearest vet to take him to is over an hour away, and he finds car rides extremely stressful - so I'm hoping we'll stumble on something that will help him (and avoid having to go through another round of "It must be parasites").