Runny poo & hair ball

I've been Mia from the cat site because I couldn't navigate the site on my ipad. I finally figured it out. My guseepoo has had runny poo for two days. He was laying down sleeping and he was moaning a little. I thought he was dreaming. Then he gives me his hair all groan, gets up, and coughs up an enormous hair all that smelled like poo. I've never seen a hair ball that smelled like poo. Anyone experience this? I feel bad for Gus. Any tips for the runny poo? Thanks.

Try some canned pumpkin. Not pie filling but 100% pumpkin. One teaspoon in his food, this should also help with that hairball. The fact that it smelled like poo is weird and very gross. Poor thing! Do you brush often? Also try using a furminator to get the underneath layer of hair out. 

Hi! You've been missed, and sorry this is what pushed you to figure out the navigation.

Yes, if it's a large hairball, it's been ... "fermenting" in his tummy for a while, so it will smell.

To solve the hairball issue with my kitties, I've been using egg yolk lecithin - and it's been working really well! http://www.thecatsite.com/t/250653/egg-lecithin-for-hairballs


As to the runny poo... how often is he going to the litter box? Is it once or twice a day - or more frequent? Is it really watery? Is there mucous in it? Is there blood in it? Is it just really soft stool? What's he eaten over the past 3 days? Anything different than your other boy's eaten? I don't remember - do you give them probiotics?

If it's not urgent diarrhea, he hasn't been outside, and he's not eaten anything different from your other kitty.... what food options do you have? I don't remember which foods you have in rotation, or if you're still giving them commercial or just PMR.... just trying to figure out if this could be related to the amount of calcium, or if he needs his tummy settled, or perhaps a little fiber is best... but need more info.

FYI, I keep a product called DiaGel on hand for the odd incidence of diarrhea. Haven't had to use any for quite some time, but it has both fiber, anti-inflammatory properties, and kills salmonella or E. coli. When there was a metronadizole shortage a few years ago, it's what the vets were told to use for their customers - only it's all natural, and doesn't require a prescription: http://www.revivalanimal.com/DiaGel.html

Oh wow - it's on sale!!!!!

One dose usually does the job; sometimes you may need to give another 12 hours later. But it's a good idea to keep some around, IMO.

I'll have to pick up some of the stuff you mentioned. Hair balls are a bit of a problem with my long haired boys. I've been working on getting them brushed often. They think its play time. Lol. Sometimes I get a good few strokes in , though.

Later that very same day, Ulysses coughed up his own enormous hairball that smelled. Maybe I just never noticed the strong odor before. It was disgusting.

They're still getting raw. I throw in commercial raw and an occasional were a can just to give it to them. I do also give them the probiotic. Also, when they get the raw I'm splitting a capsule between the two.

His poo didn't have blood in it and it didn't look too mucasey. It was just really runny. So much so that when he was covering it up he splattered it against the wall, ugh. This morning when I went to clean the boxes there was no poo in it, which I think is a good thing. I gave him some pumpkin so perhaps that seemed to work. We will see.

I do really need to get them better at brushing. Gus is such a great groomer and even helps his bro out, so he gets a good amount of hairballs. I just felt so bad for him with his little moans.

Most LH cats need combing rather than brushing - brushes tend to skate over the surface and not deal with the undercoat.

I got the furminator. This thing is awesome. With only the few swipes of his thing on my kitties I'm getting so much hair. If only the cats would let me really brush them. I'm very impressed. Hopefully his will help with the hair balls.

It should and I should be doing it on my cats soon as well. It really gets to the undercoat and takes out the thick, knotty stuff. Just don't overdo it or you'll have bald kitties, 

I was wondering if I could overdo it. It's a good thing the cats won't allow me to overdo it. This will alo help me in my fur collecting. I've been slowly collecting their fur to have spun into yarn. Some folks think its strange... Lol

Yes, especially right now in the winter I think. They do need some of their warm fur. I collect both of my kitty's whiskers. 

Obviously only the ones that fall off (in case anybody has some crazy ideas). 

You can't overdo combing, you can overdo the Ferminator.