Trying to remember...

Hello,

I had posted my issue with my cat's poop problem years ago on this site and there was one suggestion that seemed to make perfect sense as to what it was...but I can't remember what that suggestion was. 

My cat Lily, since she was born (and is now 4) has bloody stools each time she goes.  When she was  a kitten it used to be very messy (diarrhea and blood and mucus) and now it has firmed up but there is still a fair amount of blood and mucus.  Sorry for being so descriptive!  She seems to be frustrated when she goes - she looks like the Tasmanian devil spinning around in her box when she has to go.

We took her to the vet a couple years ago and they did many tests which didn't help one bit.  No worms or anything else.  They kept wanting to do test after test after test - but our pockets are not so deep so we had to stop at one point.

There was someone who posted about a rare condition where the cat has the bloody stools and mucus and there is no cure for it really - it's just suppose to get better with age.  Which it did get better, her stools are now at least firm.  That's all I really remember about the condition.  I was hoping someone would know the name of it.  I'm going to the vet with her on Friday to see about it again and was hoping to bring up the condition.

Thanks in advance for the help!

Are you sure it was this site? I can only find one other thread that you posted in: Swollen mammary glands after spay
A search for "bloody stools and mucus" turns up several threads: http://www.thecatsite.com/newsearch?search=bloody+stools+and+mucus
Perhaps you'll find what you're looking for by skimming through them.

Is it possible you mean Inflammatory Bowel Disease?

Sounds like colitis to me, but it doesn't really get better with age. It can be episodic.

vball91 said:

Sounds like colitis to me, but it doesn't really get better with age. It can be episodic.

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Good thinking! Here are the search results for colitis:

http://www.thecatsite.com/newsearch?search=colitis

Here's a helpful link: http://www.cat-world.com.au/colitis-in-cats

Have you tried switching to a limited-ingredient, grain-free wet food? Have you tried feeding novel proteins? These steps may help.

Supplements that may help reduce the inflammation are:

1) salmon or krill oil supplement (500mg daily);

2) Slippery elm bark powder ( http://www.littlebigcat.com/health/slippery-elm/ ). I buy it loose, and you can use 1/4 teaspoon mixed with one teaspoon water or George's aloe vera juice (only George's brand though; it is made without any latex in it, and the latex from aloe is toxic to cats). This can be given to the kitty once or twice a day. Our Chumley used it (mixed with George's aloe vera) twice a day for over a year. It "gels" up when mixed with the liquid, and most cats eat it if then mixed into wet food;

3) a good probiotic. In fact, my holistic vet had me mix in an acidophilus+probiotic supplement into the George's aloe vera juice and slippery elm bark powder mixture. Her recommendation for an adult cat is 10 billion CFU once or twice daily. Chumley got his twice daily. This is the probiotic I use:

It wasn't colitis or Inflammatory Bowel Disease, it was something quite rare.  I posted it years ago on another account - I wish I could remember what the username was.

I currently feed her Wellness canned turkey formula and a holistic duck formula hard food with probiotics - I forgot the name of the brand but the ingredients looked great.  I found that anything with seafood or fish makes it worse.  Do you know how hard it is to find cat food without any seafood!  Haha.  My kitty is also quite the picky eater.  She will not go anywhere near any human food - I've been thinking about feeding her raw but when she smells raw meat (any type) she just backs away like it's garbage.

I'll continue to google and when I find the answer I'll post it.  There must be others out there that have this condition.

Any probiotic in a hard food or canned food is dead.

I hope you find what you're looking for, but the advice I gave can help a kitty with inflammation in the GI tract due to any cause. They can be used whether IBD, IBS, colitis, cancer, bacteria, parasites... anything. It won't cure anything, but it can help alleviate symptoms. :heart2: