Poorly Siamese. Need urgent advice :(

Thank you for reading this.

We've had our Siamese Duchess for years now, she was our first fur baby to get together! She'll be 3 years old in October. We absolutely love her.  Although, we have some major problems.

Since the day we took her home as a little kitten she constantly, and I do mean constantly leaks faeces. Its gets everywhere. She has her times where she is happy in herself and of course others where she gets pretty thin. She'll appear to be improving then always goes downhill again. Numerous tests have been done through the vets to no avail. They just don't know what is it and claim there is nothing else they can do. We've been through every diet possibly and nothing helps.

My heart is absolutely breaking for her. Duchess is the most indoor cat we have, but its at the point now she can't come inside the house much.

Please any advice needed

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There are actual cat diapers you can get - I've not had to use them on a cat (knock on wood) so don't know what brands or designs are best but Google "cat diapers" for more info.

I think it's wonderful you have not given up on Duchess. A lot of people would. Our Lucy was given up to a kill shelter because she defecated in the bathtub. Duchess is very lucky to have you!

My first thought with the cyclic nature of this is IBD.  Is the leaking also cyclic and does she have diarrhea?  It isn't at all unusual for IBD to not show up on routine blood tests.  There is a special blood test that will sometimes show abnormal readings, it shows the B12 and Folate levels in the blood.  It is done at Texas A&M and is on the pricey side.

I would ask your vet to try a round of steroids to see if there is improvement.  If there is then your kitty probably does have IBD.  You can also try a probiotic to see if that helps.

Here is a website with some good info about IBD.  http://www.ibdkitties.net/

With the cycles of weight loss I don't believe this is a 'mechanical' if you will issue with incontinence.

My kitty's IBD has different symptoms but I also did 6 years of trying different diets to no avail.  Not all kitties respond to diet changes.