Possible Liver Failure

Or maybe it's just bony poop?

I recently took in a bunch of strays, and a few weeks ago one of them (I'm unsure which one) has started to have whitish poops. The other poops are all fine, a nice brown and firm and not too crumbly, it's just these poops that are hard and white, though the shape is good and well-segmented.

They are all also eating the same diet of chicken heads, lungs, a little liver, and chicken necks. They also get some meaty ribs every other day.

I'm suspecting it's the mother as her appetite is a little low and she takes a VERY long time to decide to eat. Her fur is lovely though, she hasn't lost any weight, and she doesn't have any yellow eye's or gums. She's also still active and isn't puking as far as I can tell.

Could it just be bony poops? Or do you think it could be liver failure? I'm going to stop the bone for her for a few days and see if it clears up, but if not she's off to the vets!

Also, if it does turn out to be liver-failure, how should I go about altering her diet, and how long would she have before it's time?

Another thing, how would it have occured? I'm pretty sure that she's not been around any chemicals, nor flea-treatments seeing as she's been pretty much outdoors for god knows how long! I do know that she was someones pet, because she's AMAZINGLY friendly... she was probably kicked out because she had kittens :-(

Let's wait and see what happens when you feed her less bone.  If nothing changes, then you need to discuss with the VEt what to do.  There are definitely supplements that can help with liver support, if you can get your hands on them in your part of the world.  But no need to worry just yet.  All along I've been a little concerned with their diet and whether it's 100% nutritionally balanced.  Did you have time to read that HUGE thread I provided for you awhile ago? 

mrsgreenjeens said:

 
Let's wait and see what happens when you feed her less bone.  If nothing changes, then you need to discuss with the VEt what to do.  There are definitely supplements that can help with liver support, if you can get your hands on them in your part of the world.  But no need to worry just yet.  All along I've been a little concerned with their diet and whether it's 100% nutritionally balanced.  Did you have time to read that HUGE thread I provided for you awhile ago? 

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I've cut down on her bone already - fed her a pretty large egg yesterday and she seems to have done well on it :-) There are still some white bits in her poop from the chicken head she had yesterday morning, but the colour has improved a lot!

And yes I've read a lot of the articles, they were all VERY helpful and put my mind at ease about Sparrow's pregnancy :-)

I'm trying to vary their meat sources at the moment - but none of them take to beef very well as if gives them the runs! I'm going to try lamb today and see if that's any better!

Also, would an egg per cat about 2-3 times a week be alright? The others are doing great poops about every 2-3 days, so I'm not too worried about their bone content.

Another thing I wanted to ask, is blood safe for them to eat/drink? The lungs I get are VERY bloody and the cats love lapping it up - I read somewhere that the blood contains calcium and is good for them, but I just wanted to be sure!

Eggs are great for cats, but if you are feeding them raw, they say to just feed them either the yolk, or the whites, but not both of them together.  COOKED is okay to feed the entire egg all at once.  3 per week would be great.

And most cats don't like beef, but they usually like lamb.  Or rabbit if that's handy.  (although none of mine like rabbit, but they do like lamb)

Yes, it's ok if they have the blood that goes along with the raw meat.  When a cat in the wild take down an animal, they eat that animal, which includes the blood

Woah that sounds like WAY too much bone. Necks and ribs are super boney. Are you feeding PMR or supplementing? My cats love beef, LOVE second to their ultimate favorite venison. 

mrsgreenjeens said:

 
Eggs are great for cats, but if you are feeding them raw, they say to just feed them either the yolk, or the whites, but not both of them together.  COOKED is okay to feed the entire egg all at once.  3 per week would be great.

And most cats don't like beef, but they usually like lamb.  Or rabbit if that's handy.  (although none of mine like rabbit, but they do like lamb)

Yes, it's ok if they have the blood that goes along with the raw meat.  When a cat in the wild take down an animal, they eat that animal, which includes the blood

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I'm not feeding raw, just boiled, but thanks for the tip! :-)

Ahhh okay, I tried them on some lamb yesterday and they loved it - no runny poops either!

Good! I do remember reading somewhere that the blood contains salmonella, but so far I haven't experienced an upset tummies with it so!

missmimz said:

 
Woah that sounds like WAY too much bone. Necks and ribs are super boney. Are you feeding PMR or supplementing? My cats love beef, LOVE second to their ultimate favorite venison. 

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The ribs have a whole tonne of meat on them lmao,, and they get the necks a few times a week, maybe twice or thrice. And supplements aren't available over here! I'm feeding PMR, with practically every organ from the chicken - it's easy over here because the chickens are butchered right in front of you so you can pick and choose what you want, we don't have to pay for it either.