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Hello,

My 12 year old cat, Lucy, is having some tummy troubles.  For the last month, she will sporadically have a day of diarrhea.  I've tried narrowing it down and everytime once I think it is OK, she winds up having another case of it.

I've been feeding her boiled chicken and rice.  This week, she had 2 bouts of diarrhea.  When she has this, she goes outside of the litter box (which although not a lot of fun, at least lets me know something is up!).  These last 2 times I've noticed hair mixed in with the diarrhea.  She had been wheezing this week like she had a furball.  I'm hoping to get her into the vet this week, but she gets so upset when we go I'm trying to do what I can to do help her.

Does anyone have any ideas if having a bad furball could be causing this?  Any suggestions on things I can feed her to be sure she is getting enough food/water in her system?  Or any tips in general? She is still acting the same and I do see her drinking water and she eats her special chicken/rice mixture with me twice a day.  I'm just worried so any help or suggestions would be much appreciated.  Thank you!
 

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She def needs to get to the vet ASAP. At 12 there are a lot of medical issues that could cause these things like both kidney disease and hyperthyroidism. Cut out the rice, just try and offer he boiled chicken, or some stage 2 baby food, just make sure it doesn't contain any onions or garlic. 
 

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Thank you! I've heard baby food recommended before and will try that. A vet trip is scheduled for the week-my vet had a heart attack and has odd office hours due to his health so we're going in on Friday. These are great suggestions for the meantime until she gets checked out!
 

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