I think Tuffy is pooping blood

Originally Posted by consumercity

Lots of good health vibes and prayers for Tuffy!

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I'm not sure if this applies to you since you've probably had most of your cats for a while. But when I first brought home my kitties they both had coccidia and one of them was passing blood and mucus in his stool pretty severly. This can be a major problem in small cats because it tends to dehydrate them quickly. Make sure your kitty's drinking a good amount of water, good luck!

I think Tuffy is doing great now, the best he has since I brought him home in early August.
I only seen the mess of blood one time and thats because it was in the bath tub. I only thought it was Tuffy because his rear end was all red and swollen. I at first thought it was from Missy because she goes in the bathtub sometimes for some goofy reason. Thats why I was confused about which cat the blood cam from. I never see Tuffy in the bathtub so I don't know why he went in there instead of the box. But I couldn't find anything that told me Missy made the mess. No blood in her fur by her butt or her mouth like maybe she threw it up.

Any way Tuffy is doing good after the worm pills and on the zithromax so I guess thats all that really matters.

I was worried about Missy because she was so sick, but she is sounding better and eating and drinking good so I think the worst is over for her also.

I don't know how to post pictures on here or I would post some of or little zoo we have.

Yvonne keeps saying how soft and smooth Tuffy's fur is compaired to the other cats we have. He is real picky about grooming himself alot since he is feeling better.

I wish I had a picture of him the first day I found him to compare to what he looks like now. He was just in terrible shape, I couldn't believe a cat could be in such bad shape and still be alive.
I sometimes think god made tuffy find me that day in the campground, I am so happy to bring him back from where he was and having to take care of him helps me on my bad days with my depression and other stuff I have to deal with, and the real cool part of the whole deal is he seems to understand that all the vet trips and bad tasteing meds are meant to help him and he don't treat me as the bad guy for giving him all this stuff.

I am the only person here he totaly trusts also. There is just something about him I can't put my finger on but the people at the vets office have picked up on it too and they all like to see him when he comes in. I think it has to do with how sick he was and they had pretty much wrote him off as never making it the first time they saw him, but he showed all of us how special he really is and Tuffy is the perfect name for him because he must be tuff as nails to be so sick and not act goofy in some way because of it.

I'm so happy to hear that Tuffy is doing well, Tom, and hope that his good fortune continues, and he recovers completely.
This link explains how to post pictures: http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/showthread.php?t=14474

Here is a picture of Tuffy about 2 weeks after I got him. The dark on his face is from all the junk that came out of his right eye. His eyes were open by this time. When I first found him his inner lids had covered most of his eyes.

Awww Tuffy is adorable. Thanks for sharing his picture.
I am so glad that he is doing better.

Poor Tuffy! Thank God you found him and have shown him what a life with love is like.

I have a weakness for orange tabbies - thanks for posting the photo. He's beautiful.

Our other 2 male cats are also orange but they have more white and not so many stripes. I think I might have pictures of them also, I will post them if I can find the pics.

I need to get some film for the polaroid camera then I can post a new pic of Tuffy. He looks alot different now but I don't know if it will show in a picture much.

EDIT, I can't put any more pics on without going over the limit on size. I also tried to put pics on the Fur pictures forum but it won't let me there either. How do some of you have such big pictures posted? Am I doing something wrong?

Tom, most of us have opened an account (free) with www.photobucket.com or www.imageshack.us. Others can be found here:http://www.free-webhosts.com/free-image-hosting.php . You can store pictures there, and direct link to them.

I put the pictures of your gang in "Fur Pictures Only": http://www.thecatsite.com/forums/sho...246#post968246

Thank you for posting my pictures.

I think I have signed up with photobucket a while back but never used it. I have to find my paper with all my passwords and stuff and see.