First ringworm, now bloody stool(coccidia?)!!

Poor Damita & Chico! I finished their ringworm treatment on Tuesday(4/4). They got to come out of their cages for the first time in 3 weeks to play, & well....move. I was cleaning everything as fast as I could. I had them upstairs playing. I'm washing out the litter pans when I smell something, something, like....maybe POOP! So I run out apologizing to the two of them because I really was washing things as fast as I could. I had to disenfect the litter boxes before they could have them back. Boy was I glad when I saw the poop that I didn't have the boxes clean. I was looking at it closely proud that it was firming up when I noticed blood in the stool. I knew it was Chico's poop. I set up his crate & took him downstairs & put him in it. He has been fuming since. He won't talk to me or play with me when I try to play with him. I watched Damita poop shortly after & it looks like she has blood in her stool. So, I put her in the crate with Chico. Now, at least they aren't in seperate cages. They are together.

I tried calling the HS last night, but the volunteer cleaning didn't know. I would call again this morning, but I know they have a lot of farm famillies coming to get cats & will be swamped. I will be over tonight to volunteer, so I can return all of the ringworm meds & get more for this. I am assuming they will want me to take a stool sample in. My best guess is Coccidia. Any other guesses?

It could be a number of things. Giardia will also cause blood in the stool as I'm sure other things can too.

Blood in stool can be due to irritation from the medication you gave them for Ringworm / food allergies, etc.


I would have it checked by the vet!!!!!

I took a stool sample to the vet today. Turns out they have roundworms. Poor kids! They suggested that I consider treating all of the housecats(Ohpie, Twitch & Lily) just to be safe. I can try to bring in a stool sample on all three, but they suggested that I just treat them. I don't know if I really want to treat everyone on a hunch, but I really don't want roundworms spreading from one cat to the next.