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My cat 13 year old cat Farley has either IBD or Lymphoma. After a pretty scary health crash a few weeks ago, he is pretty stable now. He's eating, grooming, not going into the closet so much, and he's cuddling with us. While he tends to just stay in one bedroom for most of the day instead of visiting his old spots in our home, I'd say his quality of life is pretty good considering his situation. But he has persistent diarrhea and I'm not optimistic that it will ever stop. 15mg of pred per day, 4 doses of chlorambucil (now discontinued), a couple rounds of metronidazole, food changes, probiotics, Petwellbeing BM Toneup... Nothing touches it. I think he will have diarrhea until he passes away. We give him sub q fluids to keep him hydrated.
He has it probably about 5 times in a 24 hour period. He does not want to use any of his current litterboxes for the diarrhea, he goes on the floor. I put down puppy training pads on the floor where he drops it, but that is still hit or miss. Pun intended. Sometimes he walks onto the pads to stand and then goes on the floor next to it.
I have been spot cleaning really well all along. I did a massive cleanup yesterday where I mopped the area multiple times, then I sprayed the Rocco enzymatic spray all over the area for ten minutes. Then I wiped that up, and mopped a couple more times with plain water (the floor is wood and the enzyme cleaner can hurt it from what I've read). I really scrubbed out his main litterbox and refilled it, and put down a new smaller one that I already had on hand for something else. I crossed my fingers and waited. Nope. 3 diarrheas: one directly on the floor, one half over the side of the new small box onto the puppy pad, and one directly on the puppy pad.
He always urinates in his litterboxes, so that's good. But the diarrhea is different. He must associate the boxes with pain from diarrhea?
Any advice?
He has it probably about 5 times in a 24 hour period. He does not want to use any of his current litterboxes for the diarrhea, he goes on the floor. I put down puppy training pads on the floor where he drops it, but that is still hit or miss. Pun intended. Sometimes he walks onto the pads to stand and then goes on the floor next to it.
I have been spot cleaning really well all along. I did a massive cleanup yesterday where I mopped the area multiple times, then I sprayed the Rocco enzymatic spray all over the area for ten minutes. Then I wiped that up, and mopped a couple more times with plain water (the floor is wood and the enzyme cleaner can hurt it from what I've read). I really scrubbed out his main litterbox and refilled it, and put down a new smaller one that I already had on hand for something else. I crossed my fingers and waited. Nope. 3 diarrheas: one directly on the floor, one half over the side of the new small box onto the puppy pad, and one directly on the puppy pad.
He always urinates in his litterboxes, so that's good. But the diarrhea is different. He must associate the boxes with pain from diarrhea?
Any advice?