Long time no see, while I've been MIA I've added a new addition to the family but the introduction is for a different time.
I've had Momo for 2 weeks today and since I adopted him, he's had off and on diarrhea since I've gotten him. When he doesn't have diarrhea, his stool is still realatively loose. About 80% of the time, when he poops, there is blood in his stool. It is a bright red, indicated that the issue is lower in the digestive track, and is usually only visible on what comes out in the last push or two.
I took him to the vet during his first week. I notified the vet of the diarrhea and bloody stool and they did not seem too worried about it. They told me that the dewormer that the shelter used didn't treat many of the common parasites that kittens often got and parasites could cause the diarrhea and the blood in stool. They prescribed him a different dewormer that took care of a wider range of parasites and gave him the first dose there and I am to give him the 2nd and last dose today. His diarrhea has gotten better, only about 30% of the time its diarrhea, although the other 70% its still loose. I'm just still concerned about the blood. I still have to give him the final dose today but I would have thought that the first dose should have pretty much taken care of everything and the 2nd does just is a precautionary dose.
He's been tested and vaccinated for everything except for his rabies, which can't be done until he's older. He's due for another vet visit for his next round of boosters in 2 weeks, my plan was to just wait until then to ask the vet if it still hadn't gotten better but I'm starting to think I should maybe at least call and talk to the vet over the phone.
What do you all think?
Momo is a otherwise perfectly healthy 2 month old male kitten. He had been in foster care up until the night before we adopted him and had been fixed just two day prior to that. His eyes are bright and clear, no discharge from both the eyes and nose. Clean ears. Active, loves to snuggle with people and other cats. Very healthy appetite. There's no obvious reason, besides the vet's original thought of the cause being parasites.
I've had Momo for 2 weeks today and since I adopted him, he's had off and on diarrhea since I've gotten him. When he doesn't have diarrhea, his stool is still realatively loose. About 80% of the time, when he poops, there is blood in his stool. It is a bright red, indicated that the issue is lower in the digestive track, and is usually only visible on what comes out in the last push or two.
I took him to the vet during his first week. I notified the vet of the diarrhea and bloody stool and they did not seem too worried about it. They told me that the dewormer that the shelter used didn't treat many of the common parasites that kittens often got and parasites could cause the diarrhea and the blood in stool. They prescribed him a different dewormer that took care of a wider range of parasites and gave him the first dose there and I am to give him the 2nd and last dose today. His diarrhea has gotten better, only about 30% of the time its diarrhea, although the other 70% its still loose. I'm just still concerned about the blood. I still have to give him the final dose today but I would have thought that the first dose should have pretty much taken care of everything and the 2nd does just is a precautionary dose.
He's been tested and vaccinated for everything except for his rabies, which can't be done until he's older. He's due for another vet visit for his next round of boosters in 2 weeks, my plan was to just wait until then to ask the vet if it still hadn't gotten better but I'm starting to think I should maybe at least call and talk to the vet over the phone.
What do you all think?
Momo is a otherwise perfectly healthy 2 month old male kitten. He had been in foster care up until the night before we adopted him and had been fixed just two day prior to that. His eyes are bright and clear, no discharge from both the eyes and nose. Clean ears. Active, loves to snuggle with people and other cats. Very healthy appetite. There's no obvious reason, besides the vet's original thought of the cause being parasites.