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You guys are the best, thanks for all the support! By the way, I know that this thread is titled Giardia, but I want everyone to know, we defeated this nasty parasite and dealing with something else entirely. I tested their poop for giardia every.single.time I give them stool samples, and it has been negative the past 4 times.
We've just gotten so unlucky, and it seems that once the giardia problem went away, both our cats got clostridium perfringens/e coli from a bad batch of wet food.
So our cats still have clostridium perfringens and e.coli. The antibiogram showed that it was quite resistant to a lot of medicine, including amoxicillin, which is what they were treated with before. They were put on a 10-day course on a different antibiotic. We also switched vets to get another opinion, and I like him much better. Our new vet explained that the e.coli was a rarer strain, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and its a bit tricker to control. He thinks if we can get rid of the e.coli, the clostridium will lower in numbers or be controlled better by the immune system.
They finished the 10-day course about 3 days ago, and so far, there has been no diarrhea. Our longest streak of no diarrhea was 3-weeks, so until we break that record, I'm not going to feel very positive. I have been giving them probiotics twice a day during their medication, and will continue doing this for a few months at least. The probiotic is Entero Chronic mixed with some S. Boullardi. We also switched them to a special hard food for sensitive stomachs. The downside to this is that our younger cat does not like it, but will eat when he is hungry, so we have to leave it out all day...and our older cat has gotten quite fat because of this. If anyone has any solutions to this, let me know For now, I think I will just keep this schedule until they are healthy and transition them back to a controlled diet of wet food later. We adopted our older cat and he was originally very fat, but he lost the weight really quickly when he started eating wet.
Aside from getting a bit fat, he seems to be perfectly fine now. His stools are perfect and he has completely stopped vomiting. His mood is good too. The younger one's only symptom was weight loss and bloody diarrhea, both have not appeared since their medication. Though, he hasnt gained much weight since we switched their foods, and that worries me a bit because hes still young (7 months and 6.4 lbs). Usually he gains about 20-50 grams a day, but he hasn't gained anything in the past week
We sent the stool sample 7 days in during the treatment, because our new vet wants to check and make sure the antibiotic he prescribed is actually lowering the numbers. Haven't heard back yet, but will make a call this afternoon.
We've just gotten so unlucky, and it seems that once the giardia problem went away, both our cats got clostridium perfringens/e coli from a bad batch of wet food.
So our cats still have clostridium perfringens and e.coli. The antibiogram showed that it was quite resistant to a lot of medicine, including amoxicillin, which is what they were treated with before. They were put on a 10-day course on a different antibiotic. We also switched vets to get another opinion, and I like him much better. Our new vet explained that the e.coli was a rarer strain, Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC) and its a bit tricker to control. He thinks if we can get rid of the e.coli, the clostridium will lower in numbers or be controlled better by the immune system.
They finished the 10-day course about 3 days ago, and so far, there has been no diarrhea. Our longest streak of no diarrhea was 3-weeks, so until we break that record, I'm not going to feel very positive. I have been giving them probiotics twice a day during their medication, and will continue doing this for a few months at least. The probiotic is Entero Chronic mixed with some S. Boullardi. We also switched them to a special hard food for sensitive stomachs. The downside to this is that our younger cat does not like it, but will eat when he is hungry, so we have to leave it out all day...and our older cat has gotten quite fat because of this. If anyone has any solutions to this, let me know For now, I think I will just keep this schedule until they are healthy and transition them back to a controlled diet of wet food later. We adopted our older cat and he was originally very fat, but he lost the weight really quickly when he started eating wet.
Aside from getting a bit fat, he seems to be perfectly fine now. His stools are perfect and he has completely stopped vomiting. His mood is good too. The younger one's only symptom was weight loss and bloody diarrhea, both have not appeared since their medication. Though, he hasnt gained much weight since we switched their foods, and that worries me a bit because hes still young (7 months and 6.4 lbs). Usually he gains about 20-50 grams a day, but he hasn't gained anything in the past week
We sent the stool sample 7 days in during the treatment, because our new vet wants to check and make sure the antibiotic he prescribed is actually lowering the numbers. Haven't heard back yet, but will make a call this afternoon.