We brought Auggie home a month ago when she was 3 months old and since day one she has ranged from formed soft stools to complete mush diarrhea, all with a small amount of bright red blood and mucus. Her belly is distended and bloated and she has thrown up intermittently ranging from bile only to food/water.
Vet has ruled out worms, parasites, panleukopenia, infection and any obstructions. They started her on FortiFlora SA and Purina EN wet food. She ate some of the food and then decided she hated it. So we have now started her on a limited ingredient, single protein diet of Ziwi Venison, which I read was good for sensitive tummies. She initially loved it, but now seems to only tolerate it. She’s not eating much and her activity/energy has been much reduced. I’m scared to change her food up for fear we’ll be back where we started. Vet prescribed an appetite stimulant, Mirtaz transdermal (only using 1/4 of a reg dose since she is only 2.7lbs). But after 3 days, I’m not seeing much of a difference in her appetite.
Vet says the probiotics and diet should help the inflammation in her guts go down which should in turn stop the blood/mucus and firm up the poops. How do I get her to eat though, so she can get the full dose of probiotics??? I thought FortiFlora was supposed to be kitty crack - she could care less. Supposed to follow up with call to vet in a week and really want to give them good news. But so far not much improvement on the poop front.
I did buy some Honest Kitchen digestive enzymes on Chewy (should be here tomorrow), but not sure what else to do or try so looking for advice and suggestions. I really want to get over this hump so she can start to thrive and be a normal energetic kitten. I really hope she doesn’t have GI disease like IBD or a food allergy/intolerance.
Vet has ruled out worms, parasites, panleukopenia, infection and any obstructions. They started her on FortiFlora SA and Purina EN wet food. She ate some of the food and then decided she hated it. So we have now started her on a limited ingredient, single protein diet of Ziwi Venison, which I read was good for sensitive tummies. She initially loved it, but now seems to only tolerate it. She’s not eating much and her activity/energy has been much reduced. I’m scared to change her food up for fear we’ll be back where we started. Vet prescribed an appetite stimulant, Mirtaz transdermal (only using 1/4 of a reg dose since she is only 2.7lbs). But after 3 days, I’m not seeing much of a difference in her appetite.
Vet says the probiotics and diet should help the inflammation in her guts go down which should in turn stop the blood/mucus and firm up the poops. How do I get her to eat though, so she can get the full dose of probiotics??? I thought FortiFlora was supposed to be kitty crack - she could care less. Supposed to follow up with call to vet in a week and really want to give them good news. But so far not much improvement on the poop front.
I did buy some Honest Kitchen digestive enzymes on Chewy (should be here tomorrow), but not sure what else to do or try so looking for advice and suggestions. I really want to get over this hump so she can start to thrive and be a normal energetic kitten. I really hope she doesn’t have GI disease like IBD or a food allergy/intolerance.