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Name: Skylar
Gender: Male
Breed: Purebred Ragdoll
Age: 8.5 months
His normal diet:
Dry:
- Open Farm homestead turkey & chicken
- Open Farm pasture raised lamb
- Tiki Cat Born Carnivore chicken and egg
Wet:
- Slow cooked chicken thighs with EZ Complete premix
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken with duck
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken with beef
- Tiki Cat after dark chicken and quail egg
Skylar is unable to eat any of his normal wet food without having soft stool or diarrhea ever since I introduced Dr. Elsey's cleanprotein duck dry food to his diet. Even though I did a slow transition, I didn't have much success with it as he had diarrhea since day one. I switched him back to 100% of his normal dry food after a few days of diarrhea.
He continued having diarrhea on a regular basis. I tried to isolate the food was causing him diarrhea by process of elimination and it turns out that he can tolerate all of his normal dry food but every single wet food was causing abnormal stool. EZ complete caused straight up diarrhea while Fussie Cat and Tiki Cat wet food caused soft stool.
My vet told me that it could be a dietary indiscretion or parasite so they asked for his stool sample (which turns out to be negative for parasite) and sent me home with Metronidazole plus Hills Gastrointestinal Biome Rx wet food. I did not administer Metronidazole because it's toxic to their system.
The Rx wet food that they prescribed was very helpful as he was able to pass a normal stool within 24 hours of consumption. I continued feeding him Rx wet food and Tiki Cat Born Carnivore dry food for a week before re-introducing Fussie Cat wet food to his diet. Unfortunately, even a teaspoon of Fussie Cat chicken caused soft stool. Same with EZ Complete.
After doing some research, I bought Jarrow Saccharomyces Boulardii with MOS and Adored Beast Feline Gut Soothe to help with his digestion. How long should I keep him on s. boulardii, gut soothe, and Rx wet food before re-introducing Fussie Cat to his diet? The vet tech I spoke to wanted me to stay on Rx wet food long term (months or for the rest of his life) but having to pay $48 for 24 cans every 2 weeks adds up and I'm not a big fan of it's ingredients.
Gender: Male
Breed: Purebred Ragdoll
Age: 8.5 months
His normal diet:
Dry:
- Open Farm homestead turkey & chicken
- Open Farm pasture raised lamb
- Tiki Cat Born Carnivore chicken and egg
Wet:
- Slow cooked chicken thighs with EZ Complete premix
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken with duck
- Fussie Cat super premium chicken with beef
- Tiki Cat after dark chicken and quail egg
Skylar is unable to eat any of his normal wet food without having soft stool or diarrhea ever since I introduced Dr. Elsey's cleanprotein duck dry food to his diet. Even though I did a slow transition, I didn't have much success with it as he had diarrhea since day one. I switched him back to 100% of his normal dry food after a few days of diarrhea.
He continued having diarrhea on a regular basis. I tried to isolate the food was causing him diarrhea by process of elimination and it turns out that he can tolerate all of his normal dry food but every single wet food was causing abnormal stool. EZ complete caused straight up diarrhea while Fussie Cat and Tiki Cat wet food caused soft stool.
My vet told me that it could be a dietary indiscretion or parasite so they asked for his stool sample (which turns out to be negative for parasite) and sent me home with Metronidazole plus Hills Gastrointestinal Biome Rx wet food. I did not administer Metronidazole because it's toxic to their system.
The Rx wet food that they prescribed was very helpful as he was able to pass a normal stool within 24 hours of consumption. I continued feeding him Rx wet food and Tiki Cat Born Carnivore dry food for a week before re-introducing Fussie Cat wet food to his diet. Unfortunately, even a teaspoon of Fussie Cat chicken caused soft stool. Same with EZ Complete.
After doing some research, I bought Jarrow Saccharomyces Boulardii with MOS and Adored Beast Feline Gut Soothe to help with his digestion. How long should I keep him on s. boulardii, gut soothe, and Rx wet food before re-introducing Fussie Cat to his diet? The vet tech I spoke to wanted me to stay on Rx wet food long term (months or for the rest of his life) but having to pay $48 for 24 cans every 2 weeks adds up and I'm not a big fan of it's ingredients.