Hi everyone!
My 4.5 yr old orange tabby, Whiskers, has been having loose stools ever since I got my new ragdoll kitten, Teddy, which was over 2 months ago. About 2 weeks ago, I started to notice some blood in Whiskers' stool. I took a sample to the vet's office for a fecal and it came back negative. The vet said that the loose stools could be causing the blood. But since she had been having the this problem for awhile, he said to bring her in. So I took her in today and they tested for giardia, which was negative, and also did a blood test. The vet prescribed Science Diet i/d to try to get her stools back to normal. He said that she could have irritable bowels and if the bland food doesn't fix the problem, he would do a biopsy of her colon. When I checked out, the receipt said the blood test was a Feline Viral Plus...which I thought was weird because that was they did on her last fall when she got sick. This time she has no URI symptoms. Anyway, I should get the results of the blood test tomorrow so I will ask him for clarification.
My gut tells me that Whiskers is stressed with having Teddy in the house. They aren't exactly best buddies yet. She will tolerate him but the second he tries to pounce and play with her, she will hiss and scream as if she is being murdered. However, things are getting better because she was hissing and growling at him non-stop in the beginning. Now, the hissing occurs just when Teddy's bothering her. I think her loose stools are from switching their food but the food has been constant for a month now. Whiskers mostly eats Felidae dry food and Teddy eats wet Chicken Soup Kitten but they will also eat a little bit of each others.
So, do you think Whiskers has some serious problem or is it just stress? I just hate it when the kitties are not normal. It's not fun worrying about them. Thanks for reading this, I know it was long.
My 4.5 yr old orange tabby, Whiskers, has been having loose stools ever since I got my new ragdoll kitten, Teddy, which was over 2 months ago. About 2 weeks ago, I started to notice some blood in Whiskers' stool. I took a sample to the vet's office for a fecal and it came back negative. The vet said that the loose stools could be causing the blood. But since she had been having the this problem for awhile, he said to bring her in. So I took her in today and they tested for giardia, which was negative, and also did a blood test. The vet prescribed Science Diet i/d to try to get her stools back to normal. He said that she could have irritable bowels and if the bland food doesn't fix the problem, he would do a biopsy of her colon. When I checked out, the receipt said the blood test was a Feline Viral Plus...which I thought was weird because that was they did on her last fall when she got sick. This time she has no URI symptoms. Anyway, I should get the results of the blood test tomorrow so I will ask him for clarification.
My gut tells me that Whiskers is stressed with having Teddy in the house. They aren't exactly best buddies yet. She will tolerate him but the second he tries to pounce and play with her, she will hiss and scream as if she is being murdered. However, things are getting better because she was hissing and growling at him non-stop in the beginning. Now, the hissing occurs just when Teddy's bothering her. I think her loose stools are from switching their food but the food has been constant for a month now. Whiskers mostly eats Felidae dry food and Teddy eats wet Chicken Soup Kitten but they will also eat a little bit of each others.
So, do you think Whiskers has some serious problem or is it just stress? I just hate it when the kitties are not normal. It's not fun worrying about them. Thanks for reading this, I know it was long.