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Hello, I’m new around here and just need some support or advice as I feel like my heart is breaking.
I have a cat named Wednesday (she is my soulmate cat
) who started having bouts of diarrhea very suddenly in late October of this year. She is 100% indoors and I don’t know her exact age but I think she is around 6 years old. She's never had any previous health issues before except: She’ll get a hotspot around her ear every springtime (something I’ve chalked up to allergies). And earlier this year she had two bouts of conjunctivitis, which went away with eye drops from the vet.
She very suddenly had diarrhea at the end of October. I rushed her to the vet and they gave her fluids, did bloodwork and x-rays, all of which came back normal. They sent her home with an antibiotic which helped a little but after a few days of being finished her diarrhea came back. The vet then gave her probiotics which helped her out for a couple weeks or so but the diarrhea came back again, which is where we’re at now, however this time around it hasn’t been as bad as the two previous times.
I’m in the process of ruling out the possibility of this being a food allergy, and have switched her diet from fancy feast seafood pate and solid gold kibble to a limited ingredient single source protein duck kibble and lamb wet food. I thought maybe since she has shown previous signs of having allergies (her hotspot and conjunctivitis) I’m hoping maybe just maybe those have also been signs of a food allergy and it just finally manifested itself as diarrhea. I have also been giving her a daily probiotic and a teaspoon of pumpkin puree.
It has been almost a week and a half on her new diet and thankfully she is only pooping once (sometimes twice) a day, however it still really soft, there will be a little bit of shape but it is like soft serve. She hasn’t lost any weight, her energy is the same, and her appetite is normal too, the only things I’ve noticed is that she seems to be drinking slightly more water.
I don’t want to get my hopes up as I thought things were improving the last two times, only to see her diarrhea suddenly come back. I honestly feel so scared and I know that an ultrasound/biopsy/endoscopy lies in our futures if it does not turn out to be a food allergy. Every time I go and check her litter box I go into a mild panic and I start sweating, worried about what I will find. When the diarrhea was really bad she was using her litter box very frequently and in between she would run around and appear as though she was really unsettled until she would use the litter box again. Whenever I see her now running around and seemingly overly-excited I start to worry that the diarrhea is coming. She is my best friend and companion and not knowing what is going on with her has me on edge and anxious that she will suddenly get worse at any minute, or that I will discover that it is actually cancer. She is still so young and I haven’t had much time with her yet. Basically, I feel sick with worry on a day to day basis.
Thank you for reading if you’ve made it this far, I know this was very long. Has anyone gone through something similar?
I have a cat named Wednesday (she is my soulmate cat
) who started having bouts of diarrhea very suddenly in late October of this year. She is 100% indoors and I don’t know her exact age but I think she is around 6 years old. She's never had any previous health issues before except: She’ll get a hotspot around her ear every springtime (something I’ve chalked up to allergies). And earlier this year she had two bouts of conjunctivitis, which went away with eye drops from the vet. She very suddenly had diarrhea at the end of October. I rushed her to the vet and they gave her fluids, did bloodwork and x-rays, all of which came back normal. They sent her home with an antibiotic which helped a little but after a few days of being finished her diarrhea came back. The vet then gave her probiotics which helped her out for a couple weeks or so but the diarrhea came back again, which is where we’re at now, however this time around it hasn’t been as bad as the two previous times.
I’m in the process of ruling out the possibility of this being a food allergy, and have switched her diet from fancy feast seafood pate and solid gold kibble to a limited ingredient single source protein duck kibble and lamb wet food. I thought maybe since she has shown previous signs of having allergies (her hotspot and conjunctivitis) I’m hoping maybe just maybe those have also been signs of a food allergy and it just finally manifested itself as diarrhea. I have also been giving her a daily probiotic and a teaspoon of pumpkin puree.
It has been almost a week and a half on her new diet and thankfully she is only pooping once (sometimes twice) a day, however it still really soft, there will be a little bit of shape but it is like soft serve. She hasn’t lost any weight, her energy is the same, and her appetite is normal too, the only things I’ve noticed is that she seems to be drinking slightly more water.
I don’t want to get my hopes up as I thought things were improving the last two times, only to see her diarrhea suddenly come back. I honestly feel so scared and I know that an ultrasound/biopsy/endoscopy lies in our futures if it does not turn out to be a food allergy. Every time I go and check her litter box I go into a mild panic and I start sweating, worried about what I will find. When the diarrhea was really bad she was using her litter box very frequently and in between she would run around and appear as though she was really unsettled until she would use the litter box again. Whenever I see her now running around and seemingly overly-excited I start to worry that the diarrhea is coming. She is my best friend and companion and not knowing what is going on with her has me on edge and anxious that she will suddenly get worse at any minute, or that I will discover that it is actually cancer. She is still so young and I haven’t had much time with her yet. Basically, I feel sick with worry on a day to day basis.
Thank you for reading if you’ve made it this far, I know this was very long. Has anyone gone through something similar?
I understand your concern and worrying about your cat. We have all gone through health issues with our cats at one time or another so we understand and are here for support. Until other members come along who have gone through something similar i thought these threads might have some helpful information for you:
