Hi all, I have a few questions for everyone. ANY help is appreciated!
Sneak, my youngest (he's about 6 months old now), has had loose stools since I got him back in December. It wasn't too bad though, and he did have round worms, so I figured it was a combo. of that, and stress from leaving his siblings, etc. and coming to a new home. He was wormed with liquid Strongid 3 times, I believe 10 days apart, the last time was on 3/26. Even after that, his stools were still loose, sometimes it was literally similar to water (I know, it's gross, I'm just trying to be descriptive!). So I took him to the vet on 4/17, and they did a culture and whatnot to see if he had worms or something else. No worms were found, but they did see an overgrowth of bacteria (something like that, I can't remember exactly what they said). He was put on 2 different meds., one is amoxicillan (sp?), and at the moment I can't remember the other, but I can post it once I get home and see it. The amoxicillan was for 14 days (so I'll stop that on the May 1st), and the other was for 7 days, so that was stopped on the 24th.
I did notice an improvement for the first week; he wasn't going as much, but his stools were still loose, just not as watery as before. But in the past couple days they've gradually gone downhill (back to watery). I don't know what to do! He's not acting any different, still eats, still drinks fine, still plays, etc.
He's on Chicken Soup for the Kitten Lover's Soul.. maybe that's not agreeing with him? I've tried pumpkin on him, he loves it, but it doesn't help. Tried Bene-Bac, didn't help. Tried probiotics in his food, didn't help.
Any suggestions on what do to? I'm thinking about taking him to a different vet to get a second opinion or something. I just have no clue what I should do.
Sneak, my youngest (he's about 6 months old now), has had loose stools since I got him back in December. It wasn't too bad though, and he did have round worms, so I figured it was a combo. of that, and stress from leaving his siblings, etc. and coming to a new home. He was wormed with liquid Strongid 3 times, I believe 10 days apart, the last time was on 3/26. Even after that, his stools were still loose, sometimes it was literally similar to water (I know, it's gross, I'm just trying to be descriptive!). So I took him to the vet on 4/17, and they did a culture and whatnot to see if he had worms or something else. No worms were found, but they did see an overgrowth of bacteria (something like that, I can't remember exactly what they said). He was put on 2 different meds., one is amoxicillan (sp?), and at the moment I can't remember the other, but I can post it once I get home and see it. The amoxicillan was for 14 days (so I'll stop that on the May 1st), and the other was for 7 days, so that was stopped on the 24th.
I did notice an improvement for the first week; he wasn't going as much, but his stools were still loose, just not as watery as before. But in the past couple days they've gradually gone downhill (back to watery). I don't know what to do! He's not acting any different, still eats, still drinks fine, still plays, etc.
He's on Chicken Soup for the Kitten Lover's Soul.. maybe that's not agreeing with him? I've tried pumpkin on him, he loves it, but it doesn't help. Tried Bene-Bac, didn't help. Tried probiotics in his food, didn't help.
Any suggestions on what do to? I'm thinking about taking him to a different vet to get a second opinion or something. I just have no clue what I should do.