what a beautiful little face, I am so happy your vet checked him over and thinks that it is nothing serious
You've been digging around google too much!I've been wondering if maybe it could be Cushing Syndrome? Would his blood tests and urinalysis rule this out?
Has anyone seen anything like this before?
I want you to take a look at the ingredients of Hills W/D dry cat food.Do you think that the food the vet prescribed won't work? I don't know if I feel like I can disregard her suggestions yet, I would feel bad. But if he doesn't improve then I will feel justified. How long does it normally take for cats to improve with IBD?
I actually have canned turkey baby food in the fridge that I got for him, he won't touch it. So we'll likely have to skip the baby food step, he's quite particular. He's had the turkey fancy feast (and Friskies) before, so is it no longer novel? Or would it still be novel because he likely hasn't had it most of his life?
My opinion? Way too many ingredients here.Ugh! I think he has ringworm. I talked to the vet again today and she told me that when they cultured him previously, they only took samples from his ears. His sores went away with the miconazole and lyme sulfur, and I stopped using it when they told me he cultured negative and what do you know here we are 3 weeks later and he has more sores. He isn't excessively grooming or itching either and he's almost always in sight when I'm home so I'm not feeling positive. They're really scabby too. So unless they start to go away over the weekend I'm going to take him to get his whole body cultured on Monday.
He had solid stools today! I've never been so happy to see cat poop before, but I think that's a good sign.
Darn, catwoman707 that is so upsetting. The food is so expensive I feel like it should be filet mignon for cats! You're doing them a favor then, because most people will think it's good food. I was convinced. Well in that case, I definitely want to get my money's worth and that doesn't seem to be it. The vet said she thinks he needs a high fiber diet so I want to keep that in mind. The Hill's wd is 10% fiber. I was looking online and the closest I could find was Holistic Select Grain Free Indoor Health and it looks better I think, but it only has 7.5% fiber. Do you think a fiber supplement would work? Here's the ingredients:
Turkey Meal, Potatoes, Peas, Chicken Meal, Dried Ground Potatoes, Turkey, Herring Meal, Pea Fiber, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Potato Protein, Tomato Pomace, Natural Chicken Flavor, Flaxseed, Pumpkin, Menhaden Fish Oil, Cranberries, Apples, Choline Chloride, Taurine, Minerals [Zinc Polysaccharide Complex, Iron Polysaccharide Complex, Copper Polysaccharide Complex, Manganese Polysaccharide Complex, Sodium Selenite, Cobalt Carbonate, Potassium Iodide], Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), d-Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid], Papaya, Blueberries, DL-Methionine, Pomegranate, Mixed Tocopherols added to preserve freshness, Salt, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, L-Carnitine, Potassium Chloride, Inulin, Ground Cinnamon, Ground Fennel, Ground Peppermint, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus subtilis Fermentation Product, Dried Bacillus licheniformis Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus oryzae Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus niger Fermentation Product, Lecithin, Rosemary Extract, Green Tea Extract.
Okay so let's assume we are dealing with IBD.
The first thing you want to do is stop all food completely.
Then for 3 days straight you will ONLY feed him TURKEY baby food and water of course.
This will get his system in check, settled down, and off of whatever it is he is reacting to.
On the 3rd day, you will start to slowly bring in turkey canned food. I use fancy feast classic in the olive green colored can.
It's grain free and he will like it much better then some of the "better" quality and much pricier foods.
No dry at all at first unless if he is a dry food addict then buy some Blue Buffalo Basics, limited ingredient turkey and potato dry food.
Use turkey as his novel protein, it's not the same as chicken.
Nothing but that particular dry food and canned fancy feast classic turkey or there is also a green can that is turkey chunky, this is just as good as the olive can but somehow different, it helps to rotate between the 2. I can't say why since I haven't nor will I ever taste it...........
No slipping anything else, let's see how he does on this.
Are you able to do this?
This is the dry food I have been mentioning if you need to feed him dry, this is what my Krissy eats, 1/4 cup per day during the day, then canned ff turkey in the am and pm for dinner.
@catwoman707 you're right it does seem like a lot of ingredients. I have tried adding pumpkin to his food, I did it for about a week to no avail. I suppose I could have better luck now with a better food? I still have a can of it frozen into an ice cube tray. What about like a power fiber supplement? I didn't see any online for cats, but could a human one work? I tried looking up limited ingredient foods with high fiber and I found BLUE Basics[emoji]174[/emoji] Limited Ingredient Grain Free Turkey & Potato Indoor Senior Cat Food, this one is 7% fiber. Although I'm not sure how I feel about potato's and pea's now. Here's its ingredients:
Deboned Turkey, Turkey Meal, Tapioca Starch, Peas, Pea Protein, Pea Fiber, Potatoes, Canola Oil (Source of Omega-6 Fatty Acids), Natural Flavor, Fish Oil (Source of Omega-3 Fatty Acids), Choline Chloride, DL-Methionine, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Pumpkin, Dried Chicory Root, Flaxseed (Source of Omega-3 And -6 Fatty Acids), Potato Starch, Calcium Carbonate, Caramel, Alfalfa Meal, Taurine, Vitamin E Supplement, L-Lysine, Mixed Tocopherols (Natural Preservative), L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Zinc Sulfate, Parsley, Kelp, Blueberries, Cranberries, Barley Grass, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Turmeric, Ferrous Sulfate, Nicotinic Acid (Vitamin B3), Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Oil of Rosemary, L-Carnitine, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Copper Sulfate, Biotin (Vitamin B7), Vitamin A Supplement, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B6), Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Sodium Selenite, Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Manganese Sulfate, Manganese Amino Acid Chelate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Folic Acid (Vitamin B9), Calcium Iodate, Dried Yeast, Dried Enterococcus Faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus Acidophilus Fermentation Product, Dried Aspergillus Niger Fermentation Extract, Dried Trichoderma Longibrachiatum Fermentation Extract and Dried Bacillus Subtilis Fermentation Extract
Or any other suggestions? I would like to add some wet food back into his diet, but it will probably have to wait until my budget recovers a bit and I can figure out what exactly he can eat. He did really like FF Classics Turkey and Giblets but I'm admittedly afraid to put him back on it, considering he was having diarrhea on it. He's had somewhat of a pot belly the entire time I've had him, he didn't blow up like that until the Science Diet. Jeez that big belly is terrifying.
I'll look into the PureBites treats, but so far he's rejected: Greenies, Temptations (multiple flavors), and some squishy chicken ones. I even offered him plain cooked chicken before and he refused to eat it. He's kind of a weirdo. Thank you LisaHE, he is a great guy!
@LavishSqualor Yay! Haha, yes the Roman general was my inspiration, but Captain Tiberius is a funny namesake too.