I have two kittens that are about 8-9mo now. I have had them since about April 2020. I got one first, and the second about a month later, they are not related in any way.
The boy had diarrhea when we brought him home and it lasted nearly a month. According to test nothing was wrong and in the end it seems it just took him a long time to adjust to cat food (he was a street cat eating who knows what). The other cat only ever had diarrhea once for a few days after her spaying. For 6+ months both had healthy stools.
They eat a variety of wet foods which make up 95% of their diet and then they have dry food I put out overnight. There have been no food changes prior to all of this starting. Both are fully vaccinated as well and both fixed. They are 100% inside and have never been outside. My house has no plants or toxic chemicals or anything of the sort. .
The girl kitty started having loose stools which progressed into pure water. A few days later it started in the boy. This was about a month ago, now.
We went to the vets and the test didn't reveal worms or anything. They had been dewormed when I got them, also.
They gave me probiotics and a liquid antibiotic. I cannot remember the name now, but it was pink. And it made absolutely no improvements, plus the boy cat hates the probiotics and it's a struggle getting him to eat when it's in his food.
When that didn't work we got a course of metronidazole. It seemed to help a little bit, progressing to cow patties instead of liquid, and a few times there was shape, but it was never 100%.
Next I was told to fast them for 12 hours and then feed chicken & rice only. That is was transpired a few days ago, and it has made it A LOT WORSE. The boy is now having poop that seems to have almost no fecal in it, it is brown clear water. He has also started crying during going and after as he frantically licks his bum, so it is starting to burn is my suspicion. Girl cat isn't doing this, but still not having solid poop.
The vet just wants to keep giving me probiotics. I tried benebac, probiocin, diagel, saccharomuyces, human grade probiotics and the ones the vet gave me.
I am sort of fed up, they do not seem to think it is serious at all. My house reeks, despite cleaning the box every single time they go, they are going several times a day though, at different intervals, so as soon as the stench clears out, someone goes again...
They go in the box but sometimes overshoot it and it's on my walls and floor, and sometimes someone will scoot across the kitchen floor and leave a streak of poop. I am just dealing with poop 24/7 and I am exhausted in addition to the stress I am that they are not okay! The crying the boy has started doing is really scaring me. I have decided I am going to another, new vet. I feel I should be prepared to be brushed off again and have specific questions or suggestions.
I should say that beside this both cats seem FINE otherwise. They are both playing rambunctiously and eating like normal and drinking water. They are not at all lethargic and I "skin tent" test them at least 2x a day for dehydration concerns. There is no vomiting, or blood in the stool. They are peeing a normal amount, and their coats look healthy, their eyes, etc.
The boy had diarrhea when we brought him home and it lasted nearly a month. According to test nothing was wrong and in the end it seems it just took him a long time to adjust to cat food (he was a street cat eating who knows what). The other cat only ever had diarrhea once for a few days after her spaying. For 6+ months both had healthy stools.
They eat a variety of wet foods which make up 95% of their diet and then they have dry food I put out overnight. There have been no food changes prior to all of this starting. Both are fully vaccinated as well and both fixed. They are 100% inside and have never been outside. My house has no plants or toxic chemicals or anything of the sort. .
The girl kitty started having loose stools which progressed into pure water. A few days later it started in the boy. This was about a month ago, now.
We went to the vets and the test didn't reveal worms or anything. They had been dewormed when I got them, also.
They gave me probiotics and a liquid antibiotic. I cannot remember the name now, but it was pink. And it made absolutely no improvements, plus the boy cat hates the probiotics and it's a struggle getting him to eat when it's in his food.
When that didn't work we got a course of metronidazole. It seemed to help a little bit, progressing to cow patties instead of liquid, and a few times there was shape, but it was never 100%.
Next I was told to fast them for 12 hours and then feed chicken & rice only. That is was transpired a few days ago, and it has made it A LOT WORSE. The boy is now having poop that seems to have almost no fecal in it, it is brown clear water. He has also started crying during going and after as he frantically licks his bum, so it is starting to burn is my suspicion. Girl cat isn't doing this, but still not having solid poop.
The vet just wants to keep giving me probiotics. I tried benebac, probiocin, diagel, saccharomuyces, human grade probiotics and the ones the vet gave me.
I am sort of fed up, they do not seem to think it is serious at all. My house reeks, despite cleaning the box every single time they go, they are going several times a day though, at different intervals, so as soon as the stench clears out, someone goes again...
They go in the box but sometimes overshoot it and it's on my walls and floor, and sometimes someone will scoot across the kitchen floor and leave a streak of poop. I am just dealing with poop 24/7 and I am exhausted in addition to the stress I am that they are not okay! The crying the boy has started doing is really scaring me. I have decided I am going to another, new vet. I feel I should be prepared to be brushed off again and have specific questions or suggestions.
I should say that beside this both cats seem FINE otherwise. They are both playing rambunctiously and eating like normal and drinking water. They are not at all lethargic and I "skin tent" test them at least 2x a day for dehydration concerns. There is no vomiting, or blood in the stool. They are peeing a normal amount, and their coats look healthy, their eyes, etc.