Diarrhea Cat
Stop and Prevent Cat Diarrhea
This article discusses why cat diarrhea/vomiting are epidemic, what you can give them to quickly stop routine diarrhea; but better still, how to prevent it.
If Dogs are mans best friend, Felines are females favored friend! Sure men own cats, too, but that is not the point here.
Cat diarrhea (and vomiting) is so common, many say it is epidemic. Why?
Domesticating Cats is Behavioral. Domesticating their diet is The Cause of Declining Health.
To fully grasp the following information, it is important to note that decades of dependency on chemicals and inorganic fertilizers have not only destroyed the top soil (and the subsequent nutritional value of commercial fruits and vegetables), they have seeped into rivers, streams, and found they way into the water table we drink and bathe with. Water puddles likely contain bacteria, discarded food residue, disease carrying bug larvae, as well as human and animal spittle containing any number of pathogenic organisms...
Feral and outdoor cats hunt small animals and birds. Unfortunately, the ones they have been eating over the last 50 years are increasingly diseased, and weakened from various environmental stresses. This seems to make an argument for commercial pet foods, however many pets refuse to eat it.
The problem is so common that many manufacturers have resorted to spraying recycled restaurant grease on dry foods, just to add some flavor!
The ongoing dog food/dog treat recall has provided some insight into what is in dry foods, as well as how pet food manufacturers think. They say they added more wheat gluten because it is a source of protein- only it is not a protein that cats or dogs need, but it is profitable.
Wet pet foods are not any better! They contain heavily processed low quality overcooked meats from animals injected with growth hormones and antibiotics.
Commercial pet foods are both convenient and cheap. But what is the ultimate cost to your pets health and your wallet?
Pet Diarrhea and Vomiting is the Number 3 Reason People Take Their Animals to the Vet
Today, a virtual epidemic of GI related health issues ranging from eating disorders, vomiting, loose stools, diarrhea, IBS, spastic colon, to constipation can be traced directly to commercial cat food! According to industry statistics, diarrhea is the number 3 reason people are taking their animals to the vet.
Stress is another cause of diarrhea. Cats prefer peace and quiet to loud noises. Travel also stresses cats, as it often means leaving familiar territory, beyond which are unfamiliar noises and smells, different air quality, humidity, water, possibly even food- any one of which can throw off your cats now delicate GI balance.
Veterinary Care
If you take kitty to a vet, rarely do you have any idea why it has diarrhea. To assure speedy results, they are likely to prescribe an antibiotic with broad-spectrum kill capabilities, and advise you to withhold food or water for 24-48 hours. This is a case where the remedy needs a remedy!
Antibiotics kill all the bacteria- including the ones your cat needs for digestion. One thing you can be sure of, between no food and water, and the side effects of toxic antibiotics ravaging their immune systems, kitty is going to be in for a very rough couple of days. So if not antibiotics, what then? Non-dairy Probiotics!
Cats supplement their diet by eating grass, and especially the soil around the grass roots, which once contained soil-based organisms (SBOs)- non-dairy probiotics.
SBOs are The Missing Link to restoring and maintaining GI health. Without a steady supply of SBOs, proper digestion and elimination cannot take place. Foul smelling gas is a warning sign.
SBOs are highly effective when the diarrhea or vomiting is routine. However, if intestinal inflammation is present, neither SBOs nor medications are likely to restore balance. It is critical to resolve inflammation as soon as possible!
Herbal anti-inflammatories are more effective than steroids to resolve inflammation, but unlike steroids, they do not require weaning off. Unresolved intestinal inflammation quickly leads to immune disorders/diseases.
Have you noticed that the slippery slope to poor health begins with the GI tract? According to The Royal Society of Medicine Great Britain- Fully 90% of All Chronic Disease is Caused by an Unhealthy Intestinal System.
By administering SBOs as a daily supplement, you can prevent most cases of routine diarrhea while preventing 90% of all chronic disease from getting a foothold.
The food you feed your pets needs to be reasonably close to what they once ate in the wild; that is if you expect them to stay healthy. Buy organic chicken, meats, and fish, very lightly saute them and mix 50/50 with pet foods they are eating. Mix with less pet food each day. After one week they should be on 100% sauted food. Next, do the same with raw meats.
Unless your cat/dog is extremely sick, you should see immediate signs of recovery.
A Healthy Pet is a Happy Pet
Stephen Becker is a nutritionaist and President of Vitality Science, where he formualtes scientifically proven remedies and supplements for cats, dogs, kittens, and puppies.http://www.vitalityscience.com
Antibiotics for diarrhea - cats case?
Hi
My cat was spayed a few time ago, she returned home ok without need of medication.
About 3 days after started showing small problems as fever and vet decided for using RILEXINE 75 just in case for 8 days. In the middle of the treatment she developed diarrhea and thing keeps on til now.Rilexine treatment is over,Is her second day without the pill, she is eating and drinking but poo is still bad.
Lab poo test result is ok, no worms presence
Should I wait a little bit more?
I'm in touch with vet but he wants me to start Bactrin 400, I'm afraid of excessive use of medicine cos she's been under a lot of stress, pregnancy, nursing, moving to indoor, surgery...
8 more days of remedies...
Does anybody faced that situation?
its my first cat so I dont know yet how much can I trust every vet...
in fact I talked with a second one,she didnt see her but said there's no natural food to help but I probably can wait a day more
Bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim) is an antibiotic
Rilexine is another ( cephalosporine if I'm not mistaken)
Vet dont know if there is an infecction,he supposed that since there's no parasites presence.
Forgot to mention,diarrhea is now six day lasting.She keeps eating and drinking and active.
Which are simptoms of dehidration?
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my cat keeps leaving a surprise in the driveway?
well my cat after his raccoon attack, he began to dramatically age. he was never really really well at being potty trained since he was taken to early from his mother. well not to early it is just the previous owners did not properly teach them at all. he used to cover it up in the yard in places that were okay like a pile of decomposing leaves far away. now he always has diarrhea and the worst part it he doesn't it in the drive way, back yard, garden, and he doesn't cover it. it would just lie there a large pile of diarrhea cat crap uncovered for the whole world to see what might be the problem?
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My foster cats have a parasite that can't be identified. I tried everything, getting desperate...?
I have two foster cats with chronic diarrhea and there is not end to it.
Kitty number 1 is 7 months old, has had diarrhea on and off since I got him as a savage beast (at 5 months), puked ascarids, was brought to vet, treated with Selamectin (Revolution), vaccinated (FRCP + Leukemia + Rabies), then treated with milbemycin oxime and praziquantel (Milbemax).
Then Kitty, a.k.a. snipsnipkitty, got adopted (at 6 months), so I assumed diarrhea was going to stop after the treatment run its course, said goodbye to him and I accepted to foster Kitty number 2 a.k.a. preggykitty.
Then snipsnipkitty came back (after 2 weeks) because the adoptive family had "allergies". Turned out snipsnipkitty still had diarrhea, that it was getting worse and smelling awful.
However, preggykitty was due at an unknown date and I wanted to avoid her getting knocked up again, so I promptly got snipsnipkitty... snipsniped.
Then preggykitty started having diarrhea as well... Same stuff : smells horrible, cow-pie like, or totally liquid, but no blood in it that I can see. Both cats had poo sticking in their fur, on their paws, and were putting poo all over my appartment.
Got both kitties to vet, were treated both with selamectin (Revolution), fenbendazole (Panacur), both got FortiFlora (intestine "good" bacteria). Then snipsnipkitty also got Metronidazole (preggykitty can't because still pregnant despite being due approximately last week, guess approximation was not that good).
Nope... still diarrhea. To be fair, snipsnipkitty had 2 poops that were half-formed (for 8 liquidy ones). Other than that, no change whatsoever, except cats are getting careful near the litterbox and do their best to avoid putting poo on themselves.
They are both fed luxury stuff : Orijen (dry : 17% carbs) and Merricks (canned : 3%, 5%, or 8% depending on flavour). This is more digestible than the so-called "ultra-digestible" stuffs from Hills (I/D is 24% in wet or 26% in dry), and than Purina (DM is 13% so yeah a little less than Orijen but more than Merricks). Orijen and Merrick's are both grain-free, by-product-free, never outsourced, made with local products (Canada for Orijen, USA for Merricks), blahblahblah; 80% meat for Orijen and so on and so forth. This is top quality, organic, holistic food. I can't do better, I do not have the facilities to make raw food by myself, and frozen raw is too expensive for me. And I absolutely refuse to buy corn-filled crap just because it's sold by the vet.
I add that I had 4 other kitties come in contact with snipsnipkitty, eating the same stuff, sharing the same litterbox, and nobody is sick. I clean the litterbox (litter is World's Best, corn-based, they don't eat it, but I can't take the risk of having them swallow clay, plus kitten to be born soon, so corn it is) 10 to 15 times a day, I change the litter and clean the bow regularly, I cleaned the whole apartment and washed all blankets and fabrics more times that I care to count, I gave cats baths so many times they are afraid of the bathroom door now.
Both cats are fine, really, they eat like ogres, drink incredible amounts of water (they love the fountain, I clean it twice a week btw and there is a charcoal filter in it). snipsnipkitty plays all the time, preggykitty seems content and happy although she is way too pregnant to be active, she especially enjoys the twice daily combing sessions. Indeed they are perfectly healthy, except for the diarrhea.
Cats are getting bored with getting showers (altough they have been very supportive about it), and I am getting bored with giving it to them though... Plus I won't be able to shower preggykitty once she delivers. I currently run after them when they get out of the litterbox to wipe or clean their butts and avoid for them to lick and swallow their poop, but I can't do that 24/7 unfortunately.
snipsnipkitty has such a huge vet bill coming with him than I have no idea how I will manage to get him adopted, and I won't be able to find families for the babies and preggykitty if I can't get rid of the diarrhea. I paid the vet bill as an advance, and I am at the maximum of what I can do financially, I can't afford to go to vet again for those foster cats.
I am almost certain this is some kind of parasite, but the vet said it's impossible to do a test with stool that liquid, and all the standard stuffs should have been eradicated by one of the medication the cat already got.
So : Revolution, Milbemax, Panacur, FortiFlora, Metronidazole. All failed. Diet failed too. Anybody has a suggestion ? It would be very much appreciated.
@ Kay : snipsnipkitty is on his fifth day on metro, it was supposed to be a 6 day treatment. Panacur was finished before metro was started, I didn't know Giardia could be that hard to get rid of. Thing is, there is no vomiting, definitely no appetite loss, and no flatulence. No abdominal distention on snipsnip either (And no medication to treat preggykitty...)
@ J C : Vet says it's impossible to test anything because the stool is too liquid. I'll try to get my hands on some Albon... Is it safe for pregnant cat ?
We are down to 3 possibilities : a very stubborn Giarda, Coccidia, OR Ttritrichomonas :( I'm afraid of the latest, since ronidazole is so expensive and dangerous, and can't be given to lactating queens either.
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Doctors/HEALTH CARE P HELP US?
Doctors/HEATH CARE p help us?
My English is not good.I am 29 yrs lady.I took care of a diarrhea cat at my home .And my father got Leptospirosis.From last 6 months every two months ,I get stronger leg joints pain.Presetly I got ankle pain pain too.Bone doctor replied me " You do not have arthisis.However y have post virus.And medicine doctor replied .I got chicken buniya past 6 months.It is curred now,however its effects remain still. .Doctor suggested me to take pain killer.However I have fear of its side effects.I am 5ft tall and 63 kg.For my height and weight which vegetarian food shall i take?Can you suggest me any side effects free herbs?I have some more qurrie's.For my fathers health.Is it safe to keep cat at home?How do I understand ,when he was at rescue.He got Leptospirosis or not?
How do we diagnosis that if cat have Leptospirosis ?If presntly rescue accept our request to dignosis of cats Leptospirosis.And if the cat stay in rescue van.Will he get any disease from any another rescue animal.?We are not getting any path.
My another query is at just back side of my house.Our society had made garbage hill.Society replied us that garbage is
Compost.It cannot harm you.Is it true?If not what to do?
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