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Hi! My cat Kirby has had chronic diarrhea basically since I took her home at 3.5 months. Here's some quick background info:
I got her from a Breeder.
She has had diarrhea since the first day.
I have taken her to multiple vets, more info on that below.
I've tried different foods such as: orijen, acana, wellness, blue buffalo, royal canin sensitive, purina naturals, natural instincts (I think that's what it was called), canidae, and royal canon gastrointestinal high energy. Also, I have given her the canned formula along with dry when possible. I settled on the GI high energy and fancy feast chicken grilled wet food since I read that some cats with IBD do well on that wet food. All the food changes I have done by gradually changing it over the course of a week or two and trying it for a month each time. No luck or changes in stool.
Here's her info from the vet:
They first prescribed the usual metronidazole when she was about five months which I hated because of what I've read about that medicine for kittens. This helped for the time she was on it and then nothing. This vet then prescribed flagyl and no luck. I forgot to mention at this point we had done a fecal and blood test. Fecal came back normal, but vet said she probably had giardia even though it didn't show up. Blood test came back normal but elevated white blood cells. The vet then suggested fortiflora and the GI Food. Nothing. I went back and she gave me panacur, and nothing. She told me she didn't know what else to do and could not help. Useful, right? I went to another vet at this point and he diagnosed her with IBD and prescribed sulfasalizine which helped A LOT. She was at 6.5 pounds. However, she was on this for six months and was weaned off, only for the diarrhea to come back at full speed after two weeks. She had a major flare up and it was explosive. It subsided a bit but I have to be on high alert so I can wipe her after she goes. I took her back to the vet and they are doing an extensive GI test at A&M. However, they gave me barium solution to help for now and the sulfasalizine again. I'm not sure if it's helping and can't find anything online that provides research on the barium solution. As of now, it's just turned her runny poop whiteish. She is eating and playing and drinking water and has no other symptoms besides the diarrhea. Any advice? I have tried OTC remedies such as pumpkin, Metamucil, benebac and fortiflora, edible pet clay, fiber supplements, an OTC natural medicine for coccidia, and a probiotic spray. She has been spayed and is a blue point Siamese. Her breeder is very reputable.
I got her from a Breeder.
She has had diarrhea since the first day.
I have taken her to multiple vets, more info on that below.
I've tried different foods such as: orijen, acana, wellness, blue buffalo, royal canin sensitive, purina naturals, natural instincts (I think that's what it was called), canidae, and royal canon gastrointestinal high energy. Also, I have given her the canned formula along with dry when possible. I settled on the GI high energy and fancy feast chicken grilled wet food since I read that some cats with IBD do well on that wet food. All the food changes I have done by gradually changing it over the course of a week or two and trying it for a month each time. No luck or changes in stool.
Here's her info from the vet:
They first prescribed the usual metronidazole when she was about five months which I hated because of what I've read about that medicine for kittens. This helped for the time she was on it and then nothing. This vet then prescribed flagyl and no luck. I forgot to mention at this point we had done a fecal and blood test. Fecal came back normal, but vet said she probably had giardia even though it didn't show up. Blood test came back normal but elevated white blood cells. The vet then suggested fortiflora and the GI Food. Nothing. I went back and she gave me panacur, and nothing. She told me she didn't know what else to do and could not help. Useful, right? I went to another vet at this point and he diagnosed her with IBD and prescribed sulfasalizine which helped A LOT. She was at 6.5 pounds. However, she was on this for six months and was weaned off, only for the diarrhea to come back at full speed after two weeks. She had a major flare up and it was explosive. It subsided a bit but I have to be on high alert so I can wipe her after she goes. I took her back to the vet and they are doing an extensive GI test at A&M. However, they gave me barium solution to help for now and the sulfasalizine again. I'm not sure if it's helping and can't find anything online that provides research on the barium solution. As of now, it's just turned her runny poop whiteish. She is eating and playing and drinking water and has no other symptoms besides the diarrhea. Any advice? I have tried OTC remedies such as pumpkin, Metamucil, benebac and fortiflora, edible pet clay, fiber supplements, an OTC natural medicine for coccidia, and a probiotic spray. She has been spayed and is a blue point Siamese. Her breeder is very reputable.