Thank you for such an in depth response! We have pet insurance, so I wonder if that would cover things like the PCR test. I assume that's something I can ask the vet for? Honestly, I'd rather have to collect a sample than put both me and my cat through the stress of an unhelpful vet visit, so...
I know it may not be exactly what you have your heart set on, but I'd also recommend looking for British Shorthair breeders! If you love the look of a Scottish Fold, British Shorthairs look very similar but without the folded ears. Because of all the health concerns of Scottish Folds...
Hello! If anyone has advice on this situation I'd really appreciate it. It honestly has been causing me so much anxiety. So I have a year old kitty who has had diarrhea issues for some time now. When we brought him home he was totally fine, eating different varieties and brands of wet food, but...
In February, we brought home a cat who is now about 10 months old. Even before the pandemic, I worked from home, so was with him for the majority of the day. Now, my husband and I both are pretty much around all day, and even the several hours we would leave our cat on the weekends to see...
Thanks for the replies! Is there a suggested brand for S. Boulardi? I'm having trouble finding one just through Google searching, and I want to make sure I'm not giving him the wrong thing!
I'm feeding him Royal Canin kitten dry food (what he was eating with his previous owner and before he was sick) and Purina beyond wet food (again, what he was eating before he got sick). They've run two fecal tests for worms/parasites, both of which came back negative--is this the same as a PCR...
So we have had our cat for about a month and a half now. When we first brought him home (he was about 7 months or so), he was totally healthy. He free fed on dry food, and ate about a can of wet food every day. About three weeks after we got him, we accidentally gave him the wrong dry food...