I just cleaned the litter box and for the second time in as many weeks I found small traces of bright red blood on some of the stool. My cat was thought to have come down with stomatitis about a month ago but that appears to have not been the case. She was on 10 days of prednisone and antibiotics but that ended two weeks ago. At the time one of her facial lymph nodes was swollen as was the stoma on one side. All of that has subsequently gone away and her appetite and activity have returned to normal. She does have food allergies and is on a raw food diet.
Her poops are regularly dry and crumbly (no more diarrhea since going 100% raw). She is a 3.5 years old indoor only cat so I’m not thinking she has parasites. I do think she could have IBD. I read that bright red blood indicates a problem in the lower intestine / colon.
My question is, whereas this has only occurred twice in 2 weeks, is it time to be concerned or do you think this could be a somewhat normal occurrence given how dry her stools are as a result of the raw diet?
I don’t want to do nothing but I’m not looking to accrue more vet bills. We’ve spent hundreds of dollars on her in November only to discover we don’t think she has stomatitis. Has anyone else had experienced this on occasion, especially if on a raw food diet that produces very dry, crumbly stools?
Her poops are regularly dry and crumbly (no more diarrhea since going 100% raw). She is a 3.5 years old indoor only cat so I’m not thinking she has parasites. I do think she could have IBD. I read that bright red blood indicates a problem in the lower intestine / colon.
My question is, whereas this has only occurred twice in 2 weeks, is it time to be concerned or do you think this could be a somewhat normal occurrence given how dry her stools are as a result of the raw diet?
I don’t want to do nothing but I’m not looking to accrue more vet bills. We’ve spent hundreds of dollars on her in November only to discover we don’t think she has stomatitis. Has anyone else had experienced this on occasion, especially if on a raw food diet that produces very dry, crumbly stools?