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Contessa started has been having soft stool for awhile. I took in a VERY fresh stool sample (like I put it in a bag 2 seconds after she pooped and ran it over the to vet lol) a couple weeks ago and they found no parasites. Our vet can't get us in for weeks so we decided to try Fortiflora. At first, it worked amazingly. Her stool was perfectly firm and perfectly sized and she seemed super happy. Then a couple days ago, she had a bowel movement where it was part normal and part liquid. Then yesterday she had diarrhea about 3 times and she's had diarrhea again this morning. One of the bowel movements last night had a bit of mucus but other than that, I haven't seen anything scary like blood. It's a normal color but very liquidy.
I'm guessing I should stop giving her Fortiflora at this point? I'm thinking about trying S. Boulardii to see if that helps.
I've had Contessa and her "sister" (unrelated but they're besties who have lived together for nearly their entire lives) Juliet since November 2020 and they've both had intermittent digestive issues that entire time. Sometimes it's diarrhea, sometimes it's constipation, sometimes it's vomiting. They've between tested for parasites several times and nothing has been found. I don't know if it's likely that 2 cats who are unrelated could both have IBD but it kind of seems like it.
I'm also going to try to find a new food for them again. They are currently eating Friskies Prime Filets Turkey Dinner and Sheba Perfect Portions Cuts Turkey and Chicken because it is so difficult to find anything that they both will agree to eat (Juliet is extremely picky, Contessa will eat anything) so I have fallen back on "bad" foods again. I do NOT want to feed raw because I am immunocompromised. I might try Rawz again but it's so expensive and Juliet often turns her nose up at it after a couple days of feeding it.
I'm guessing I should stop giving her Fortiflora at this point? I'm thinking about trying S. Boulardii to see if that helps.
I've had Contessa and her "sister" (unrelated but they're besties who have lived together for nearly their entire lives) Juliet since November 2020 and they've both had intermittent digestive issues that entire time. Sometimes it's diarrhea, sometimes it's constipation, sometimes it's vomiting. They've between tested for parasites several times and nothing has been found. I don't know if it's likely that 2 cats who are unrelated could both have IBD but it kind of seems like it.
I'm also going to try to find a new food for them again. They are currently eating Friskies Prime Filets Turkey Dinner and Sheba Perfect Portions Cuts Turkey and Chicken because it is so difficult to find anything that they both will agree to eat (Juliet is extremely picky, Contessa will eat anything) so I have fallen back on "bad" foods again. I do NOT want to feed raw because I am immunocompromised. I might try Rawz again but it's so expensive and Juliet often turns her nose up at it after a couple days of feeding it.