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I'd like to start off by saying I have taken her to the vet and they tested her poo beforehand, which came back negative for parasites. They said she looks okay, and that they expressed her anal glands( I believe that's the proper wording).
The reason I had taken her in is because of blood in her poop(one example will be the first picture). Vet gave me a probiotic for her to take until I could get in for a visit. He then prescribed an antibiotic (metronidazole) to give her. I cannot for the life of me safely give her this without fear of getting it down the wrong pipe or hurting her trying to hold her still, and most of it she drools/spits up(she also will not eat anything I've tried mixing it in with). I called again, and he recommended hill's science diet light wet food ( although I believe in this case it should be the digestive health? will not hear back until tuesday, though ), which I will be getting asap. I also had mentioned she threw up white foam yesterday.
While I haven't seen nearly as much blood, I did find a poop this morning that has me pretty concerned(although I'm not 100% sure it is her or one of my other two babies).
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per above image, the thing on the tip there-- I used paper towel to try to see what that could be, but have no idea. It's consistency was like caramel/taffy?
This is all the same poop, for some reason flash really lightened the color, but it did help make the red spots more visible.
Could this be a sign of the antibiotics/probiotics at work? Or does this indicate there is a larger problem? I have not noticed any behavioral problems. There was pee yesterday next to one of the litterboxes, but I was not positive who, and it seemed like to much for my other girl to be 'marking'. I have also recently switched them to wood pellet litter, though, so that may be the culprit.
If any more info is needed that I may have missed, I'll add it, and respond to all questions. Any clarity on specific things to look for in poop also extremely helpful, as any guide online I've found only talks about consistency, none of which have matched with the other red flags I've been seeing.
The reason I had taken her in is because of blood in her poop(one example will be the first picture). Vet gave me a probiotic for her to take until I could get in for a visit. He then prescribed an antibiotic (metronidazole) to give her. I cannot for the life of me safely give her this without fear of getting it down the wrong pipe or hurting her trying to hold her still, and most of it she drools/spits up(she also will not eat anything I've tried mixing it in with). I called again, and he recommended hill's science diet light wet food ( although I believe in this case it should be the digestive health? will not hear back until tuesday, though ), which I will be getting asap. I also had mentioned she threw up white foam yesterday.
While I haven't seen nearly as much blood, I did find a poop this morning that has me pretty concerned(although I'm not 100% sure it is her or one of my other two babies).
flash on:
flash off:
per above image, the thing on the tip there-- I used paper towel to try to see what that could be, but have no idea. It's consistency was like caramel/taffy?
This is all the same poop, for some reason flash really lightened the color, but it did help make the red spots more visible.
Could this be a sign of the antibiotics/probiotics at work? Or does this indicate there is a larger problem? I have not noticed any behavioral problems. There was pee yesterday next to one of the litterboxes, but I was not positive who, and it seemed like to much for my other girl to be 'marking'. I have also recently switched them to wood pellet litter, though, so that may be the culprit.
If any more info is needed that I may have missed, I'll add it, and respond to all questions. Any clarity on specific things to look for in poop also extremely helpful, as any guide online I've found only talks about consistency, none of which have matched with the other red flags I've been seeing.