I have 2 cats, Aranciata and Tang. Aranciata is 3 1/2 years old and Tang is 2 years old, both domestic longhair cats. In June 2017, we moved from Portland, OR to the SF Bay Area. Prior to moving, my cats were perfectly normal and healthy. We boarded them for a week while we packed the apartment, picked them up from the boarding facility and drove down to the Bay Area the next morning. They slept the whole way down.
A few days after we arrived, they both started having terrible diarrhea. We took them to the vet who ran some tests and gave them dewormers. The tests came back negative for parasites, and the vet suspected that it could be the stress of moving. He put them on metronidazole for a week and forti flora. The diarrhea went on for a couple more weeks. The only thing that seemed to work in the end was putting them on a bland diet, then gradually easing back to their regular diet. (They eat avo derm grain free wet food and whole paws dry food).
Their stools firmed up for a month or so, but then Aranciata started having diarrhea again. Again, a couple of days on a bland diet seemed to help firm her stool up. Since then it’s been going on and off. Every month or so, one of them has random bouts of diarrhea that last 2-3 days. It is usually Aranciata, who has had about 8 episodes of diarrhea in the past year, but Tang has also had 2 or 3 episodes. Aside from the diarrhea, they are perfectly normal and healthy cats. No vomiting (aside from the occasional hairball), no blood in stool, and they always make it to the litter box. There has not been a change in their diet and they are indoor cats only.
I know this could have been triggered by the move, but it’s been a year! Could it be a parasite that the stool test did not detect? If it’s a food allergy, why are they fine for a month plus and then get diarrhea for a couple of days?
Any advice would be highly appreciated!
A few days after we arrived, they both started having terrible diarrhea. We took them to the vet who ran some tests and gave them dewormers. The tests came back negative for parasites, and the vet suspected that it could be the stress of moving. He put them on metronidazole for a week and forti flora. The diarrhea went on for a couple more weeks. The only thing that seemed to work in the end was putting them on a bland diet, then gradually easing back to their regular diet. (They eat avo derm grain free wet food and whole paws dry food).
Their stools firmed up for a month or so, but then Aranciata started having diarrhea again. Again, a couple of days on a bland diet seemed to help firm her stool up. Since then it’s been going on and off. Every month or so, one of them has random bouts of diarrhea that last 2-3 days. It is usually Aranciata, who has had about 8 episodes of diarrhea in the past year, but Tang has also had 2 or 3 episodes. Aside from the diarrhea, they are perfectly normal and healthy cats. No vomiting (aside from the occasional hairball), no blood in stool, and they always make it to the litter box. There has not been a change in their diet and they are indoor cats only.
I know this could have been triggered by the move, but it’s been a year! Could it be a parasite that the stool test did not detect? If it’s a food allergy, why are they fine for a month plus and then get diarrhea for a couple of days?
Any advice would be highly appreciated!
