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I've noticed that my 5 year old male tabby has been having some on and off diarrhea for about a few months now. I've noticed that maybe once every 2 weeks his poop would be relatively soft and smelly, almost diarrhea like. So Im going to take him to the vet tmr. When i first noticed he had diarrhea, we had changed his food to a new chicken flavor brand 'SOLID GOLD'. We thought it might be caused by the change in food, so we changed it back to what he was eating previously which was flavor Solid Gold. However we're still having some problems.
Im taking him to the vet but Im a bit worried that the vet wont know what to do or where to start looking since this is an ongoing problem. Im hoping that he wont suggest anything to invasive.
I should also mention that he is a relatively large cat who eats dried cat food and i cook chicken for him also (steamed chicken breast- which he eats maybe quater of a piece each day).
Do you think that the fact that he's a relatively heavy and fat cat that this will rule out parasites causing the soft poop?
He had diarrhea yesterday but now its normal poop again. Should i bring a sample to the vet?
If anyone has had this problem before, can you let me know what the vet did or how he examined the problem?
What could be the likly causes of the problem?
tHANKS !
I've noticed that my 5 year old male tabby has been having some on and off diarrhea for about a few months now. I've noticed that maybe once every 2 weeks his poop would be relatively soft and smelly, almost diarrhea like. So Im going to take him to the vet tmr. When i first noticed he had diarrhea, we had changed his food to a new chicken flavor brand 'SOLID GOLD'. We thought it might be caused by the change in food, so we changed it back to what he was eating previously which was flavor Solid Gold. However we're still having some problems.
Im taking him to the vet but Im a bit worried that the vet wont know what to do or where to start looking since this is an ongoing problem. Im hoping that he wont suggest anything to invasive.
I should also mention that he is a relatively large cat who eats dried cat food and i cook chicken for him also (steamed chicken breast- which he eats maybe quater of a piece each day).
Do you think that the fact that he's a relatively heavy and fat cat that this will rule out parasites causing the soft poop?
He had diarrhea yesterday but now its normal poop again. Should i bring a sample to the vet?
If anyone has had this problem before, can you let me know what the vet did or how he examined the problem?
What could be the likly causes of the problem?
tHANKS !