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We brought home our 8-week kitten and found out he had giardia.
He had terrible bloody diarrhea and wasnt gaining any weight-- his fecal sample came back positive on the third day. He was put on 7 days of panacur and probiotics, and it seemed to work well. His stool slowly firmed up and he started gaining weight, running around, acting like a normal kitty! I felt so relieved and thought the giardia sorted itself out.
Then, once the medication stopped, his stools got loose again, then by the 2nd day of no medication it was full blown bloody diarrhea again-- he also threw up his meal which he never did before. He was so weak and didnt want to eat any food.
Its the weekend, so we decided to give him another day of panacur until the vet opens on Tuesday (holiday on monday). It worked near instantly; we gave panacur in the morning, he stopped having diarrhea and started acting normal again. I'm glad that panacur does seem to make him feel better (and firm up his poop) but I'm so worried about the possibility of him getting diarrhea again once he's off medication
Our older cat started showing symptoms, so he was also put on panacur to be safe (but days later). The older cat has slowly started eating less and less since his medication, which is driving me crazy because he NEVER denies food and I can feel him losing weight and his scruff doesnt bounce back like it used to.
I've read everything online to prevent disinfection; I vacuum, steam clean and disinfect litter boxes everyday. I also keep the cats in seperate rooms so they dont groom each other.
Just... can someone please tell me this nightmare will stop? Has anyone experienced a kitten that had diarrhea only while off medication? Has anyone experienced Panacur making cats lose their appetite? We lost a kitten to FIP a couple months ago and that was such a long battle that costs us thousands, and now we have to go through this. 2017 had just been the hardest year for me and I need to know theres light at the end of the tunnel.
He had terrible bloody diarrhea and wasnt gaining any weight-- his fecal sample came back positive on the third day. He was put on 7 days of panacur and probiotics, and it seemed to work well. His stool slowly firmed up and he started gaining weight, running around, acting like a normal kitty! I felt so relieved and thought the giardia sorted itself out.
Then, once the medication stopped, his stools got loose again, then by the 2nd day of no medication it was full blown bloody diarrhea again-- he also threw up his meal which he never did before. He was so weak and didnt want to eat any food.
Its the weekend, so we decided to give him another day of panacur until the vet opens on Tuesday (holiday on monday). It worked near instantly; we gave panacur in the morning, he stopped having diarrhea and started acting normal again. I'm glad that panacur does seem to make him feel better (and firm up his poop) but I'm so worried about the possibility of him getting diarrhea again once he's off medication
Our older cat started showing symptoms, so he was also put on panacur to be safe (but days later). The older cat has slowly started eating less and less since his medication, which is driving me crazy because he NEVER denies food and I can feel him losing weight and his scruff doesnt bounce back like it used to.
I've read everything online to prevent disinfection; I vacuum, steam clean and disinfect litter boxes everyday. I also keep the cats in seperate rooms so they dont groom each other.
Just... can someone please tell me this nightmare will stop? Has anyone experienced a kitten that had diarrhea only while off medication? Has anyone experienced Panacur making cats lose their appetite? We lost a kitten to FIP a couple months ago and that was such a long battle that costs us thousands, and now we have to go through this. 2017 had just been the hardest year for me and I need to know theres light at the end of the tunnel.