Hi everyone, this might be a longer post because there's a lot of info but I'll try to keep it brief. I have an 11 year old female cat named Yoshi, and she's been having some GI issues for the past couple months.
She had diarrhea a couple months ago & was losing weight & eating less, so I took her to the vet & they did a few blood tests & a urinalysis. Nothing showed up out of the ordinary, so my vet gave her Metronidazole to help with the diarrhea. She didn't do well on that & had a couple seizures, so we obviously stopped giving it to her.
We scheduled an ultrasound to see if there was any kind of blockage, & I picked up some prescription wet food for her. She absolutely loves the food & gobbled it all down every day, gained 3 pounds back & seemed to be back to her healthy stuff. The diarrhea didn't stop completely but it was much better only in a couple days, so my vet decided to cancel the ultrasound and just the food take care of the problem since it seemed to be working.
That was a couple weeks ago, and she is still a healthy weight & eating a ton, but the diarrhea hasn't stopped. She is still having very liquidy stools that are very smelly. They are normal in colour and nothing appears to be in them that could resemble parasites. I have also found a couple hairballs around the house.
I'm perplexed because she is still eating the normal amount, isn't losing weight, is drinking, & is very playful. Everything showed up fine at the vets, so what could be causing this? Food sensitivity? Just a sensitive stomach?
I'm thinking about calling to book the ultrasound now, but I worry about putting her through that much stress. If she had a blockage, wouldn't she not be eating?
I ordered some S. Boulardii so hopefully that helps, but it wont get here for another 2 weeks. Should I go ahead & schedule the ultrasound to be safe? Has anyone else experienced something similar?
She had diarrhea a couple months ago & was losing weight & eating less, so I took her to the vet & they did a few blood tests & a urinalysis. Nothing showed up out of the ordinary, so my vet gave her Metronidazole to help with the diarrhea. She didn't do well on that & had a couple seizures, so we obviously stopped giving it to her.
We scheduled an ultrasound to see if there was any kind of blockage, & I picked up some prescription wet food for her. She absolutely loves the food & gobbled it all down every day, gained 3 pounds back & seemed to be back to her healthy stuff. The diarrhea didn't stop completely but it was much better only in a couple days, so my vet decided to cancel the ultrasound and just the food take care of the problem since it seemed to be working.
That was a couple weeks ago, and she is still a healthy weight & eating a ton, but the diarrhea hasn't stopped. She is still having very liquidy stools that are very smelly. They are normal in colour and nothing appears to be in them that could resemble parasites. I have also found a couple hairballs around the house.
I'm perplexed because she is still eating the normal amount, isn't losing weight, is drinking, & is very playful. Everything showed up fine at the vets, so what could be causing this? Food sensitivity? Just a sensitive stomach?
I'm thinking about calling to book the ultrasound now, but I worry about putting her through that much stress. If she had a blockage, wouldn't she not be eating?
I ordered some S. Boulardii so hopefully that helps, but it wont get here for another 2 weeks. Should I go ahead & schedule the ultrasound to be safe? Has anyone else experienced something similar?