Jack has had diarrhea for a few days longer than a week. He has seen the vet and I provided samples. The vet gave him a steriod shot... I am not very clear on why he did that... That evening he was sicker as a side effect of the shot.
He got better, and mostly he seems normal... I decided when calling the vet back got me nowhere to try switching his food. (I just began that slow process yesterday). I ended up awake most of the night with Jacks constant litter box runs. I thought that today was going better until I discovered that he has begun to use one of the rooms in the house as a big litter box.
I am seriously out of ideas that have a change to make things better for him, particularly faster. I have closed the doors to all the rooms that have doors and carpet. I feel bad for him and to be honest I am exhausted too, and my vet has been more or less useless. When I talked to him on Friday he said to give the shot another day to work (He was given the steriod Wednesday morning), and call on Tuesday if he is still having problems. I can't help but feel like he was putting me off for the weekend.
Ok, enough of the ranting part. What should I do next? Withold his food for a day? Would it be better to put another litter box in the room he was using as a big litter box and closing him in there with his water? Or is keeping him out of the other rooms more likely to work? I figue a dramatic food change is probably not a good idea... but is speeding up the change?
I should mention that there was a very small amount of blood in one of the stools on the floor.
Any clue what to do next would be helpful, Thanks!
He got better, and mostly he seems normal... I decided when calling the vet back got me nowhere to try switching his food. (I just began that slow process yesterday). I ended up awake most of the night with Jacks constant litter box runs. I thought that today was going better until I discovered that he has begun to use one of the rooms in the house as a big litter box.
I am seriously out of ideas that have a change to make things better for him, particularly faster. I have closed the doors to all the rooms that have doors and carpet. I feel bad for him and to be honest I am exhausted too, and my vet has been more or less useless. When I talked to him on Friday he said to give the shot another day to work (He was given the steriod Wednesday morning), and call on Tuesday if he is still having problems. I can't help but feel like he was putting me off for the weekend.
Ok, enough of the ranting part. What should I do next? Withold his food for a day? Would it be better to put another litter box in the room he was using as a big litter box and closing him in there with his water? Or is keeping him out of the other rooms more likely to work? I figue a dramatic food change is probably not a good idea... but is speeding up the change?
I should mention that there was a very small amount of blood in one of the stools on the floor.
Any clue what to do next would be helpful, Thanks!