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I think Merry would suffer enormously with the loss of Pippin.It's a long-term thing, I think, though the looseness of the stools varies in intensity.
Please no judgment, but do you think that Merry would suffer if Pippin were to leave? I thought about not having both anymore, but I realized recently that it's really just Pippin who's like this. Merry is sweet as can be and usually pretty hygienic, though he does occasionally get poop on his legs because of his disability.
I'm glad that's working, yay!...(I'm not sure if it's the elimination of chicken or the elimination of the dry food that's done it, tbh, but at this point I don't care, I'm just happy it's working)...
He may have ibd and or allerhies to food or a parasite ( a lot harder to test for than many dvm will tell you) that may be causing some of this. Have you taken him to a specialist and had him on a steroid? Merlin, my recent rescue from outside is on one now and I am scared to say it but he has had normal poop again for 2 days. He was also recently on ronidazole for possible t feotus which causes intermittent diarrhea. He does not have the poop outside box issues. I may take him to a specialist now if he goes back to mush.My cat Pippin pretty consistently poops outside the litterbox - but sometimes he doesn't, so I think we're in the clear, only to find, like today, a huge gross puddle on and in my washing machine.
We've taken him to the vet, nothin'.
We've given anti-diarrheals.
We've given probiotics, multiple types.
We've added more litterboxes, changed the substrate, and sized the litterboxes up, thinking maybe they were too cramped for him. Nope.
My other cat, Merry, is disabled, so he at least has an excuse, but Pippin is, as far as I can tell, perfectly healthy and just a ****ing asshole.
I don't want to take him to a shelter, but neither will i lie like this anymore.
Just noticed your update, that is great they are both ok now, hope it continues! I would always do a slow transition.Ok! So!
I don't want to start celebrating just yet, but we tried eliminating dry food and chicken from their meals by switching them to a turkey canned food and it seems to have worked!! Consistent solid stools for the first time ever. (I'm not sure if it's the elimination of chicken or the elimination of the dry food that's done it, tbh, but at this point I don't care, I'm just happy it's working)
I do still have a question though.
I'm worried that they are getting bored of the turkey food, and I've read that if cats eat the same food for long enough they can develop a sensitivity to it, which seems like the worst thing ever right now.
I found some other canned foods that are high enough in calories to meet their daily needs and chicken, grain, and other bad stuff-free.
They tried the tuna formulation yesterday, and and of them threw up (and I'm not sure who, but it seems likely that it wasn't the same one who was then eating the barf. Gross, cat.)
My question is, do I need to slowly transition them to the new food, even if it's a wet food? They haven't really eaten tuna before - we avoided it when they were kittens and just kept avoiding it up until now. I don't want to make them throw up, but I do want to see if they can acclimate to the tuna.