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Hello all,
I have two sweet 7 year old cats -- a brother and sister that I adopted. About three years ago, my female cat, Sally, a long hair domestic, had diarrhea. I took her to the vet, who prescribed metronidazole and prednisone, and it seemed to get a little bit better and then got much worse. Over the past three years, her chronic diarrhea has continued. She's been to the vets many times and been on all sorts of meds, B12 shots and her blood tests show nothing. We've also tried a number of different diets with her. She's had canned pumpkin, probiotics... you name it. We suspect that she has inflammatory bowel disease. I spend a lot of time searching these forums for IBD cures. Nothing has helped, at all. In fact, it's gotten much worse.
Over the past year, she started frequently going to the bathroom outside of her litter box and all over the house. She's a long hair cat and it gets all over her. Not only that but she often steps in it and carries it with her. She has a bath every other night or so. I've tried setting up litter boxes (multiple boxes) in different spots throughout the house in case it's behavioral... this hasn't worked at all.
She's also ridiculously hungry all the time. When we are in the kitchen, she's meowing for food and will eat anything. We can't leave any food on the counter without supervision because she'll devour it (pastas, soups... you name it).
I brought her to the vet again a few days ago and she weighs only 5 pounds. She's severely underweight and all bones. She's not absorbing all of that food she's eating. We put her back on the metronidazole and upped her dose of prednisone to help keep some weight on her.
Her incontinence has gotten so bad that she'll go wherever she is -- on the couch, while walking around. She broke into our room while we were sleeping the other night and went on our bed while we were in it.
I am pregnant and hitting the point where I won't be able to keep up with the constant bending over to clean up after her. My husband will have nothing to do with it. He likes the cat but the incontinence puts him over the edge. It's a major point of conflict for us.
She is the sweetest cat I've ever had and I love her to pieces. I'm hitting a point of despair though. Our vet suggested an ultrasound but pointed out that we'd probably only find out if she has cancer or IBD and we'd treat cancer with chemo... since I am pregnant I can't go near it anyway.
My mom suggested locking her in the bathroom but there is no window in there. I'm toying with getting some sort of large crate.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to control this to make it more manageable? Or how to treat it?
THANK YOU!
I have two sweet 7 year old cats -- a brother and sister that I adopted. About three years ago, my female cat, Sally, a long hair domestic, had diarrhea. I took her to the vet, who prescribed metronidazole and prednisone, and it seemed to get a little bit better and then got much worse. Over the past three years, her chronic diarrhea has continued. She's been to the vets many times and been on all sorts of meds, B12 shots and her blood tests show nothing. We've also tried a number of different diets with her. She's had canned pumpkin, probiotics... you name it. We suspect that she has inflammatory bowel disease. I spend a lot of time searching these forums for IBD cures. Nothing has helped, at all. In fact, it's gotten much worse.
Over the past year, she started frequently going to the bathroom outside of her litter box and all over the house. She's a long hair cat and it gets all over her. Not only that but she often steps in it and carries it with her. She has a bath every other night or so. I've tried setting up litter boxes (multiple boxes) in different spots throughout the house in case it's behavioral... this hasn't worked at all.
She's also ridiculously hungry all the time. When we are in the kitchen, she's meowing for food and will eat anything. We can't leave any food on the counter without supervision because she'll devour it (pastas, soups... you name it).
I brought her to the vet again a few days ago and she weighs only 5 pounds. She's severely underweight and all bones. She's not absorbing all of that food she's eating. We put her back on the metronidazole and upped her dose of prednisone to help keep some weight on her.
Her incontinence has gotten so bad that she'll go wherever she is -- on the couch, while walking around. She broke into our room while we were sleeping the other night and went on our bed while we were in it.
I am pregnant and hitting the point where I won't be able to keep up with the constant bending over to clean up after her. My husband will have nothing to do with it. He likes the cat but the incontinence puts him over the edge. It's a major point of conflict for us.
She is the sweetest cat I've ever had and I love her to pieces. I'm hitting a point of despair though. Our vet suggested an ultrasound but pointed out that we'd probably only find out if she has cancer or IBD and we'd treat cancer with chemo... since I am pregnant I can't go near it anyway.
My mom suggested locking her in the bathroom but there is no window in there. I'm toying with getting some sort of large crate.
Does anyone have any ideas for how to control this to make it more manageable? Or how to treat it?
THANK YOU!