Hi everyone,
My 4 month old kitten has had coccidia for at least the past few weeks. He’s had non-stop diarrhea. It was a nightmare at first because it was explosive (sprayed past the tall litter box to 3 ft up the wall). It also smells absolutely horrible regardless of what I feed him.
I took him to the vet once, they didn’t find coccidia. They gave an anti-diarrhea medication and anti-biotic. He went from literal liquid to just very very wet after a week, but it still persisted.
So I took him to the vet again, alas they found coccidia, but nothing else. They gave me 2 weeks of Albon to be taken for 1 week, then off 1, then 1 week again. We’re now only 1 dose away from being done with all the medication. The stool seems to be the same.
As instructed by my vet, I’ve been cleaning the litter box daily. I decided to use litter box liners to reduce the risk of the pathogen staying in the pan and I always put plenty of fresh litter. This has unfortunately cost quite a bit to do, but it’s worth it.
Until this last week I was introducing my kitten to my cat, they had no way of transferring it over litter or food. This week they have been sharing one, so I’ve had to do the same for all of their litter boxes.
The kitten is drinking and eating fine and he is growing. Overall he seems healthy besides this. I am taking him to the vet on Monday or Tuesday.
My questions are:
1. Is it normal for a kitten to have it this long?
2. Has anyone else’s kitten/cat been prescribed differently that led to resolution?
3. Could food play a factor in this? I’ve been mostly feeding him the same foods as before I adopted him.
My 4 month old kitten has had coccidia for at least the past few weeks. He’s had non-stop diarrhea. It was a nightmare at first because it was explosive (sprayed past the tall litter box to 3 ft up the wall). It also smells absolutely horrible regardless of what I feed him.
I took him to the vet once, they didn’t find coccidia. They gave an anti-diarrhea medication and anti-biotic. He went from literal liquid to just very very wet after a week, but it still persisted.
So I took him to the vet again, alas they found coccidia, but nothing else. They gave me 2 weeks of Albon to be taken for 1 week, then off 1, then 1 week again. We’re now only 1 dose away from being done with all the medication. The stool seems to be the same.
As instructed by my vet, I’ve been cleaning the litter box daily. I decided to use litter box liners to reduce the risk of the pathogen staying in the pan and I always put plenty of fresh litter. This has unfortunately cost quite a bit to do, but it’s worth it.
Until this last week I was introducing my kitten to my cat, they had no way of transferring it over litter or food. This week they have been sharing one, so I’ve had to do the same for all of their litter boxes.
The kitten is drinking and eating fine and he is growing. Overall he seems healthy besides this. I am taking him to the vet on Monday or Tuesday.
My questions are:
1. Is it normal for a kitten to have it this long?
2. Has anyone else’s kitten/cat been prescribed differently that led to resolution?
3. Could food play a factor in this? I’ve been mostly feeding him the same foods as before I adopted him.