She poops approx 2 times a day I think normally
I also think it may be parasites as on two occasions the de wormed has not gone inside her.... she will be dewormed at the appointment
No I mean I was told to de worm her every 3 months so by usual I mean the one the vets give her ... I don't know which one though ....
Awww thank you so very much !
OMG!
sweetblackpaws
seems to have covered the worm side of things pretty well so I'll skip that other than saying that yes, tapeworms can be very visible. You might even see dried ones where a cat lies. (This is how I discovered my cat had them years ago.) Though worms aren't always easy to get rid of, seeing your most recent posts, I think I'm rooting for the problem to be caused by coccidia! Fingers crossed for the vet chat tomorrow: it's definitely important to get this resolved as quickly as possible since no matter what the cause, that much diarrhea can cause dehydration, which is particularly worrisome for a kitten.
Thank you very much for your reply
If it's not worms, though... As far the question about the possibility that food can cause blood stools and/or diarrhea, having had a cat who had those symptoms and was strongly suspected of having IBD, I can say that yes, food sensitivities can cause these problems. The vets at the clinic we took our cat to weren't very concerned, either, and they should have been. It didn't make things easier that her symptoms were sporadic, coming and going over the years and often being infrequent enough that we thought she was better.
The dry food you're feeding (if it's this one, oops, it's not, your other post just popped up but I see that the fish and turkey foods have very similar ingredients) has multiple ingredients I'd be concerned about since they're known to cause digestive issues in some cats: potato, peas, and maize/corn. I couldn't find a detailed list of ingredients for the Felix pouches ("various sugars" is a bit vague!) but that looks like it might be less problematic than the dry food. Then again, food sensitivities can be very individual, making it hard to pinpoint what's causing a problem -- one of our cats, for example, gets barfy and gassy (really smelly!) from potato, something I figured out only by chance.
If it tuns out you have a food-based problem, personally, I'd probably put her back on whatever food(s) she was on before she started having the problems. After that, since I'm not a fan of any grains or carby vegetables in cat foods -- they're not what cats are designed the digest -- I'd probably look for a food with recipes that are as simple as possible, meaning maximum meat and minimum veg and/or grains. Our two cats have sensitive stomachs and feeding them only high-protein, low-carb wet foods has kept their digestive systems pretty happy after a fair bit of vomiting (and a very smelly diarrhea episode) when they were 10 or 11 months old.
In any case, good luck! I hope you're able to resolve this soon, one way or another!
What food do you feed your little babies?
If it's not worms, though... As far the question about the possibility that food can cause blood stools and/or diarrhea, having had a cat who had those symptoms and was strongly suspected of having IBD, I can say that yes, food sensitivities can cause these problems. The vets at the clinic we took our cat to weren't very concerned, either, and they should have been. It didn't make things easier that her symptoms were sporadic, coming and going over the years and often being infrequent enough that we thought she was better.
The dry food you're feeding (if it's this one, oops, it's not, your other post just popped up but I see that the fish and turkey foods have very similar ingredients) has multiple ingredients I'd be concerned about since they're known to cause digestive issues in some cats: potato, peas, and maize/corn. I couldn't find a detailed list of ingredients for the Felix pouches ("various sugars" is a bit vague!) but that looks like it might be less problematic than the dry food. Then again, food sensitivities can be very individual, making it hard to pinpoint what's causing a problem -- one of our cats, for example, gets barfy and gassy (really smelly!) from potato, something I figured out only by chance.
If it tuns out you have a food-based problem, personally, I'd probably put her back on whatever food(s) she was on before she started having the problems. After that, since I'm not a fan of any grains or carby vegetables in cat foods -- they're not what cats are designed the digest -- I'd probably look for a food with recipes that are as simple as possible, meaning maximum meat and minimum veg and/or grains. Our two cats have sensitive stomachs and feeding them only high-protein, low-carb wet foods has kept their digestive systems pretty happy after a fair bit of vomiting (and a very smelly diarrhea episode) when they were 10 or 11 months old.
In any case, good luck! I hope you're able to resolve this soon, one way or another!
Thank you very much for all your suggestions!I was just wondering if she is allergic to her food. It might be the protein or the starch. It could be that her dry food upsets her tummy and the wet food causes her poop to be less firm. I would take her back to the vet ASAP and in the meantime keep her on her dry food only. I would compare ingredients from her old to her new dry food. Unforgently with allergies you have to do the elimination trial & error way. First you need to get her balanced out & address her runs. She could get dehydrated! Blood in the stool = take the cat to vet tomorrow!
* You can try a different wet food with different ingredients. You can mix baby rice cereal into her wet food to help firm up her stools.
* You can give your cat flavorless pedialite or watered down low sodium chicken broth (if onion & garlic free.)
* If she was my cat I would be rushing her to the vet today/tomorrow & giving her dry food/water only.
* If her runs last more than a day I would be buying beef or chicken baby food (minus onion & garlic) and mixing in baby rice cereal to make a paste. Then again rushing her to the vet ASAP.
Please tell us how it works out?
We had wee 10 day old kittens with the runs and were instructed to give them a tiny amount of anti diarrhea medication every day until their poops got better. It might be worth calling your vet to ask for that along with a cat approved anti-histamine. Some cats can't tolerate wheat. Cats can't take benadryl either. Your vet can give you a better idea of what is going on.
I don't think it's the dry food that upsets her tummy because when she had dihorrea I gave her James dry and it fixed her right up at that moment in time - her dihorrea disappeared and she was looking much much better!I was just wondering if she is allergic to her food. It might be the protein or the starch. It could be that her dry food upsets her tummy and the wet food causes her poop to be less firm. I would take her back to the vet ASAP and in the meantime keep her on her dry food only. I would compare ingredients from her old to her new dry food. Unforgently with allergies you have to do the elimination trial & error way. First you need to get her balanced out & address her runs. She could get dehydrated! Blood in the stool = take the cat to vet tomorrow!
* You can try a different wet food with different ingredients. You can mix baby rice cereal into her wet food to help firm up her stools.
* You can give your cat flavorless pedialite or watered down low sodium chicken broth (if onion & garlic free.)
* If she was my cat I would be rushing her to the vet today/tomorrow & giving her dry food/water only.
* If her runs last more than a day I would be buying beef or chicken baby food (minus onion & garlic) and mixing in baby rice cereal to make a paste. Then again rushing her to the vet ASAP.
Please tell us how it works out?
We had wee 10 day old kittens with the runs and were instructed to give them a tiny amount of anti diarrhea medication every day until their poops got better. It might be worth calling your vet to ask for that along with a cat approved anti-histamine. Some cats can't tolerate wheat. Cats can't take benadryl either. Your vet can give you a better idea of what is going on.
Also I don't understand if it is coccodia HOW she got it....
Yes, definitely talk with the vet tomorrow -- here's hoping you're able to figure things out quickly and relatively easily. It's good that you like and trust your vet. We didn't trust the vets we took our previous cat to but switched to a cat-only vet when we adopted the two cats we have now. It makes such a huge difference!
