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My wife and I have a cat who seems to have an extreme intolerance to fat. Since we got her from the shelter she has had chronic diarrhea (it just runs out of her and she spends at least half an hour in the toilet squeezing out drips). The vet ran multiple tests, including ultrasound, x-ray, blood analysis, and found nothing wrong with her. Even putting her on prescription diets didn't work.
So we started on the assumption that she has a food allergy, and on the vet's suggestion we cut her down to a diet of hake fish and red rice. This appears to work, for the most part. Her stools are soft and misshapen, but at least she can go once and then she's done. We've tried adding other things to her diet, but everything makes it worse. We tried chicken, bacon, a mix of fish and regular cat food, but every time we add a new item, her diarrhea returns with force.
Can you recommend anything that we might try next? We want her to have a balanced and healthy diet, and I'm pretty sure that eating only fish and rice is not that. Also, as an added bonus, it would be nice not to be woken up in the morning to the smell of fish in my face!
So we started on the assumption that she has a food allergy, and on the vet's suggestion we cut her down to a diet of hake fish and red rice. This appears to work, for the most part. Her stools are soft and misshapen, but at least she can go once and then she's done. We've tried adding other things to her diet, but everything makes it worse. We tried chicken, bacon, a mix of fish and regular cat food, but every time we add a new item, her diarrhea returns with force.
Can you recommend anything that we might try next? We want her to have a balanced and healthy diet, and I'm pretty sure that eating only fish and rice is not that. Also, as an added bonus, it would be nice not to be woken up in the morning to the smell of fish in my face!