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Frequent urgent diarrhea gets difficult to control. On top of that his butt is probably sore.
You said he's going a lot. One reason he is probably going in the tub, too, is because it's so much larger than his litter box and because (to him) his litter box it already full. Some cats are very bothered by a box being even a bit dirty.
The only solution to that is adding another box, using a much larger box, or cleaning it multiple times a day.
Has the vet mentioned anything about using a more sensitive stomach/GI food right now? His GI is probably pretty mixed up from all of this. Mention it to your vet if you're not doing this already.
Also get him on a probiotic ASAP. The meds will wipe some of that out, but they're also taking care of all the intestinal flora right now - that will only compound the diarrhea issues. You could go with the basic bene-bac or ask your vet for a better one with more/different strains of beneficial bacteria.
You said he's going a lot. One reason he is probably going in the tub, too, is because it's so much larger than his litter box and because (to him) his litter box it already full. Some cats are very bothered by a box being even a bit dirty.
The only solution to that is adding another box, using a much larger box, or cleaning it multiple times a day.
Has the vet mentioned anything about using a more sensitive stomach/GI food right now? His GI is probably pretty mixed up from all of this. Mention it to your vet if you're not doing this already.
Also get him on a probiotic ASAP. The meds will wipe some of that out, but they're also taking care of all the intestinal flora right now - that will only compound the diarrhea issues. You could go with the basic bene-bac or ask your vet for a better one with more/different strains of beneficial bacteria.