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I don’t think I should continue the anti biotic I’m so happy!!!Re Luna's eye, Tractor Supply Company and similar farm stores sell terramycin eye ointment OTC for around $10, if you think she may need it. It may be a "behind the counter" type item, but it is OTC, usually by the rabbit stuff.
Re the diarrhea, I added two feral kittens to my group last fall and they got diarrhea (sometimes bloody) and poor appetite, then got better, then got it again...over and over despite testing negative for *everything*, and having been treated by two vets with various anti-parasitics (including Panacur) and Fortiflora. The last time I brought them in for it (this past winter) the vet was kind of out of ideas and said to try more "conventional" food for their dry meal (i.e. grocery store food...they were on Fancy Feast pate and American Journey grain free dry) because higher end dry foods have lots of "weird ingredients". True, but none of them weirder than corn and soy, so no. ANYWAY, I was sort of left with no answers and did some research myself. I ended up trying a couple of different probiotics plus digestive enzymes.
The thing that ultimately worked and has cleared them of recurrences for months now was a combination of NaturVet Digestive Enzymes Plus Pre & Probiotic (1/4 tsp per meal), Jarrow Saccharomyces Boulardii + MOS (1/2 capsule per meal), and slippery elm powder (1/4 tsp mixed with a little water then added to each meal). Within a week of this routine, we were all good, and the problem has not returned.
Truthfully, they may have only needed one of those three things, but I gave them all together in my desperation to help my kitties (plus these are all things that are totally safe in their correct dosages), so I don't know that for sure.