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I'm new here so forgive me if there is a better place to post this
My roomate and I recently took in a pregnant stray and she had her kittens four weeks ago. She's a sweet little cat, and probably not much older than a year. The kittens are developing as they should and seem very healthy and active; they're hitting all important milestones on time or even before they should. However, as of the past few days their mother has been having really bad diarrhea. She drips EVERYWHERE she goes, you can find little trails all over. It doesn't seem to be getting any better and it's driving us nuts and we're both really worried about her and the kittens because she sometimes gets her poop on them.
We went out and got a probiotic today and some chicken based wet food to try and help the problem, and if she doesn't get better by tomorrow we'll take her and the kittens to the vet. I've been making sure she drinks plenty of water so that she doesn't get dehydrated, and she's currently shut in the bathroom because we just can't keep cleaning the poop off everything.
The poop is very very liquedy and light in color, there's no blood and she hasn't had any other symptoms. As I said, the kittens are fine and their poop is not runny at all.
We didn't change her food at all before this, she definitely hasn't eaten anything that she shouldn't. I've heard that roundworms could cause these symptoms which would make sense as she was a stray, but I'm unsure.
Also-- my roommates coworker suggested that we give her a tiny amount of Imodium and that it worked when her cat had the same issue. I don't feel comfortable doing that without some advice first just in case it hurts her or the kittens. Does anyone know anything about this? If so, how much and how often should we give her some?
What should I look out for and does anyone know what this could be and how I can help her? She's been acting completely normal and is as active and affectionate as ever, but this is definitely a problem and not normal at all.
My roomate and I recently took in a pregnant stray and she had her kittens four weeks ago. She's a sweet little cat, and probably not much older than a year. The kittens are developing as they should and seem very healthy and active; they're hitting all important milestones on time or even before they should. However, as of the past few days their mother has been having really bad diarrhea. She drips EVERYWHERE she goes, you can find little trails all over. It doesn't seem to be getting any better and it's driving us nuts and we're both really worried about her and the kittens because she sometimes gets her poop on them.
We went out and got a probiotic today and some chicken based wet food to try and help the problem, and if she doesn't get better by tomorrow we'll take her and the kittens to the vet. I've been making sure she drinks plenty of water so that she doesn't get dehydrated, and she's currently shut in the bathroom because we just can't keep cleaning the poop off everything.
The poop is very very liquedy and light in color, there's no blood and she hasn't had any other symptoms. As I said, the kittens are fine and their poop is not runny at all.
We didn't change her food at all before this, she definitely hasn't eaten anything that she shouldn't. I've heard that roundworms could cause these symptoms which would make sense as she was a stray, but I'm unsure.
Also-- my roommates coworker suggested that we give her a tiny amount of Imodium and that it worked when her cat had the same issue. I don't feel comfortable doing that without some advice first just in case it hurts her or the kittens. Does anyone know anything about this? If so, how much and how often should we give her some?
What should I look out for and does anyone know what this could be and how I can help her? She's been acting completely normal and is as active and affectionate as ever, but this is definitely a problem and not normal at all.