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Hello,
I have two sister kittens that are currently 10 or 11 weeks who were diagnosed with coccidia. One of these kitties has had persistent loose stool on and off since we got her. We took them to the vet, gave them Ponazuril, bleached the litter box every day, sanitized everything, and cleaned up the messes. I'm frustrated right now because I gave the kitties the first coccidia treatment and thought we kicked it, and then they tested positive again.
My kitty Wicket has had diarrhea on and off since we got her, and mushy poo for the last several days. I have been up with her in the middle of the night and other times stressing her out by bathing her because the poo gets all over her. She has probably been bathed about six times in the last week. We took her to the vet and finished the last dose of the second coccidia treatment yesterday, and they also gave her a probiotic pill for her to take twice a day. I have been giving her those and her diarrhea is worse. We have been bleaching the litterbox daily the whole time too. She just got over an eye infection three weeks ago and respiratory infection about two weeks ago where we gave her antibiotics. I have had kittens, but not ones that had so many issues. They also still have fleas because we haven't cleared them of infections, parasites, and such long enough to give them a proper flea treatment. We have bathed them and used organic solutions that haven't removed all the fleas.
We also have the kitties living in our master bath because our current kitty Jade is hissing and growling at them, and we don't want to expose her to the coccidia. I don't want them cooped in in the bathroom the whole time, so we them free run of the bedroom in the daytime because it would be mean to leave them cooped up in the bathroom all the time, and I'm concerned about contamination in the bedroom carpet/bedding with the kitties. I have steamed the carpet a couple of times, and washed my bedding.
Is it normal for the medicine to make it worse before it's better? Is there an effective way to sanitize coccidia out of carpet? I'm doing everything the vet said, except they said switch her to one food, and we only have money for so much food, so we're feeding them what we have, which is high quality, but I have to switch because we bought a variety. I know we need to put them on one food only. Is it okay to do one dry food alternated with one wet food? They said switch her to one food because of the diarrhea. It's hard to keep bathing, bleaching, sanitizing, and cleaning since I work at home and constantly stop to deal with this and make sure the kitties are okay.
I appreciate if anyone can share their experiences with getting rid of this for good, and any advice on the questions. I love my kitties, but I have health issues with chronic anxiety and fatigue, and this and working can wear me out.
Thanks!
Rachel
I have two sister kittens that are currently 10 or 11 weeks who were diagnosed with coccidia. One of these kitties has had persistent loose stool on and off since we got her. We took them to the vet, gave them Ponazuril, bleached the litter box every day, sanitized everything, and cleaned up the messes. I'm frustrated right now because I gave the kitties the first coccidia treatment and thought we kicked it, and then they tested positive again.
My kitty Wicket has had diarrhea on and off since we got her, and mushy poo for the last several days. I have been up with her in the middle of the night and other times stressing her out by bathing her because the poo gets all over her. She has probably been bathed about six times in the last week. We took her to the vet and finished the last dose of the second coccidia treatment yesterday, and they also gave her a probiotic pill for her to take twice a day. I have been giving her those and her diarrhea is worse. We have been bleaching the litterbox daily the whole time too. She just got over an eye infection three weeks ago and respiratory infection about two weeks ago where we gave her antibiotics. I have had kittens, but not ones that had so many issues. They also still have fleas because we haven't cleared them of infections, parasites, and such long enough to give them a proper flea treatment. We have bathed them and used organic solutions that haven't removed all the fleas.
We also have the kitties living in our master bath because our current kitty Jade is hissing and growling at them, and we don't want to expose her to the coccidia. I don't want them cooped in in the bathroom the whole time, so we them free run of the bedroom in the daytime because it would be mean to leave them cooped up in the bathroom all the time, and I'm concerned about contamination in the bedroom carpet/bedding with the kitties. I have steamed the carpet a couple of times, and washed my bedding.
Is it normal for the medicine to make it worse before it's better? Is there an effective way to sanitize coccidia out of carpet? I'm doing everything the vet said, except they said switch her to one food, and we only have money for so much food, so we're feeding them what we have, which is high quality, but I have to switch because we bought a variety. I know we need to put them on one food only. Is it okay to do one dry food alternated with one wet food? They said switch her to one food because of the diarrhea. It's hard to keep bathing, bleaching, sanitizing, and cleaning since I work at home and constantly stop to deal with this and make sure the kitties are okay.
I appreciate if anyone can share their experiences with getting rid of this for good, and any advice on the questions. I love my kitties, but I have health issues with chronic anxiety and fatigue, and this and working can wear me out.
Thanks!
Rachel