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Hi all,
Some background to help you understand my cat's basic health: she was born and lived 2 years (or so) with hoarders who had over 100 cats in a tiny trailer. She was reportedly fed pork-n-beans instead of cat food. She weighs a mere 6 pounds due to stunted growth (but is not skinny - she looks like an evenly proportioned kitten, rather than a full-grown cat). She is missing all of her front bottom teeth (unknown cause) and she is missing her left eye due to an unresolved infection that permanently damaged it. The rescue group's vet removed it before we got her and it healed wonderfully.
OK, so we got her in February and she has been having diarrhea almost the entire time we've had her. At first, we thought it was an adjustment thing. Then I took her to the vet and we did a stool culture. They thought she had giardia, so we gave her metro. That didn't work, so I started calling around to the rescues who had her (she was in and out of places due to the large number of cats that our area was dealing with from the hoarders).
Come to find out, she had been adopted out twice before and returned for diarrhea problems. :/ Also come to find out that at least two other cats from the case had confirmed [color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]T-foetus. We put her on W/d food and started her on 14 days of ronidazole and within 10 days she started having firmer stools and it was better. When we finished the course, she was still doing well - only having about 2-3 stools per day and they were firmer, but still not "typical". About 2-3 weeks later, the diarrhea was back full-force. [/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]We tried another round of ronidazole but this time, the diarrhea did not get better. The smell got better, but the frequency and consistency was the same. So, we had another stool sample done and it came back clean. We believe she doesn't have the parasite anymore. (i should also note that we don't have any other cats, nor have we ever in this house).[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]We tried 2 weeks of the most hypo-allergenic W/d food made and I actually think it made her worse. Now we are looking at testing her for feline leukemia, which is quite possible given her birth circumstances, but the vet also feels she may have inflammatory bowel disease, which also makes sense if she was fed poorly and had a parasite for so long.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]I guess my question is this: does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what I can try to get her better? She's such a sweet cat and she deserves so much better. And I won't lie - I'm absolutely tired of cleaning up the carpet and two litter boxes every single day. Yes - she goes that much.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Thanks for any advice.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Kali[/color]
Some background to help you understand my cat's basic health: she was born and lived 2 years (or so) with hoarders who had over 100 cats in a tiny trailer. She was reportedly fed pork-n-beans instead of cat food. She weighs a mere 6 pounds due to stunted growth (but is not skinny - she looks like an evenly proportioned kitten, rather than a full-grown cat). She is missing all of her front bottom teeth (unknown cause) and she is missing her left eye due to an unresolved infection that permanently damaged it. The rescue group's vet removed it before we got her and it healed wonderfully.
OK, so we got her in February and she has been having diarrhea almost the entire time we've had her. At first, we thought it was an adjustment thing. Then I took her to the vet and we did a stool culture. They thought she had giardia, so we gave her metro. That didn't work, so I started calling around to the rescues who had her (she was in and out of places due to the large number of cats that our area was dealing with from the hoarders).
Come to find out, she had been adopted out twice before and returned for diarrhea problems. :/ Also come to find out that at least two other cats from the case had confirmed [color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]T-foetus. We put her on W/d food and started her on 14 days of ronidazole and within 10 days she started having firmer stools and it was better. When we finished the course, she was still doing well - only having about 2-3 stools per day and they were firmer, but still not "typical". About 2-3 weeks later, the diarrhea was back full-force. [/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]We tried another round of ronidazole but this time, the diarrhea did not get better. The smell got better, but the frequency and consistency was the same. So, we had another stool sample done and it came back clean. We believe she doesn't have the parasite anymore. (i should also note that we don't have any other cats, nor have we ever in this house).[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]We tried 2 weeks of the most hypo-allergenic W/d food made and I actually think it made her worse. Now we are looking at testing her for feline leukemia, which is quite possible given her birth circumstances, but the vet also feels she may have inflammatory bowel disease, which also makes sense if she was fed poorly and had a parasite for so long.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]I guess my question is this: does anyone have any suggestions or ideas on what I can try to get her better? She's such a sweet cat and she deserves so much better. And I won't lie - I'm absolutely tired of cleaning up the carpet and two litter boxes every single day. Yes - she goes that much.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Thanks for any advice.[/color]
[color= rgb(24, 24, 24)]Kali[/color]