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Hi all,
I'm getting pretty desperate trying to help my poor 9 month old Bengal. After many trips to the vet and still no relief or diagnosis, I'm hoping someone on here might have some ideas.
Here's the background:
We got Floyd from a breeder (in Switzerland) 7 months ago. We took him for his final set of vaccines as per the breeder's directions the first week we had him, and almost immediately after he became very ill.
For the first several months he only had liquid stools (like, no solid bits at all), and regularly vomited at least twice a day. Sometimes the vomit was foamy and white, sometimes bloody (bright red). The poop ranged from green liquid to bright red to dark red.
He stayed at the vet for a few weeks at one point, after he completely stopped eating and became very lethargic. They tested him for every parasite they could think of, did a radiography to look for obstructions, and gave him medications to coat his stomach, reduce vomitting, etc.
All this time we had been feeding him dry food recommended by the vet, with a bit of wet food each day (since he wasn't eating much of the dry food), and had switched brands several times to see if it was an allergy or intolerance. Finally, we stopped giving him wet food altogether and the symptoms pretty much went away overnight (except the occasional clear vomit). We figured it was some preservative in the wet food causing ulcers or something.
It had been about 1 month of good health, during which time we moved and had him neutered with no issues, but now the whole process has started again. For 2 days now, Floyd has been in pain, crying a lot, not playing, and vomiting and pooping blood again.
I've spend thousands on vet bills with no diagnosis. When Floyd is healthy he is very sweet and playful, but when he is sick I can tell he is in a lot of pain. I'm not sure what else to do!
Grateful for any suggestions or ideas about what might be going on. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
ps. We also have another kitten 2 months younger than Floyd, who has never had a single health issue.
I'm getting pretty desperate trying to help my poor 9 month old Bengal. After many trips to the vet and still no relief or diagnosis, I'm hoping someone on here might have some ideas.
Here's the background:
We got Floyd from a breeder (in Switzerland) 7 months ago. We took him for his final set of vaccines as per the breeder's directions the first week we had him, and almost immediately after he became very ill.
For the first several months he only had liquid stools (like, no solid bits at all), and regularly vomited at least twice a day. Sometimes the vomit was foamy and white, sometimes bloody (bright red). The poop ranged from green liquid to bright red to dark red.
He stayed at the vet for a few weeks at one point, after he completely stopped eating and became very lethargic. They tested him for every parasite they could think of, did a radiography to look for obstructions, and gave him medications to coat his stomach, reduce vomitting, etc.
All this time we had been feeding him dry food recommended by the vet, with a bit of wet food each day (since he wasn't eating much of the dry food), and had switched brands several times to see if it was an allergy or intolerance. Finally, we stopped giving him wet food altogether and the symptoms pretty much went away overnight (except the occasional clear vomit). We figured it was some preservative in the wet food causing ulcers or something.
It had been about 1 month of good health, during which time we moved and had him neutered with no issues, but now the whole process has started again. For 2 days now, Floyd has been in pain, crying a lot, not playing, and vomiting and pooping blood again.
I've spend thousands on vet bills with no diagnosis. When Floyd is healthy he is very sweet and playful, but when he is sick I can tell he is in a lot of pain. I'm not sure what else to do!
Grateful for any suggestions or ideas about what might be going on. Thanks in advance for any ideas!
ps. We also have another kitten 2 months younger than Floyd, who has never had a single health issue.