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One of my kittens has what the vet called "spiral bacteria" in his intestine which was the cause of his loose stool/diarrhea. I took a stool sample to the vet yesterday and they gave me some Metronidazole to give him twice daily. I'm hoping for some improvement in his poop here in a few days! It used to be more yellow/orange in color but has now turned more brown (not dark) after only having three doses. It is VERY runny now though. Seriously - sometimes he can't even make it to the liter box and there will be some drops of poop leading to the box before there is the big one there... The fact that it's more liquidy is slightly concerning... but I'm hoping this is just his system working with the medicine to push out the bad stuff...
I am wondering though... do you think I should be feeding him more or less while he's on the medicine? He is skinny and feels hungry most of the time because these bacteria essentially cause food to be pushed through his system. So on one end it seems like I should feed him more since he isn't getting as much out of the food. On the other hand, I wonder if feeding him less would help the medicine work better. I certainly don't want him to go hungry. Just wondering if feeding him too much or even a normal amount would "dilute" the medicine in a way.
I am wondering though... do you think I should be feeding him more or less while he's on the medicine? He is skinny and feels hungry most of the time because these bacteria essentially cause food to be pushed through his system. So on one end it seems like I should feed him more since he isn't getting as much out of the food. On the other hand, I wonder if feeding him less would help the medicine work better. I certainly don't want him to go hungry. Just wondering if feeding him too much or even a normal amount would "dilute" the medicine in a way.