Hi everyone,
I have a cat, Miss, who is 4 years old. The vet suspects she has colitis, as she's had soft stools and occasional blood in her stool off and on her whole life.
She recently had a bout where she stopped eating large amounts of food, and vomited clear. She also seemed to try and vomit but ended up just drooling. That went on for about 5 minutes.
I took her to the vet a few times over the course of three days and he suspects colitis. He gave her a few medicines, hydrated her and took a bunch of blood levels/stool sample. She has a normal temperature
Before this for about 8 months or so, she seemed to eat through about three bags of food, stop eating, get the clear vomiting, and when I'd switch her food, she'd be ok.
I try to feed her a simple digestable diet. Before this happened recently, she had been through 3 bags of Green pea and Duck.
She HATES canned, and despite my efforts to give her Wellness, and other high quality brands, she licks the juice and that's it. I've sampled, many, many wet foods. I always give her the option each day, but her diet is mostly dry food.
I switched her to a hypoallergenic diet shortly after this started, also duck based, and she didn't like it.
So now that her appetite is better, I've decided to try her on the I/D dry food. I'm not really happy with the quality of ingredients, but at this point, I want her to feel better, and she seems to go crazy over it. I've also got her eating a bit of the wet I/D. She doesn't eat a lot, but I want her to have some canned.
He prescribed metrodinazole... But after a few days of rough pilling, (she doesn't bite or hiss, just doesn't open her mouth or let us move her head back) he said lets give her a break since she started eating again, watch her stool, and if it's still soft, we can try it again in a week or so and see if we can come up with an easier way to give it to her.
Right now she is on famatodine only. Which is still hard to pill. She spat most of a dissolved pill out today.
After all this rambling, I want to know if I/D has helped any of your colitis cats with improved stool. I was going to ask him about a probiotic, but I don't want to be starting too many new things after her 3 stressful vet visits.
I'm thrilled she's eating, but scared this process is going to start up again without the metrodinazole. I've been trying not to give her large amounts of food, either. She is a HUGE eater...wanting to eat every 5 hours or so. She doesn't seem to have quite the same huge appetite, but it's coming back, and I'm relieved, but still, I'm so anxious. She's such a sweet cat, and I just want her to feel better. She seems like she is on the rebound, but I want to make sure she stays that way.
I have a cat, Miss, who is 4 years old. The vet suspects she has colitis, as she's had soft stools and occasional blood in her stool off and on her whole life.
She recently had a bout where she stopped eating large amounts of food, and vomited clear. She also seemed to try and vomit but ended up just drooling. That went on for about 5 minutes.
I took her to the vet a few times over the course of three days and he suspects colitis. He gave her a few medicines, hydrated her and took a bunch of blood levels/stool sample. She has a normal temperature
Before this for about 8 months or so, she seemed to eat through about three bags of food, stop eating, get the clear vomiting, and when I'd switch her food, she'd be ok.
I try to feed her a simple digestable diet. Before this happened recently, she had been through 3 bags of Green pea and Duck.
She HATES canned, and despite my efforts to give her Wellness, and other high quality brands, she licks the juice and that's it. I've sampled, many, many wet foods. I always give her the option each day, but her diet is mostly dry food.
I switched her to a hypoallergenic diet shortly after this started, also duck based, and she didn't like it.
So now that her appetite is better, I've decided to try her on the I/D dry food. I'm not really happy with the quality of ingredients, but at this point, I want her to feel better, and she seems to go crazy over it. I've also got her eating a bit of the wet I/D. She doesn't eat a lot, but I want her to have some canned.
He prescribed metrodinazole... But after a few days of rough pilling, (she doesn't bite or hiss, just doesn't open her mouth or let us move her head back) he said lets give her a break since she started eating again, watch her stool, and if it's still soft, we can try it again in a week or so and see if we can come up with an easier way to give it to her.
Right now she is on famatodine only. Which is still hard to pill. She spat most of a dissolved pill out today.
After all this rambling, I want to know if I/D has helped any of your colitis cats with improved stool. I was going to ask him about a probiotic, but I don't want to be starting too many new things after her 3 stressful vet visits.
I'm thrilled she's eating, but scared this process is going to start up again without the metrodinazole. I've been trying not to give her large amounts of food, either. She is a HUGE eater...wanting to eat every 5 hours or so. She doesn't seem to have quite the same huge appetite, but it's coming back, and I'm relieved, but still, I'm so anxious. She's such a sweet cat, and I just want her to feel better. She seems like she is on the rebound, but I want to make sure she stays that way.