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Hi everyone. Thank you for your input. I'm at an impasse with my IBD kitty, 11 yrs old, otherwise in good health except her gut imbalances. A year ago she was put on prednisalone, nausea meds, and I changed her diet to more raw/homecooked, low carb diet. Started her on probiotics, some other supplements for GI health. She gradually improved, no more vomiting, more regular stools. I thought I was home free...but a couple months ago, she started excessive paw licking, overgrooming and diarrhea returned intermittently. Took her to vet, no signs of arthitis or injury in her paws/legs, no signs of skin patches/balding/bumps, etc. We're thinking this could be a new allergy issue...I thought to send out a repeat fecal biome test to Animal Biome. Unfortunately it showed overgrowth of some bad bacteria, and no changes in improvement in native flora. So in a way she got a bit worse biome wise, even though her symptoms were better from a year ago! I have been giving Visbiome 1/2 cap a day and alternating with Nexabiotics 1 cap a day. She's so sensitive to changes. I wanted to add in some psyllium and S Boulardii...but just after half a capsule, now she hasn't pooped in 5 days and her itching got worse! It went from loose to nothing. I don't know what where went wrong or where to go from here or which probiotics will really help restore her gut and keep the bad guys in check. I am getting conflicting messages from different places on what type of probiotic is best. I just want to get her back on track! Thanks.