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My cat Meezu, he's just over one year old - he's been having worsening diarrhea for about 2 months now, and losing weight. He's at least 3-4 lbs underweight at this point. I've been to two vets and tried so many things... any advice would be helpful.
Symptoms:
My current vet suspects he has some sort of malabsorption issue. We're going to do a GI panel soon that will test for EPI so I should have results by next week. If that's neg though, I'm completely at a loss, and he seems to be wasting away.
Here's what we've tried:
Some more history: He's always been thin since I got him as a kitten, with a very laid-back personality - both kind of unusual for the breed (maine coon). He's always eaten A LOT and with gigantic poops. He had tritrichomonas (along with his "brother" Max) but that was treated and fully cleared up a long time ago. Max has no digestive issues that I'm aware of at this time so it's highly unlikely it's anything communicable. He was doing really well for a few months between the tritrich and october. The vet thinks he might have a long term issue that's gotten recently worse. She thinks it's unlikely it's a food allergy since it started recently.
Anyhow, food. I'm trying to keep him on the i/d diet mixed 50/50 with merrick backcountry kitten soft food, with some plain boiled chicken for an appetite stimulant. But I also kind of have to feed him whatever I can get him to eat. He can be picky but he still eats quite a bit. But whatever I feed him he just seems to get worse. I'm hoping the community here may have some suggestions... I'm about willing to try just about anything.
Symptoms:
- Diarrhea
- Losing weight
- Gurgly stomach
- Flatulence when pooing
- Seems depressed / naseous
- Appetite recently diminished, but he's still eating a lot and always seem hungry.
- Symptoms seem to be worsening since Oct
My current vet suspects he has some sort of malabsorption issue. We're going to do a GI panel soon that will test for EPI so I should have results by next week. If that's neg though, I'm completely at a loss, and he seems to be wasting away.
Here's what we've tried:
- Fecal panel - all neg
- Blood panel - normal levels
- Ultrasound - inflammation in small intestine and enlarged lymph nodes
- Metronidazole - didn't really help
- Prednisolone - doesn't seem to be helping
- Probiotics (fortiflora)
- i/d diet - not much effect, also he's a bit of a picky eater
- B-12 injections - maybe helps a bit for a day or two after?
- Gastric panel - TBD
Some more history: He's always been thin since I got him as a kitten, with a very laid-back personality - both kind of unusual for the breed (maine coon). He's always eaten A LOT and with gigantic poops. He had tritrichomonas (along with his "brother" Max) but that was treated and fully cleared up a long time ago. Max has no digestive issues that I'm aware of at this time so it's highly unlikely it's anything communicable. He was doing really well for a few months between the tritrich and october. The vet thinks he might have a long term issue that's gotten recently worse. She thinks it's unlikely it's a food allergy since it started recently.
Anyhow, food. I'm trying to keep him on the i/d diet mixed 50/50 with merrick backcountry kitten soft food, with some plain boiled chicken for an appetite stimulant. But I also kind of have to feed him whatever I can get him to eat. He can be picky but he still eats quite a bit. But whatever I feed him he just seems to get worse. I'm hoping the community here may have some suggestions... I'm about willing to try just about anything.
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