Hi, all!  I'm new here.  Just found the site yesterday while trying to find a
way to help my kitty, Lucky.  My husband found him in the middle of a busy
road when he was small enough to fit curled up in my hand.  That was 9 or 10
years ago.  He was fairly healthy for several years, then had some foul-
smelling diarrhea that persisted.  Our vet treated him with metronidazole,
then panacur, albon, amoxicillin, and steroids (over two or three years).
They have drawn blood and found no abnormalities-several times.  They have
done fecal smears and floats and send-outs.  One time a single Giardia cast
was found, nothing else on the other tests.  

We have 3 indoor-only cats, but Lucky has slipped out a time or two and
chewed on grass outside the front door.  The other two are healthy and on the
chunky side.  They all eat dry food, with occasional treats of canned.  None
of them are picky and the food is available at all times, two self-refilling
feeders with two watering bottles, each set in a different room in case one
of them is feeling shy.  

Poor Lucky vomits 2-3 times per week, usually partly digested food.  His
stool is still foul-smelling liquid, and he does have occasional accidents
before he gets to the litter box (there are 4 of those around the house).  He
weighs only about 7 pounds and looks so skinny, but acts fairly normal except
for sometimes crying after bouts of diarrhea.  We have tried multiple
holistic and natural things such as pumpkin, rice, mashed potatoes, meat-
chicken, turkey, beef (kinda hard for us, as we are vegetarians, but we know
he loves it), and even beef and turkey-only baby food.  He's been on many of
the Science diets and is currently eating Avoderm.   We have added probiotics,
used Bene-bac, Benefiber or Acacia powder to try to add bulk.  We're
currently giving him Gastrigen capsules, a Chinese herbal med from Thorne
Vetrinary.

Our vet has been so kind, but has no idea what to do for him, and has
recently offered another round of metronidazole and amox together or to refer
us to a larger city for scoping (which we would rather not put him through,
especially because she doesn't think they would find anything, but possible
IBS-which we are trying to treat him for).  She has ruled out hyperthyroidism,
pancreatitis, lymphoma, flv and fiv. He does have a heart murmur.  He was
only vaccinated when we first got him, as hubby took him to get looked over
right away when he found him.

If anyone is still reading, bless you!  If anyone has any suggestions, we are
willing to try almost anything.

Thank you!
JennD