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mike - 02 Feb 2006 23:12 GMT

im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the usenet
forums.

Her cat must of had a little stomach flu last week because he would barely
eat for 2 days... he's eating fine again now but my sister says his poo-poos
are very thin. Would anybody know off hand what this might mean? Maybe
he's still recovering from the stomach bug he had? She also told me she
switched his dry food around during the same time.. so im thinkin it might
be that too... just wondering if there is any known serious illnesses from
having thin poops. Otherwise he seems very healthy.

thanks
mike

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Judy - 03 Feb 2006 04:36 GMT

> im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the usenet
> forums.
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> thanks
> mike

If your sister simply switched his food without following the directions for
doing so, this could be his problem. Before people decide to make changes,
they should educate themselves.

If there are any concerns about a serious illness, best to ask the vet.

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Beth - 03 Feb 2006 11:40 GMT

>> im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the usenet
>> forums.
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> If there are any concerns about a serious illness, best to ask the vet.

Yes, you are supposed to slowly switch the food by mixing a little of the
new with a lot of the old and then slowly giving more of the new and less of
the old until you just give them the new one. Some cats will not eat if
given a new food. Not eating for any extended amount of time, including 2
days, could give the cat some health problems. I don't remember what it's
called, but I've heard of some disease type thing happening when the cat
doesn't eat. I would suggest your sister talk to the vet to be sure it's
ok.

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Wayne Boatwright - 03 Feb 2006 04:55 GMT

On Thu 02 Feb 2006 04:12:31p, Thus Spake Zarathustra, or was it mike?

> im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the
> usenet forums.
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> serious illnesses from having thin poops. Otherwise he seems very
> healthy.

I would be suspicious of the dry food. One of our 5 cats had very soft stool
bordering on diahhrea, almost from the day we got him. I switched the dry
food and the problem disappeared in a matter of days. The first one clearly
didn't agree with him. Neither does canned food.

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~*Connie*~ - 03 Feb 2006 15:14 GMT

my cat is going through the same thing. Went from solid to water to cow
patty. Get some good yogurt (full fat plain if you can find it) and offer
some of that. Not a huge amount, but a few tablespoons at a time. Pumpkin
is very good at getting fiber into a cat to help firm up stools as well.
canned pumpkin, not pumpkin pie mix.

Switching food CAN but does not mean it WILL cause bowel issues.

If it were just thin stool with out a previous eating issue, I would suggest
you look at internal parasites, a possible blockage or even a serious
medical issue. Give it a few more days, if they don't start to firm up or
if things seem to be getting worse instead of better than I would suggest an
immediate trip to the vet.

> im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the usenet
> forums.
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> thanks
> mike

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Gntry - 03 Feb 2006 19:12 GMT

FWIW -When we got our kitten last year,after she started on solid food(we
got her very young) her stools were thin and soft, but over time they
started getting more watery until one day, my son was holding her and
squeezed her alittle too hard and her poop shot out like water..the vet said
it was a "allergy" to a protein in the catfood. In about a day or 2, after
changing food, her stools hardened up and have been normal ever since.
I would think a cat could become dehydrated just like a person can when your
body is losing too much water through diarreh(sp).

> im posting this for my sister, since she doesnt have access to the usenet
> forums.
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> thanks
> mike

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