You said you wormed her - have you had her tested for coccidia?  That can
play havoc with their intestines.  I have a new medicine that seems to have
helped with my kids - it's called Tylosin Tartrate, it is actually for
humans, has to be specially compounded by a pharmasist to get the dosage
right for your cat.

 You mentioned something similiar to yogurt - lactobacilus acedophelus?
You can get it in health food stores - break open a capsule and sprinkle a
little on the food?  You can try that in conjunction with kaopectate - but
NOT the human kao - they changed the formulation so its now similiar to
Pepto Bismal (has aspirin).  It's called Kaopectalin I think, your vet would
know.  Vet suggested I give that and alternate with the lactobacilus.

 Have you tried metroconizol (flagyl)?  I think they use that for the
coccidia.  Tastes nasty - I have had one of my fosters make a face over it
once.

 I have also heard of strained pumpkin, but I thought I saw a post it could
be used for constipation, but I could swear the techs at the shelter
recommended it for the runs too.

 Good luck, I'm out of ideas, but been there with you.  It's a messy smelly
thing.

 > We've got this stray from the cat rescue people since about one month.
She's
 > settling in really well, she gets on well with dog and other cat, goes
 > outside and comes back, uses the litter box, comes when called (shy
though).
 > Everything is perfect. But this awful diarrhoea! What can I do? Whenever
 > she's been on the toilet there's this drop on her bum or tail which
 > eventually ends up somewhere: on my jumper, on my duvet, on the carpet,
on
 > furniture - it's just awful, and, it's smelly! :-((
 > I have wormed her several times, she got medication for her stomach
bacteria
 > (something like yoghourt in pills). She's on i/d. But nothing seems to
work.
 > Otherwise she's an intelligent and healthy ca, nice coat, eyes, nose.
But
 > this is a problem. Any suggestions what else it could be before we have
to
 > assume a big intestinal thing?
 >
 > --
 > Carola
 >
 >
 >   ^..^  ~~ ,
 >  =?`= ___   )
 >                 (_

Can't help you much, but wanted to chime and say, Biskit was exactly like that
the first month we had her, but not any more. I kind of suspect malnutrition,
worming, and her system getting used to regular feedings stopped it. Hope yours
gets under control too.

We use Albon for a variety of different intestinal issues.. mainly coccidea,
but not limited to it.  I had one kitten who would have perfect stools then
leak between them.  We put her on metronidazol.. you have to be careful with
that though as too much can be toxic.

Pumpkin is a great cure all for stools.. either too soft or too hard. as it
provides extra fiber.  Plain Metamucil does too.

You said she was on I/D.. have you tried Z/D or another brand of reduced
allergen food.  Your cat might be allergic to the food your feeding it.

Good luck.. stool issues are never fun

Shave her butt (well a patch of it anyways). Won't help the diarrhoea
any, but it'll be easier for her to pay a little more attention to her
cleanliness.

pat

Worming is always a good start. Keep in mind that few wormers
get -everything.- You'll still want to take a fecal sample to your vet.
That'll tell you what's going on so they can treat specifically, or
generally.

We're starting diarrhea cats on one dose of something called Marquis. I
don't know if it has a more scientific name. Then we do panacur once a day
for five days (horrible taste, I know, but don't ask... just breathe through
your nose when you hit the plunger). We've used albon, metroconizole,
erythromycin (which, oddly enough, can cause diarrhea as well, but
apparently it has to run the full 21 days of treatment to know the
effectiveness in the end), and in some cases switched to i/d or w/d (which
is higher fiber, I guess). But we always start with a fecal sample.

And keep an eye on kitty's bottom. If the diarrhea is that chronic, he might
start getting red and raw and need some sort of soothing cream (we use
panalog) to help the irritation. Sorta like kitty diaper rash. *G*

Good luck!