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Smokey - 11 Nov 2003 01:16 GMT

I do not know very much about cats thats why I am referring here till I can
reach the vet. I have a cat who is approx. 4 years old . She is an indoor
kitty,who has snuck out of the house a couple times on me but only for a
brief hour at most. A week ago I discovered blood in her bowel movements. I
just thought maybe she was straining. It has been a week now and again
tonight I found that she has blood in her stool. She also has a case of the
diaherra. She is on no special food. I buy a triple flavor food and all she
ever drinks is water. I would really appreciate any information anyone could
give me as the cause of this or what I could be doing for her.
TIA

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Gee - 11 Nov 2003 01:24 GMT

I am sorry to say this , but blood in anything is always a bad sign.
Especially if you see it in more then one stool.

Unfortunately I am not a vet, so have no solution, but would urge you to
take her to the vet as soon as you can. There is a chance she may have eaten
something that doesn;t suit her, but also some kind of poison. This
obviously could be life threatening. Make sure you take a sample of the
stool to the vets for a check up in a clean closed dish, say a washed photo-
film case.

Pls post this question to alt.med.veterinary, hopefully someone more
qualified can provide more input. Also you could run a search on google for
"blood in stool" cats, say

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=blood+in+stool%22+cats&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&meta=

Also check:

http://www.vetinfo4cats.com/cbloodystools.html

http://www.uga.edu/kidney/viris/discuss/messages/132.html

I wish you both the best

Gee

> I do not know very much about cats thats why I am referring here till I can
> reach the vet. I have a cat who is approx. 4 years old . She is an indoor
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> give me as the cause of this or what I could be doing for her.
> TIA

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~*Connie*~ - 11 Nov 2003 03:35 GMT

actually, according to my vet, an occasional bloody stool is nothing to be
panicked about. However you've seen more than one, and now she has
diarrhea. Chances are she has some sort of internal parasite.. I come to
this conclusion because you say she has had no change in diet recently.
Call your vet about bringing in a stool sample. If that comes up negative,
you'll have other issues to address.. but checking the stool would be the
recommended course of action at the clinic where I work, and it is the most
inexpensive - if the vet will do it with out an actual visit.

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