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Cat Forum / General Topics / December 2003Baby Tiger has very loose Stool
My 11 week old baby kitten has very loose stool. She has been treated for Coccica. She has no worms but her stool is still very loose. We have been feeding her different foods, could this be the problem. Right now we are feeding her regular kitten food. We were thinking of stwitching her to a Royal Canin Baby care. It is formulated to care for kittens under 4 months. Any suggestions or advise on this would be great. Thank you Obviously, the first thing to do is contact the vet. If there are no health problems, then feed a constant diet for a while. Diarrhea is not uncommon with kittens. Canteloupe might help too.  SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com We have contacted a vet. She was put on pills for coccida. The medication is finished, and the vet says that she is otherwise very healthy, but she wants to but her on prescription food (Medi-Cal). We don't want to do that unless we have absolutely no choice. > Obviously, the first thing to do is contact the vet. If there are no > health problems, then feed a constant diet for a while. Diarrhea is not > uncommon with kittens. Canteloupe might help too. > We have contacted a vet. She was put on pills for coccida. The medication > is finished, and the vet says that she is otherwise very healthy, but she > wants to but her on prescription food (Medi-Cal). We don't want to do that > unless we have absolutely no choice. All of our kittens have had, at one point or another, rather nasty diarrhea. We've come to the conclusion it's a normal part of a kitten's development. Just be sure she keeps eating and acting normally. Some people suggest feeding only dry food, but I think this is a bad idea since the diarrhea will already cause a large loss of fluids. Better stick to good quality wet food (Innova, Felidae, etc.). Try the canteloupe, our girls went crazy for it and it cured them of that diarrhea in no time! SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com how long did you treat for coccidia? it can be notorious to get rid of, especially if your not very very careful around the litterbox. Changing foods frequently can also be a problem. Cats do not need a varity of food, and actually prefer a steady diet. I would highly recommend bringing in a stool sample to make sure the coccidia is gone, feed a consistent diet, canned pumpkin (NOT pie mix, but pure pumpkin) and full fat plain yogurt. Always worked for the kittens I fostered when diarrhea hit. > My 11 week old baby kitten has very loose stool. She has been treated for > Coccica. She has no worms but her stool is still very loose. We have been [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Thank you We treated the coccidia for 10 days 1/4 of a pill each morning. > how long did you treat for coccidia? it can be notorious to get rid of, > especially if your not very very careful around the litterbox. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > Thank you not nearly enough for most cats. and I would say probably not enough for a kitten either. http://www.marvistavet.com/html/body_coccidia.html We do not have any medicine that will kill coccidia; only the patient's immune system can do that. But we can give medicines called "coccidiostats" which can inhibit coccidial reproduction. Once the numbers stop expanding, it is easier for the patient's immune system to "catch up" and wipe the infection out. This also means, though, that the time it takes to clear the infection depends on how many coccidia organisms there are to start with and how strong the patient's immune system is. A typical treatment course lasts about a week or two but it is important to realize that the medication should be given until the diarrhea resolves plus an extra couple of days. Medication should be given for at least five days total. Sometimes courses as long as a month are needed. > We treated the coccidia for 10 days 1/4 of a pill each morning. > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > > > > > Thank you Thanks for all the help Connie. I'm getting our vet to have another look at the stool sample this afternoon. But i'm still not crazy about puting her on a prescription food like the vet wants me to. We are feeding her premium cat food. I'm thinking about putting her on a Kitten babby food from Royal Canine. But I still think Tiger has coccidia. Her stool did start to go hard and then went soft agian. > not nearly enough for most cats. and I would say probably not enough for a > kitten either. [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > > > > > > > Thank you Connie thanks again for your advise. We spoke to the vet today and asked her if she could take another stool sample of Tiger and test for coccidia again. She said she didn't need a sample of Tiger's stool, and instead just wanted to see Tiger, and put her on Prescription food. My husband forced her to test a sample, and she said we would be wasting our money that the coccidia would have been cleared and it would come back negative. My husband and I told her we didn't care about the money and wanted her to test the stool. 2 hours later the vet calls us and tells us that to her surprise the stool sample tested positive for coccidia, and wants to put her back on the pills and increase the dosage to 3/4 of a pill instead of 1/4. We had a feeling that baby Tiger still had coccidia and the vet didn't believe us. I think it's time we find a new vet. Any comments. > Thanks for all the help Connie. > I'm getting our vet to have another look at the stool sample this afternoon. [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > > > > > > > > > Thank you > coccidia and the vet didn't believe us. I think it's time we find a new > vet. Any comments. I agree. Look here for some good referals: http://www.aafponline.org/ SignatureVictor Martinez Owned and operated by the Fantastic Seven (TM) Send your spam here: uce@ftc.gov Email me here: pistorLITTER@BOXaustin.rr.com >Connie thanks again for your advise. >We spoke to the vet today and asked her if she could take another stool [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >coccidia and the vet didn't believe us. I think it's time we find a new >vet. Any comments. I agree. It's time to find a new vet. Nan
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