When my Lucy, who is positive, starting having loose stool, I was really
scared it was intestinal lymphoma, which positives are prone to. But she has
IBD. Which can turn into lymphoma if not controlled (or maybe even if it
is controlled, I don't know). The only thing that has helped her is switching
her to a raw turkey diet. I buy premixed supplements from Feline Futures and mix
it with Stelton's ground turkey from the health food store and Omah's ground
turkey organs. Sometimes she still has some trouble, either because she
gets some of Patches' food or just because she has trouble, I don't know.
So I keep her on a very low dose of prednisone as well. I had her down to 1.25
mg every three days, and tried to stop entierly, but she got loose stools again
so now she is on 2.5 mg every other day. I hope to be able to wean her again,
but if she needs it I will keep giving it to her. No food works with her at this
point other than the raw turkey diet.
Michelle
In a message dated 6/12/2006 7:58:30 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ember is
still not doing so great with her bowel movements. I've
tried a few
things: switching to California Natural Chicken and Brown
Rice
canned, giving her a bit of Eagle Pack Holistic Solution... and
have
had no luck. She had a small, fairly loose stool Saturday, and
nothing since. She hasn't been eating well. I'm not sure if it's the
California Natural or what.
Anyway, with her last bm on Saturday, I
took her to the vet today. I
had them run a fairly full spectrum of
tests, including blood panel
(thankfully, no anemia) and stool
check. Ember has lost over half a
pound since the vet visit some
months ago before this started (she's
down to 10.1 lbs from 10.7).
Last visit, she palpitated Ember and
found no hint of lumps. The
vet, again, looked for parasites,
including giardia, and found none.
She also said it looked like Ember
would need to use the box
sometime fairly soon. The good news is, she
did just a minute ago.
:) It was a fairly normal "incident," for the
first time in
awhile.
The vet prescribed flagyl for five days, so we have that
here.
However, I'm just not sure I want to do that. I've read that
it's a
harsh antibiotic, and while I trust my vet (one of two
allopathic
vets who have treated Ember recently), I just wonder if I
shouldn't
wait for another day or two to see what
happens.
I'm going to give Ember a little tuna (in water, not vegetable
oil).
I'm hoping to find some other options that will help her get
her
appetite back. I need to order some more Innova EVO for her,
too. I'm
also considering getting her some Prescription Diet w/d,
despite the
fact that I really dislike Hill's.
Any thoughts
on the flagyl or the inappetence would be very
helpful.
Thanks,
Lance
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