Anna, I will give you my personal opinion dealing with severe diahrrea in 2 of my kitties, one of which is +. After many trips to the vet and having many tests for parasites and doses of parasitic medicines, antibiotics, trying fortiflora (which does help some), nothing completely resolved their issues until I started feeding my cats what I feel is the best food possible -- a raw homemade diet of chicken and bones (and organ meat, egg, and vitamins, etc). Lots of people are totally against feeding raw, but I have 5 very healthy kitties who've been eating it for almost 2 years now with remarkable changes in all of them. No more diahrrea for my kitties, and most of the time is doesn't even have an odor (no kidding!) I will never go back to dry, and I use only a good quality grain-free can food if necessary. Cats with diahrrea are naturally going to be dehydrated, so you really need to be giving them water WITH their food -- a canned food.
If the homemade diet is not an option for you though, just try a grain free diet. Wellness has a good canned one, and there are a few grain-free dry foods as well. Most cats merely 'tolerate' grains, and other cats cannot. It is not natural for them to eat grains. Oh, and LOTS of cats throw up. No, it is not good, but it is very common. My cats don't throw up anymore (other than hairballs) EVER! I spent tons of time researching making my own food because of so many health issiues w/my kitties -- now I don't have any issues at all. If you want to learn more, check out catnutrition.com and catinfo.com. If you follow the recipes to a "T'', you will be amazed! Good luck, and I hope they get better! Tracey On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 1:28 PM, Anna Waltman <anna.walt...@gmail.com>wrote: > Dear all, > My positive kitty, Sylvia, has been largely asymptomatic for a month or two > now, and has only had one bout of immune suppression since testing positive > (a sore in her mouth, which was taken care of with antibiotics and went > away > quickly). She is positive on both the snap and IFA tests. My five-month-old > kitten, Beatrice, was negative as of a month or so prior to being > vaccinated. > > I'm feeding both kitties a mix of Wellness Indoor Health, Wellness Kitten > Health and Evo; Sylvia has actually put on weight (1/2 a pound) and looks > good. Bea is growing like a weed and very energetic, but has intermittent > issues with diarrhea and flatulence. The vet thinks it might be that the > high-quality food is too much for her system, but I'm wondering if we might > need to re-test her for giardia (which she had when she came to me) and do > another snap test for FLV. The vet wants to wait at least six months from > the first FLV snap test before we test her again. What are your thoughts on > this? I want to test her early and put her on LCTI if she's positive; if > there's a chance that she's positive but can beat the virus with some > medical help, I'd like to give her that chance. And if she's still dealing > with giardia (after several rounds of antibiotics she shouldn't be), I'd > like to get that totally cleared up. Luckily, Sylvia doesn't seem to have > contracted it. Diarrhea has only been an issue for her when she's been on > oral antibiotics. > > Also: Sylvia periodically throws up immediately after eating. It's > something > she's done since young kittenhood and it happens every other week or so, > sometimes slightly more often, sometimes way less (she occasionally goes a > month or two without it happening). Is this vomiting something I need to be > concerned about? It's only right after she's eaten and doesn't seem to > affect her appetite, bowel movements or behavior. > > These two are my first pets as an adult (I'm only 23 and a first-year > graduate student); I'm doing my best to do right by them. It's a wonderful > thing to have this forum to turn to when I'm feeling confused about > something. The girls and I both thank you heartily in advance for your > advice! > All best, > Anna, Sylvia and Beatrice > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org > _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
