A few years back, Ember had diarrhea that was corrected by switching her off of any dry food. She does really well on Wellness canned.
One thing that seemed to stop her diarrhea when it happened was plain canned pumpkin. She liked the flavor or texture, and would eat it up. I didn't even have to stir it into her food. Lance On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:38 -0600, "Cougar Clan" <maima...@duo-county.com> wrote: > If home made isn't an option, there are several commercial raw foods > including Primal Raw that Dixie loved mixed with veggies and my boys > love plain. This is a frozen diet, in cubes that are so easy. There > are dried raw diets available too. A Google search should turn them > up as should conversations with pet store personnel. > On Nov 15, 2009, at 5:04 PM, Tracey Shrout wrote: > > > 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 > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Felvtalk mailing list > Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org > http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org -- Lance Linimon lini...@fastmail.fm _______________________________________________ Felvtalk mailing list Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org
