Hey everyone !
On Halloween morning I discovered a kitten on my front porch. He followed me around and when I opened the door to see if he would come in he reluctently did.
Now this kitten is about 5 months old, a male, gray tabby.
He had no collar, no tags, had fleas pretty bad.
To make a long story short I adopted him, named him Spooky.
Not knowing for postive where he came from (I believe perhaps behind my house where there are some people who have 7 outside cats who are not spayed or neutered, not up to date on shots and as far as food goes, I am sure they got a low quality cat food and also fend for themselves..
I took him to the vet and he was given first set of shots, dewormed, checked for feline Leukemia , feline aids and a stool exam was performed, all were negative.
Revolution was given to me to apply to his neck for fleas, which I treated the next day after his shots.
Problem, the day of taking him to the vet, that morning his stool was a little on the soft side.
After the vet trip, two days later he developed diarrhea.
I took in another stool sample on the fourth day and it came back negative again.
They decided to treat him with Flagyl, 5 days. We have had some semi looking normal stools, but then the next one will be like pudding or runny!
Called the vet they suggested Fortiflora, which I picked up yesterday alond with 5 more days of Flagyl.
He acts completely normal, active, great appetite, drinks adequately(more when his poo is runny and he goes more often)he is growing, putting on weight, no vomiting.
So, I am giving him Blue holistic dry kitten food for the time being, I did not like the Iams which was suggested simply because of the corn products in it and I tried canned Iams kitten food but it only made his stool worse so we are sticking to dry right now until a later time.
I am suppose to take him back in a few weeks to be neutered and a blood panel.
Vet thinks perhaps it is the change in his environment and perhaps a different food that has caused his diarrhea and said it should even out but to stick to normal routines for him, same litter, same food, in other words do not do anything to upset him...
Here I am again, this time with a cat who has frequent loose bowel movements instead of a cat who had constipation issues!
Could it be he has an immature digestive system and the protein is too high for him ?
Could it be that he is allergic to grains?
Could it be that there is still a parasite that has not be detected?
We have to keep in mind that this is a cat that was probably and outside cat from birth, around alot of other cats, probably ate some mice and perhaps birds...
Any suggestions here for me would be most welcome....Btw, hello Opus!