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The appetite has never been in question DM! Only once has she not wanted to eat and she made up for that at the next meal lol! You should hear her eat! If you've ever watched the kids cartoon Taz and heard the spluttering spitting noise he makes........that's Teddie! |
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She hasn't done a thing since yesterday, runny or otherwise, I don't think she's getting full enough from the fish. I spoke to my vet this morning as I'm concerned because Broxis stools have been loose for the last week now, and he was sick last night too, and after looking up girdia on the web I just thought I'd check with him. The decision has been taken to treat all 3 cats with metronidazole for 3 weeks as a blanket treatment in case it is giardia, and tbh I think there's a good chance it is. He has warned me that it could make the diarhhea worse in Teddie and give Broxi and Cooper the runs too. He wanted me to have promax paste for all 3!!!! And at £14.98 a tube and would need at least 4 tubes, that went out the window pretty quickly, so will have protectin (sp) powder instead to go with it. Have to take them all in tomorrow to be weighted as to be given the correct dosage of antibiotics, so will keep you posted on how it's going (oh and they will ALL have to be on the invalid diet for the next few weeks, was this the same case for you Fran) |
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Alex, just to warn you that Metronidazole is the drug of choice for Giardia but it made Porsha's diarrhoea 10 times worse ![]() |
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I wish to God,I knew what to do for the best Fran. Should I wait a while before giving them the metronidazole and see if Teddie improves herself first (and what about Broxis runs?) or try this and end up with all 3 cats having serious diarrhea? The thing is that they are all happy and well in themselves and I'm worried about giving them unnecessary treatment as we don't know for sure that it is giardia, and making them all ill. |
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At the end of the day, you have to follow your gut instinct and your vet's advice. It is certainly strange that Bronxi has the runs now too but it doesn't necessarily mean that they both have a Giardia infection. I'm not sure what to advise you Alex. Could you seek a second opinion from a different vet? |
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I went in to a nother vet today but they said they couldn't advise me unles I took Teddie into them and had her records transfered from the other vets! None of them have had panacur, the wormer they have had is milbemax, and the vet hasn't mentioned panacur. The worst of it is Teddie has done a poo today which is the closest thing to normal she's done since we've had her, and Cooper isn't runny and I would have thought he would be the one to contract giardia rather than Broxi! Oh, I don't know what to do!!! |
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