Out of ideas now!

alexgirl73 · 12-10-2006, 07:57 PM

I am at my wits end here now. As you probably know, on the advice of the vet we have tried feeding Teddy and Cooper on adult food and Coop has had no probs in 2 days, nice normal stools. Teddy however is still running (after one normal) and is back to squirting out the back end. I have tried RC kitten, asda kitten, whiskas kitten , HiLife, and boiled ckicken and rice. What now!??????

He seems happy enough (though it's hard to tell with that wee grumpy face), eats and drinks no probs. Plays with Cooper and seems to be growing. It is just the rear end which is causing all the worry. At the moment I simply can't afford any vets fees for tests and antibiotics so I don't know what else to try. Any, no matter how nutty, suggestions!

yola · 12-10-2006, 08:07 PM

Have you tried starving him for 12 hours? Maybe he just needs to get some bug out of his system rather than it being food-related.

dandysmom · 12-10-2006, 08:12 PM

Hadn't thought of that, Yola but it makes sense! It's recommeded for people when we have diarrhea....Will Teddy eat a little cheese, sometimes that can be binding....

alexgirl73 · 12-10-2006, 08:26 PM

Well yola I give him his last meal around 7pm and he doesn't get his next one until 7.30 am, so that is 12 hours. I might try leaving him until mid-day tomorrow and see if that helps.

Dm- never tried that so he is tucking into some cheese as we speak. How much do you think I should give him?

Elaine · 12-10-2006, 08:35 PM

You may also want to do some research on the use of slippery elm bark and discuss your findings with your vet before using it. Its very good for helping with both runny tums and constipation. I used to use it to help my old boy with his constipation. He had CRF so the link I will find and post is from the CRF site. Always worth a little investigation though.

Elaine · 12-10-2006, 08:36 PM

http://www.felinecrf.org/holistic_treatments.htm#SEB

alexgirl73 · 12-10-2006, 08:40 PM

Thanks Elaine, someone else mentioned slippery elm bark before and I was going to get some but he seemed to improve for a little while and I forgot about it. Will check out the link thanks!

dandysmom · 12-10-2006, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexgirl73

Well yola I give him his last meal around 7pm and he doesn't get his next one until 7.30 am, so that is 12 hours. I might try leaving him until mid-day tomorrow and see if that helps.

Dm- never tried that so he is tucking into some cheese as we speak. How much do you think I should give him?

Gosh, really don't know! He's a little fellow, wouldn't give him more than one or two bites; I never used cheese for the runs for mine as I was fortunate they never had that problem

cheese was a treat for them.

Donna · 12-10-2006, 10:13 PM

Misty always has the runs when I give her cheese (although she does love it) so be careful. If it was my cat I would just stop all cat food completely. Leave as long a break as I could - 24 hours being the best - and then just plain steamed cod or plain chicken.

You are not giving them milk at all are you as this causes diarreah in a lot of cats?

dinahsmum · 13-10-2006, 08:42 AM

It was me who mentioned slippery elm before. You can get it direct from Dorwest but I found this link which also gives indications and dosage http://www.veggiepets.com/acatalog/d...ks_powder.html

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