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Has any one had a cat with blood in the stool?
I have two Abysinnians, Tatoi and Chui. They are sisters and both are
7 years old just this January. In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning. I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! |
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Sorry. Abyssinian is spelled incorrectly. It's been a long
day...already. LOL. |
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Has any one had a cat with blood in the stool?
"yogipet-online" wrote in message ups.com... I have two Abysinnians, Tatoi and Chui. They are sisters and both are 7 years old just this January. In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning. I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! Didn't your vet run any tests (for example, for UTI)? If not, I would seek a second opinion because it would be *much* better to catch any potential problems in an early stage. MaryL |
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Yes, we've seen it a couple of times. It can come along sometimes with
digestive problems. I read something about it one time when we found some -- something about what part of the digestive tract it comes from. You might try googling it or asking the vet for more details. All of our cats are doing fine now, but I know it's a shock when you first see it. Rhonda yogipet-online wrote: I have two Abysinnians, Tatoi and Chui. They are sisters and both are 7 years old just this January. In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning. I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! |
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If there is red blood in the stool, it comes from the lower digestive
tract [below the stomach]. If the stool is black, the blood probably came from the upper digestive tract. |
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Has any one had a cat with blood in the stool?
Those prices are starting to look like Rumble's average cost when he has his
epileptic episodes "MaryL" -OUT-THE-LITTER wrote in message news:rmmMf.134410$0G.11890@dukeread10... "T" wrote in message . .. In article 3LkMf.134386$0G.100267@dukeread10, AKE- OUT-THE-LITTER says... "yogipet-online" wrote in message ups.com... I have two Abysinnians, Tatoi and Chui. They are sisters and both are 7 years old just this January. In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning. I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! Didn't your vet run any tests (for example, for UTI)? If not, I would seek a second opinion because it would be *much* better to catch any potential problems in an early stage. I've got a pretty thorough new vet. Brought my eldest in for a check up. $350 later we've identified that his liver or spleen is somewhat enlarged, but the blood panel doesn't show any increase in white blood cells, or any indicators of liver malfunction. At 16 he's still energetic, eats well, acts normal, etc. But over the past 6 or so years he's lost 3 pounds. Probably coincides with when Cosimo was brought into the house as that cat could eat, rest his little soul. The breakdown: Physcial Exam: $40 Rabies Vaccination: $12 Distemper Vaccination: $10 X-Rays: $124 Blool Panel: $140 Sub-Q Fluids: $24 This brings the total on vet visits for the month of February to $1,100. So yeah, I'd say my vet is pretty damned thorough. Anyhow, when the vet called me to tell me the blood panel was ok she started about ultrasounds, cat scans, etc. I told her I'd watch carefully and if I saw any signs of something going on, I'd get him in there. Okay. I didn't pick up on any of this from your original message. I was afraid it was one of those cases where you took your cat in and just received a "guess" as to causes. MaryL |
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Has any one had a cat with blood in the stool?
In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning.
I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! A change in diet can cause blood in the stool. I saw it all the time at the shelter I worked at and it's happened to my cat a couple of times. -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...ealth/200602/1 |
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Has any one had a cat with blood in the stool?
"yogipet-online" wrote in message ups.com... I have two Abysinnians, Tatoi and Chui. They are sisters and both are 7 years old just this January. In early February, Chui had bright red drops in her stool one morning. I was so shocked, I called my vet who told me to bring her in that afternoon. When the vet examined her, she gave me something similiar to Tums and told me that I shouldn't worried. She said it was normal when cats are upset or stressed in some way (i.e., change of diet, new litter, change of location, etc). I have had cats for 20 years and have never seen this. Has anyone else had this experience? It scared the daylights out of me! Sounds like "Idiopathic Hematochezia" (small amount of blood on the feces)- its usually normal if it happens once in awhile and no other symptoms are present. What you really have to watch for are black, tarry stools (melena). These are a sign of internal bleeding. |
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