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Feline Diarhea
I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines.
I'm working hard to contain and control a seemingly contagious situation of diarhea in my kittens. One seven week old kitten is in quarantine with a bad case of it. His two siblings were not infected. One litter of five younger kittens are showing signs. Two more litters, one six weeks old; one five weeks old, haven't been infected so far. I've treated the seriously infected kitten with albon, strongid and immodium AD. The immodium seems to be the most effective medication. There has been slight overall improvement in that the diarhea isn't as watery. Discontinued albon after 3 days; have two additional days of strongid planned. Immodium for the duration is planned. The strongid amount is 1/2CC once daily/six days total. The same has been given to the litter of five, with exception to not using immodium. Their diarhea is not water; is more like runny stool. All are eating and active; no signs of respiratory illness or any other conditions. Kittens are caged in large clean wire cages, up to five per cage, open air with a protective roof and full protection from weather. Climate is 68-70 lows and 90 daytime highs. No exposure to rainfall or cold. Any additional advice? Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail |
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Hi Gail,
Have you been able to talk to a vet? We had a mom-cat with distemper, and her main symptom was diarrhea. Luckily, she recovered right before she gave birth. I haven't dealt with diarrhea in kittens. You might also post this on rec.pets.cats.health+behav. It is a very active group. If posting there -- please note if you have contacted a vet because that will be the first thing off of the keyboard... (they are a bit passionate.) Good luck! Rhonda Gail D via CatKB.com wrote: I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines. I'm working hard to contain and control a seemingly contagious situation of diarhea in my kittens. One seven week old kitten is in quarantine with a bad case of it. His two siblings were not infected. One litter of five younger kittens are showing signs. Two more litters, one six weeks old; one five weeks old, haven't been infected so far. I've treated the seriously infected kitten with albon, strongid and immodium AD. The immodium seems to be the most effective medication. There has been slight overall improvement in that the diarhea isn't as watery. Discontinued albon after 3 days; have two additional days of strongid planned. Immodium for the duration is planned. The strongid amount is 1/2CC once daily/six days total. The same has been given to the litter of five, with exception to not using immodium. Their diarhea is not water; is more like runny stool. All are eating and active; no signs of respiratory illness or any other conditions. Kittens are caged in large clean wire cages, up to five per cage, open air with a protective roof and full protection from weather. Climate is 68-70 lows and 90 daytime highs. No exposure to rainfall or cold. Any additional advice? Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail |
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I don't know that I'd call them passionate. Practicing veterinary medicine
without a license can be harmful to the cat. Particularly when nobody has actually seen the animal and has to go by symptoms that are being described in a news group. Therefore the prudent course of action is to recommend a trained professional take a look at the cat to diagnose. Better to spend a few bucks than wait too long to get a condition treated because someone is trying to diagnose the problem in a newsgroup. "Rhonda" wrote in message ... Hi Gail, Have you been able to talk to a vet? We had a mom-cat with distemper, and her main symptom was diarrhea. Luckily, she recovered right before she gave birth. I haven't dealt with diarrhea in kittens. You might also post this on rec.pets.cats.health+behav. It is a very active group. If posting there -- please note if you have contacted a vet because that will be the first thing off of the keyboard... (they are a bit passionate.) Good luck! Rhonda Gail D via CatKB.com wrote: I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines. I'm working hard to contain and control a seemingly contagious situation of diarhea in my kittens. One seven week old kitten is in quarantine with a bad case of it. His two siblings were not infected. One litter of five younger kittens are showing signs. Two more litters, one six weeks old; one five weeks old, haven't been infected so far. I've treated the seriously infected kitten with albon, strongid and immodium AD. The immodium seems to be the most effective medication. There has been slight overall improvement in that the diarhea isn't as watery. Discontinued albon after 3 days; have two additional days of strongid planned. Immodium for the duration is planned. The strongid amount is 1/2CC once daily/six days total. The same has been given to the litter of five, with exception to not using immodium. Their diarhea is not water; is more like runny stool. All are eating and active; no signs of respiratory illness or any other conditions. Kittens are caged in large clean wire cages, up to five per cage, open air with a protective roof and full protection from weather. Climate is 68-70 lows and 90 daytime highs. No exposure to rainfall or cold. Any additional advice? Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail |
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"Gail D via CatKB.com" wrote in message ... I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines. I'm working hard to contain and control a seemingly contagious situation of diarhea in my kittens. One seven week old kitten is in quarantine with a bad case of it. His two siblings were not infected. One litter of five younger kittens are showing signs. Two more litters, one six weeks old; one five weeks old, haven't been infected so far. I've treated the seriously infected kitten with albon, strongid and immodium AD. The immodium seems to be the most effective medication. There has been slight overall improvement in that the diarhea isn't as watery. Discontinued albon after 3 days; have two additional days of strongid planned. Immodium for the duration is planned. The strongid amount is 1/2CC once daily/six days total. The same has been given to the litter of five, with exception to not using immodium. Their diarhea is not water; is more like runny stool. All are eating and active; no signs of respiratory illness or any other conditions. Kittens are caged in large clean wire cages, up to five per cage, open air with a protective roof and full protection from weather. Climate is 68-70 lows and 90 daytime highs. No exposure to rainfall or cold. Any additional advice? Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail A vet recommended giving daily doses of strongid? I've never heard of that. We usually give 2 doses of strongid 14 - 21 days apart. W |
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Okay, I need to undo: Strongid was 3 days; Albon six days. I reversed
those in my first post. Yes, the kitten saw the vet initially and again today. In fact the vet had him stay several hours today for observation as to how the diarhea came about as pertains to food intake, water, etc. He was their baby by the time I returned several hours later. Under the microscope there was no sign of intestinal parasites (of course he had already been wormed), no signs of geordia (spelled wrong probably), no sign of why this is happening. In the meantime two additional kittens are showing signs of this. The kitten was given an injection, a food supplement to restore lost electrolytes and nutrition, as well as another medication to be taken twice daily. The two new cases are to be given the supplement and the new medication also. All three animals are now quarantined and kept separate from the other kittens. I want to commend everyone for their input pertaining to seeking veterinary advice and having the pet seen by the vet. Even though most of our felines are feral, our vet is always instructed to treat the animal as if it was HIS favorite cat. That puts it in a good perspective for him and alleviates the possiblity that either of us look at one individual feline as "one among so very many others". It does get expensive, but in the long run not really. We have feral cats that are over nine years old and showing no signs of slowing down. Anyway, keep pulling for this little guy and the two new cases. I'll keep you posted also. Thanks, Gail Wendy wrote: I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail A vet recommended giving daily doses of strongid? I've never heard of that. We usually give 2 doses of strongid 14 - 21 days apart. W -- Message posted via http://www.catkb.com |
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"Gail D via CatKB.com" wrote in message ... I'm new; glad I found you guys. Not new to felines. I'm working hard to contain and control a seemingly contagious situation of diarhea in my kittens. One seven week old kitten is in quarantine with a bad case of it. His two siblings were not infected. One litter of five younger kittens are showing signs. Two more litters, one six weeks old; one five weeks old, haven't been infected so far. I've treated the seriously infected kitten with albon, strongid and immodium AD. The immodium seems to be the most effective medication. There has been slight overall improvement in that the diarhea isn't as watery. Discontinued albon after 3 days; have two additional days of strongid planned. Immodium for the duration is planned. The strongid amount is 1/2CC once daily/six days total. The same has been given to the litter of five, with exception to not using immodium. Their diarhea is not water; is more like runny stool. All are eating and active; no signs of respiratory illness or any other conditions. Kittens are caged in large clean wire cages, up to five per cage, open air with a protective roof and full protection from weather. Climate is 68-70 lows and 90 daytime highs. No exposure to rainfall or cold. Any additional advice? Thanks for input. I look forward to hearing from you. Gail I'm thinking maybe a food intolerance. What are they eating? |
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They're GOING to be eating Purina kitten chow beginning this morning. I've
been feeding them adult cat food from Walmart - - Special Kitty, the same that I've always fed the wild clans. I know, I know...garbage in garbage out. But the magnitude of the multitude eating at our feeders called for what we could afford. Gail Wendy wrote: I'm thinking maybe a food intolerance. What are they eating? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...escue/200506/1 |
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On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 21:48:15 GMT, "Gail D via CatKB.com"
wrote: Okay, I need to undo: Strongid was 3 days; Albon six days. I reversed those in my first post. We deworm stray kittens with Strongid on this schedule: http://www.myvetonline.com/website/d... &userId=3541 Recommendations by the American Association of Veterinary Parasitologist and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: KITTENS: May de-worm as early as 2 weeks and repeat every two weeks until 3 months of age, then once a month until 6 months old. Yes, the kitten saw the vet initially and again today. In fact the vet had him stay several hours today for observation as to how the diarhea came about as pertains to food intake, water, etc. He was their baby by the time I returned several hours later. Under the microscope there was no sign of intestinal parasites (of course he had already been wormed), no signs of geordia (spelled wrong probably), no sign of why this is happening. In the meantime two additional kittens are showing signs of this. The kitten was given an injection, a food supplement to restore lost electrolytes and nutrition, as well as another medication to be taken twice daily. The two new cases are to be given the supplement and the new medication also. All three animals are now quarantined and kept separate from the other kittens. My vet sent fecal samples twice to a research lab in one bout of kitten diarrhea. We had tried several drugs and it's not always easy to pinpoint the bug and what will kill it. Then after we killed the bug they suspected, the kittens still had diarrhea because their systems were so disturbed. The lab recommended we use a dollop of raw, canned pumpkin in their food to help slow down food passage and make them feel better and acidophilus to restore beneficial bacteria. What's the new medication? BarB |
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I hear you. You do what you can. I hope the kitten food is easier on their
tummy. "Gail D via CatKB.com" wrote in message ... They're GOING to be eating Purina kitten chow beginning this morning. I've been feeding them adult cat food from Walmart - - Special Kitty, the same that I've always fed the wild clans. I know, I know...garbage in garbage out. But the magnitude of the multitude eating at our feeders called for what we could afford. Gail Wendy wrote: I'm thinking maybe a food intolerance. What are they eating? -- Message posted via CatKB.com http://www.catkb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx...escue/200506/1 |
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