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Cat diarrhea - Tylan and/or Biosol
Hello,
I have two sphynx kittens (7 months). The male has chronic loose stool regardless of what food I have fed him. The female has been fine since I started feeding them Nutro Natural Care. They both had CBCs and everything is normal. I went to an odd sort of vet who prescribed Biosol, which is the brand name for neomycin sulfate. It is used to treat bacteria from E-coli in sheep & cattle. He seems to respond very well to the medication, but the loose stool returns in a few days. I later spoke to a GI specialist at the Animal Medical Center in NYC, and she had never heard of prescribing this medication for bacterial diarrhea in cats, and had suggested Tylan as an alternative. I'm wondering if anyone has had any experience with either of these medications and with chronic loose stool in general. They are being fixed this week, at which point I am going to try to switch them to an adult "sensitive stomach" formula food. Thanks, Kristin |
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Cat diarrhea - Tylan and/or Biosol
This is a morbid story, but I recently lost a cat (18 months old), who
had IBD. He died suddenly four days after the highly recommended surgical biopsy was performed. The results ended up being IBD & Hepatitis. I think you can understand where I am coming from being hesitant to perform this surgery again, howeve it's really scaring me that both male cats (the previous one was also a sphynx) seem to have similar issues! I read that the sphynx have a very fast metabolism, which causes food sensitivity. I am going to try a grain-free diet. Is IVD a prescription food? Thanks for your response, Kristin |
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Cat diarrhea - Tylan and/or Biosol
IVD is a prescription food, and there are 3-4 different flavors. That
worked well for us because cats will blame their food when they don't feel well, and develop an aversion to a particular kind. We changed flavors a few times to get past that. Sorry about your other cat. Did he die because of the biopsy? I understand being nervous about doing that again. Take care, Rhonda Kristin wrote: This is a morbid story, but I recently lost a cat (18 months old), who had IBD. He died suddenly four days after the highly recommended surgical biopsy was performed. The results ended up being IBD & Hepatitis. I think you can understand where I am coming from being hesitant to perform this surgery again, howeve it's really scaring me that both male cats (the previous one was also a sphynx) seem to have similar issues! I read that the sphynx have a very fast metabolism, which causes food sensitivity. I am going to try a grain-free diet. Is IVD a prescription food? Thanks for your response, Kristin |
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