mariko
Member Since 2011
Hello!
I'm looking for any suggestion, sharing of experience, idea, etc. etc.
My cat, Cashmere, has a sensitive tummy issue, which I've been trying to fix the past year since I adopted her.
She's not diabetic, and she's not on a particularly good diet, not due to lack of trying.
She eats Acana kibbles, Rayne kibbles, i/d wet, and a little bit of Rayne cooked food, which according to her are all "Meh".
I've tried various brands of probiotics, but I don't see it doing much.
Anyway... her symptoms are:
* Part soft poo, start firm and ends squishy.
* Bloody mucus at the end of soft poo, usually found around her bum.
* Eats enough, just not loving it, and NOT losing weight.
I brought her poo sample with bloody mucus to the vet last Friday, and they found bacteria "1+ sporulated clostridium", which the vet thinks that the condition isn't horrible but may be over-populated, and causing the inflammation in the colon.
He suspects colitis, which is what I suspect too.
I've suspected inflammation is in the colon rather than in the small intestine, but I don't know how to make her colon healthy....
The vet put her on metronidazole, and she's had the 5th dose this evening, but her poo is still part soft, although the bloody mucus seemed to have stopped (anti-jinx).
This concerns me because metronidazole worked after 1 or 2 pills for my other cat in the past.
We don't know if the clostridium is solely responsible for her issue... more likely it isn't.
Maybe allergy, maybe IBD.
The vet and I talked about other things we can try.
He said if the intestine is already inflamed, diet change won't work well sometimes, so suggested we could try a short term use of steroids (maybe prednisolone) to clear it up, if metronidazole doesn't work.
We talked about colonoscopy, but he really doesn't want to do it since she's still so young.
I though if I have to do it, I'd rather do it while she's still young than when she's old and frail, so asked around a couple of people who are vet tech/nurse, and they both said "No!", so I probably won't go there at least yet.
Here are my questions.
1) Could a short term use of steroids cause diabetes? Have we had a member who's cat became diabetic after being given steroids for a short period of time? (Not sure how long but I am guessing a week on low dose or something similar)
2) In addition to consulting our regular vet, I made another appointment with a holistic vet. I've never gone to this clinic before, but I think it is mainly going to be a homeopathic consultation. To be honest, even after reading quite a bit about homeopathy, I don't get it, but I'm open minded as well as desperate.
This appointment is not until mid-January.
Does anyone have any experience with homeopathy for cats?
Sorry it's long......
Thank you for any insights!
I'm looking for any suggestion, sharing of experience, idea, etc. etc.
My cat, Cashmere, has a sensitive tummy issue, which I've been trying to fix the past year since I adopted her.
She's not diabetic, and she's not on a particularly good diet, not due to lack of trying.
She eats Acana kibbles, Rayne kibbles, i/d wet, and a little bit of Rayne cooked food, which according to her are all "Meh".
I've tried various brands of probiotics, but I don't see it doing much.
Anyway... her symptoms are:
* Part soft poo, start firm and ends squishy.
* Bloody mucus at the end of soft poo, usually found around her bum.
* Eats enough, just not loving it, and NOT losing weight.
I brought her poo sample with bloody mucus to the vet last Friday, and they found bacteria "1+ sporulated clostridium", which the vet thinks that the condition isn't horrible but may be over-populated, and causing the inflammation in the colon.
He suspects colitis, which is what I suspect too.
I've suspected inflammation is in the colon rather than in the small intestine, but I don't know how to make her colon healthy....
The vet put her on metronidazole, and she's had the 5th dose this evening, but her poo is still part soft, although the bloody mucus seemed to have stopped (anti-jinx).
This concerns me because metronidazole worked after 1 or 2 pills for my other cat in the past.
We don't know if the clostridium is solely responsible for her issue... more likely it isn't.
Maybe allergy, maybe IBD.
The vet and I talked about other things we can try.
He said if the intestine is already inflamed, diet change won't work well sometimes, so suggested we could try a short term use of steroids (maybe prednisolone) to clear it up, if metronidazole doesn't work.
We talked about colonoscopy, but he really doesn't want to do it since she's still so young.
I though if I have to do it, I'd rather do it while she's still young than when she's old and frail, so asked around a couple of people who are vet tech/nurse, and they both said "No!", so I probably won't go there at least yet.
Here are my questions.
1) Could a short term use of steroids cause diabetes? Have we had a member who's cat became diabetic after being given steroids for a short period of time? (Not sure how long but I am guessing a week on low dose or something similar)
2) In addition to consulting our regular vet, I made another appointment with a holistic vet. I've never gone to this clinic before, but I think it is mainly going to be a homeopathic consultation. To be honest, even after reading quite a bit about homeopathy, I don't get it, but I'm open minded as well as desperate.
This appointment is not until mid-January.
Does anyone have any experience with homeopathy for cats?
Sorry it's long......
Thank you for any insights!
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