cartmans_mommy
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Hi everyone! It's been a while since I've been here (since Cartman crossed the Rainbow Bridge). Since then, I've adopted two sweet cats, Boris (4 yr old grey & white/cream DLH) and Roc (1 yr old DSH orange tabby). Intially, when I adopted Roc (at 6 months old) from the humane society, he was on Purina Pro-Plan. About 2 months after I adopted him, I moved out of my home into a domestic violence shelter & so my neighbor and friend, Susie (Cartman's real mom) took him in out of the kindness of her heart (I couldn't afford to board him). Roc adjusted well to the multiple cat household and continued on the Pro-Plan, however he had frequent loose stools & flatulance and so with my ok, Susie started him on Nestle Goodlife Recipe (what Susie's cats ate) mixed in with his Pro-Plan. I moved out of the shelter & into my own apartment after a month and was ready to bring Roc back home to live with me, however he & one of Susie's cat's, Boris had become inseparable & so with Susie's ok, I adopted him as well and put him on the same food as Roc (Purina Pro-Plan mixed in with Nestle Goodlife Recipe). Now having a little money, I took both to the vet to get their check ups & shots up-to-date and because both were having diarrhea. Both were found to be in good health (weight, temp, & vital signs) other than having evidence of fleas and were diagnosed with tape worms by a fecal stool test. The vet recommended treating them with flea medication (which I applied Pet Amour, generic fipronil) & both cats were given a broad-spectrum de-wormer. 2 weeks later, Boris still had diarrhea, so I took him back to the vet & got a 2nd dose of de-wromer to give him & they gave him a prescription for a week's worth of Metronidazole, an antibiotic & amoebacide. Also, the vet recommended putting Boris on a bland diet and recommended a prescription can food for sensitive stomachs. I slowly switched to feeding them both only the Goodlife Recipe, however Boris turned his nose up at the prescription can food, as he has done with Friskies can food as welll. The de-wormer took care of the tape-worm issue & Roc's poo firmed up wit the food change & both became less gassy (I think they both have food intolerances to the sulfites used as preservatives). A couple of months passed and here recently, I ended up needing to take Boris to the vet for an injured paw. Boris was still having frequent soft/liquid bowel movements and I expressed my concern about this while at the vet's & the vet recommended switching them to a food for sensitive stomachs. So after browsing the food section and reading food labels at the local Petsmart, I realized Boris is likely lactose intolerant (which Goodlife Recipe had skim milk powder in it) & choose Blue Buffalo for Sensitive Stomachs. Now it has been a week and I've been slowly changing them over to Blue Buffalo, however now they both having runny diarrhea and Roc has reguritated his food at least twice since starting the Blue Buffalo. Help! Is this a normal reaction? Any recommendations, food or otherwise? I'm really at a loss here and getting frustrated that I haven't been able to help my kitties feel their best.
