[Felvtalk] Bloody Stool
ROBERT CHAPEL
bchapel at optonline.net
Sun Aug 14 14:11:29 CDT 2016
Thank you all for your responses..... I have a bit of a dilemna as
this issued didn't crop up until he had BEEN on Prednisolone oral and
ocular for a couple of months.... Didn't go for the 50 dollar fecal
test this time because his house mate ( who shares the litter box) is
symptom free.... Both are indoor cats and exposed to no food other than
what is given them. Still, I doubtless will have his stool tested just
need a couple of weeks to recover from a rash of expenses... He is
currently on weekly B12 injections and we are looking to see if it helps
his Hct ( which is a little low).... This poor little guy has just one
thing after another and ,to be frank, I don't know how much longer I can
afford the various chronic maladies.... If his buddy ( my other Felv+
cat) goes south soon I'm going to face a REAL dilemna..... Retirement
on limited funds and sick animals are not ideal bedfellows..... Gotta
keep on Tryin....
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> Bob, I assume you've checked Yogi for parasites. The fact that he
> is losing weight and having soft bloody mucus could indicate IBD
> Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I have a cat with this. My cat, Sooty,
> was on Metronidazole for two weeks, and now has to take prednisolone
> every other day (transdermally) to keep this under control. He also
> gets B-12 shots once a week. I hope Yogi does not have this, as it
> is not curable, only managable. Sooty still enjoys life, but cannot
> gain weight no matter how much he eats.
>
> Lorrie
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> assume you've
> had him checked for paras
>
> On 08-12, ROBERT CHAPEL wrote:
>> My 1 yr old ( Yogi) whose life has been one problem after another
>> is
>> now showing bloody mucus in his stool which is now becoming soft
>> as
>> well.... Had him to the Vet and he just completed a 10 day round
>> of
>> Flagyl...
>> I'm already spending a fair amount with the Prednisolone Acetate
>> he
>> needs to keep his Uveitis at bay and 300 bucks later ( with an
>> Xray) it
>> does not look at though he has any blockages... Anyone have any
>> experience with this ?? Any relatively benign possible reasons (
>> really hoping it is not severe autoimmune bowel disorder)....
>> This
>> poor little guy has a lot going on for a young cat.... also losing
>> weight.... BUT...acting energetic, appetite is good and he's even
>> playing a bit despite being half blind..
>> thanks,
>> Bob in Warwick NY
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> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 08:49:09 -0400
> From: Shelley Theye To: felvtalk at felineleukemia.org
> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Blood in Stool
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> Bob, in case this might help Yogi?
> My non-FeLV positive cat Frodo, had terrible, liquid, smelly stools
> with mucous for a number of years.
> Started at about 1.5 years of age. Tried metronidazole, all of the
> dewormers and treated for coccidia too, was sure he must have had IBD
> or colitis, etc.
> Finally what helped him was a restricted protein diet, to rule out a
> food sensitivity. We had to stick with the diet for months, longer
> than the recommended time, with a few metronidazole weeks
> interspersed, almost gave up when he got a mild bout of loose stool
> again, gave metronidazole one last time, a few days past when I was
> supposed to stop it, and glad I did, because his stools firmed up and
> became normal, and have been normal ever since!
> I have read that cats have food sensitivities more than actual food
> allergies. I am not sure to what ingredient he is sensitive to, and
> hesitate to try to figure it out, because after so many years of
> terrible stools, now
> he is symptom free and has been for a number of years. He eats Royal
> Canin rabbit and green pea. Not what I would like to feed, but
> in his case it was the answer.
> In case this might help.
> Shelley
>
> Shelley Theye
> veery at bellsouth.net
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>
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>> On Aug 13, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Lorrie wrote:
>>
>> Bob, I assume you've checked Yogi for parasites. The fact that he
>> is losing weight and having soft bloody mucus could indicate IBD
>> Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I have a cat with this. My cat, Sooty,
>> was on Metronidazole for two weeks, and now has to take prednisolone
>> every other day (transdermally) to keep this under control. He also
>> gets B-12 shots once a week. I hope Yogi does not have this, as it
>> is not curable, only managable. Sooty still enjoys life, but cannot
>> gain weight no matter how much he eats.
>>
>> Lorrie
>>
>> assume you've
>> had him checked for paras
>>
>> On 08-12, ROBERT CHAPEL wrote:
>>> My 1 yr old ( Yogi) whose life has been one problem after another
>>> is
>>> now showing bloody mucus in his stool which is now becoming soft
>>> as
>>> well.... Had him to the Vet and he just completed a 10 day round
>>> of
>>> Flagyl...
>>> I'm already spending a fair amount with the Prednisolone Acetate
>>> he
>>> needs to keep his Uveitis at bay and 300 bucks later ( with an
>>> Xray) it
>>> does not look at though he has any blockages... Anyone have any
>>> experience with this ?? Any relatively benign possible reasons (
>>> really hoping it is not severe autoimmune bowel disorder)....
>>> This
>>> poor little guy has a lot going on for a young cat.... also losing
>>> weight.... BUT...acting energetic, appetite is good and he's even
>>> playing a bit despite being half blind..
>>> thanks,
>>> Bob in Warwick NY
>>
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