<html><body><div style="font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div aria-label="Compose body">Robert, I understand and sympathize your dilemma - as do the others I'm sure. I am on a limited income also - so I really understand. Is the stool realllllly bloody? Hopefully not. You might try some organic canned pumpkin mixed in the wet food or use a syringe to get it down - pumpkin is good - I know others who use organic yogurt - each is good for any kitty cat. <br></div><div aria-label="Compose body"><br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Don't give up yet<br></div><div aria-label="Compose body">Sandy W<br></div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;" data-mce-style="color: #000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><b>From: </b>"ROBERT CHAPEL" <bchapel@optonline.net><br><b>To: </b>felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br><b>Sent: </b>Sunday, August 14, 2016 3:11:29 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Felvtalk] Bloody Stool<br><div><br></div><br>Thank you all for your responses..... I have a bit of a dilemna as <br>this issued didn't crop up until he had BEEN on Prednisolone oral and <br>ocular for a couple of months.... Didn't go for the 50 dollar fecal <br>test this time because his house mate ( who shares the litter box) is <br>symptom free.... Both are indoor cats and exposed to no food other than <br>what is given them. Still, I doubtless will have his stool tested just <br>need a couple of weeks to recover from a rash of expenses... He is <br>currently on weekly B12 injections and we are looking to see if it helps <br>his Hct ( which is a little low).... This poor little guy has just one <br>thing after another and ,to be frank, I don't know how much longer I can <br>afford the various chronic maladies.... If his buddy ( my other Felv+ <br>cat) goes south soon I'm going to face a REAL dilemna..... Retirement <br>on limited funds and sick animals are not ideal bedfellows..... Gotta <br>keep on Tryin....<br><div><br></div>On Sun, Aug 14, 2016 at 01:00 PM, felvtalk-request@felineleukemia.org <br>wrote:<br><div><br></div>> Send Felvtalk mailing list submissions to<br>> felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<br>> <br>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to<br>> felvtalk-request@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> You can reach the person managing the list at<br>> felvtalk-owner@felineleukemia.org<br>><br>> When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific<br>> than "Re: Contents of Felvtalk digest..."<br>><br>><br>> Today's Topics:<br>><br>> 1. Re: Blood in Stool (Lorrie)<br>> 2. Re: Blood in Stool (Shelley Theye)<br>><br>><br>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 1<br>> Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2016 17:03:28 -0400<br>> From: Lorrie To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Blood in Stool<br>> Message-ID: <20160813210328.GA910@lnx12><br>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii<br>><br>> Bob, I assume you've checked Yogi for parasites. The fact that he<br>> is losing weight and having soft bloody mucus could indicate IBD<br>> Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I have a cat with this. My cat, Sooty,<br>> was on Metronidazole for two weeks, and now has to take prednisolone<br>> every other day (transdermally) to keep this under control. He also<br>> gets B-12 shots once a week. I hope Yogi does not have this, as it<br>> is not curable, only managable. Sooty still enjoys life, but cannot<br>> gain weight no matter how much he eats.<br>><br>> Lorrie<br>><br>> assume you've<br>> had him checked for paras<br>><br>> On 08-12, ROBERT CHAPEL wrote:<br>>> My 1 yr old ( Yogi) whose life has been one problem after another <br>>> is<br>>> now showing bloody mucus in his stool which is now becoming soft <br>>> as<br>>> well.... Had him to the Vet and he just completed a 10 day round <br>>> of<br>>> Flagyl...<br>>> I'm already spending a fair amount with the Prednisolone Acetate <br>>> he<br>>> needs to keep his Uveitis at bay and 300 bucks later ( with an <br>>> Xray) it<br>>> does not look at though he has any blockages... Anyone have any<br>>> experience with this ?? Any relatively benign possible reasons (<br>>> really hoping it is not severe autoimmune bowel disorder).... <br>>> This<br>>> poor little guy has a lot going on for a young cat.... also losing<br>>> weight.... BUT...acting energetic, appetite is good and he's even<br>>> playing a bit despite being half blind..<br>>> thanks,<br>>> Bob in Warwick NY<br>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Felvtalk mailing list<br>>> Felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>>> <br>>> http://felineleukemia.org/mailman/listinfo/felvtalk_felineleukemia.org<br>><br>><br>><br>><br>> ------------------------------<br>><br>> Message: 2<br>> Date: Sun, 14 Aug 2016 08:49:09 -0400<br>> From: Shelley Theye To: felvtalk@felineleukemia.org<br>> Subject: Re: [Felvtalk] Blood in Stool<br>> Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8<br>><br>> Bob, in case this might help Yogi?<br>> My non-FeLV positive cat Frodo, had terrible, liquid, smelly stools <br>> with mucous for a number of years.<br>> Started at about 1.5 years of age. Tried metronidazole, all of the <br>> dewormers and treated for coccidia too, was sure he must have had IBD <br>> or colitis, etc.<br>> Finally what helped him was a restricted protein diet, to rule out a <br>> food sensitivity. We had to stick with the diet for months, longer <br>> than the recommended time, with a few metronidazole weeks <br>> interspersed, almost gave up when he got a mild bout of loose stool <br>> again, gave metronidazole one last time, a few days past when I was <br>> supposed to stop it, and glad I did, because his stools firmed up and <br>> became normal, and have been normal ever since!<br>> I have read that cats have food sensitivities more than actual food <br>> allergies. I am not sure to what ingredient he is sensitive to, and <br>> hesitate to try to figure it out, because after so many years of <br>> terrible stools, now<br>> he is symptom free and has been for a number of years. He eats Royal <br>> Canin rabbit and green pea. Not what I would like to feed, but<br>> in his case it was the answer.<br>> In case this might help.<br>> Shelley<br>><br>> Shelley Theye<br>> veery@bellsouth.net<br>><br>><br>><br>>> On Aug 13, 2016, at 5:03 PM, Lorrie wrote:<br>>><br>>> Bob, I assume you've checked Yogi for parasites. The fact that he<br>>> is losing weight and having soft bloody mucus could indicate IBD<br>>> Inflammatory Bowel Disease, I have a cat with this. My cat, Sooty,<br>>> was on Metronidazole for two weeks, and now has to take prednisolone<br>>> every other day (transdermally) to keep this under control. He also<br>>> gets B-12 shots once a week. I hope Yogi does not have this, as it<br>>> is not curable, only managable. Sooty still enjoys life, but cannot<br>>> gain weight no matter how much he eats.<br>>><br>>> Lorrie<br>>><br>>> assume you've<br>>> had him checked for paras<br>>><br>>> On 08-12, ROBERT CHAPEL wrote:<br>>>> My 1 yr old ( Yogi) whose life has been one problem after another <br>>>> is<br>>>> now showing bloody mucus in his stool which is now becoming soft <br>>>> as<br>>>> well.... Had him to the Vet and he just completed a 10 day round <br>>>> of<br>>>> Flagyl...<br>>>> I'm already spending a fair amount with the Prednisolone Acetate <br>>>> he<br>>>> needs to keep his Uveitis at bay and 300 bucks later ( with an <br>>>> Xray) it<br>>>> does not look at though he has any blockages... Anyone have any<br>>>> experience with this ?? Any relatively benign possible reasons (<br>>>> really hoping it is not severe autoimmune bowel disorder).... <br>>>> This<br>>>> poor little guy has a lot going on for a young cat.... also losing<br>>>> weight.... 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