Ruth
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Hello all,
I’m baaaaaaack! So Stitch is now a little over a year old and all is good with his dog brother (yay). Now on to another and quite troubling issue.
I have been having to take stitch to board while visiting my family in NY more often. It seems like he loves it there but it’s now twice that when back, 3-4 days later he develops diarrhea. The vet has tested him for parasites and all good - so far.
Vet suggested I keep him on metronidazole while boarding to avoid any issues. I didn’t do that last week on my last visit. Big mistake. Huge.
He developed diarrhea Saturday morning at 1:30am...how do I know exact time? Well because I was woken up by the awful smell of my kitty walking on my just laundered comforter with yep...lots of diarrhea.
Took him to vet and she once again gave metronidazole and a pro -biotic. Great. Or so I thought.
I was again woken up by Stitch this time at 30am, pacing and meowing. I picked him up in the dark and suffice to say.....he was like a water balloon of poop. I am just going back to sleep now after having to clean up after an hour ordeal of projectile diarrhea.
This can NOT be normal!!!!
Please advise of any thoughts. This can’t happen each time I board him. I unfortunately don’t know anyone to cat sit so it’s my only option.
Help!!!
I’m baaaaaaack! So Stitch is now a little over a year old and all is good with his dog brother (yay). Now on to another and quite troubling issue.
I have been having to take stitch to board while visiting my family in NY more often. It seems like he loves it there but it’s now twice that when back, 3-4 days later he develops diarrhea. The vet has tested him for parasites and all good - so far.
Vet suggested I keep him on metronidazole while boarding to avoid any issues. I didn’t do that last week on my last visit. Big mistake. Huge.
He developed diarrhea Saturday morning at 1:30am...how do I know exact time? Well because I was woken up by the awful smell of my kitty walking on my just laundered comforter with yep...lots of diarrhea.
Took him to vet and she once again gave metronidazole and a pro -biotic. Great. Or so I thought.
I was again woken up by Stitch this time at 30am, pacing and meowing. I picked him up in the dark and suffice to say.....he was like a water balloon of poop. I am just going back to sleep now after having to clean up after an hour ordeal of projectile diarrhea.
This can NOT be normal!!!!
Please advise of any thoughts. This can’t happen each time I board him. I unfortunately don’t know anyone to cat sit so it’s my only option.
Help!!!
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