Cinderstar95
Lairian
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Hello all, I am back with another poo post. I posted a few days ago about my kitten suddenly having mushy stools and thought it might have something to do with a food switch. she has since firmed up and is completely back to normal, However, I now have a worse problem!
My three year old male has been having a mad case of the runs for the past two days. He has been in the box every couple of hours and what is coming out is almost completely liquid. He's been burying for the most part, but the last time he didn't, I saw it was slightly mucusy as well. He also went in my bathtub which is right next to the box and is completely unusual behavior for him. His diet hasn't changed, and this just started, yesterday, so no new stressers. I will be taking him to the vet, however as it is the weekend, I have to wait until Monday to call for an appointment. Currently he isn't acting any different, still plays with the kitten, eats and begs for food, he's a drinker as well so while he is a bit dehydrated i'm not super worried about immediate issues in the next day.
My question ultimately is in anyone's experience, have you come across something like this? though never tested, we have every reason to believe he is herpes positive as he responded to a temporary antiviral for a corneal sequestrum back in august of 16. Could this sudden onslaught of liquid diarrhea be herpes related? he's always had mushy poo, but this is straight liquid. I'm looking for any breed specifics my vet might not know about. (I go to an all cat vet, its a nice, fully functional animal hospital that only treats cats and the doctors are wonderful vets, but even so, sphynx aren't the most common. I have two of the four total in the entire practice.)
I guess I am looking for places to start testing. I'm a broke college student just trying to do right by my cats, so money is tight. Is there something besides herpes I should test for at this point? or should I just hand him over to the vet and let them have a go at it?
Any advice is welcome!
Thanks all!
My three year old male has been having a mad case of the runs for the past two days. He has been in the box every couple of hours and what is coming out is almost completely liquid. He's been burying for the most part, but the last time he didn't, I saw it was slightly mucusy as well. He also went in my bathtub which is right next to the box and is completely unusual behavior for him. His diet hasn't changed, and this just started, yesterday, so no new stressers. I will be taking him to the vet, however as it is the weekend, I have to wait until Monday to call for an appointment. Currently he isn't acting any different, still plays with the kitten, eats and begs for food, he's a drinker as well so while he is a bit dehydrated i'm not super worried about immediate issues in the next day.
My question ultimately is in anyone's experience, have you come across something like this? though never tested, we have every reason to believe he is herpes positive as he responded to a temporary antiviral for a corneal sequestrum back in august of 16. Could this sudden onslaught of liquid diarrhea be herpes related? he's always had mushy poo, but this is straight liquid. I'm looking for any breed specifics my vet might not know about. (I go to an all cat vet, its a nice, fully functional animal hospital that only treats cats and the doctors are wonderful vets, but even so, sphynx aren't the most common. I have two of the four total in the entire practice.)
I guess I am looking for places to start testing. I'm a broke college student just trying to do right by my cats, so money is tight. Is there something besides herpes I should test for at this point? or should I just hand him over to the vet and let them have a go at it?
Any advice is welcome!
Thanks all!