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any ideas on firming up a loose stool in a cat? he is 2 yrs old. been treated for tape and round worms.?
at the shelter he was treated for worms, ringworm, fleas, and earmites. he acts fine. the poop is like long strings of pudding, and i am used to seeing cats make "tootsie rolls" if you know what i mean! problem is that he steps in it as he turns in his cat box to cover it up...i have been feeding eagle brand dry food..hairball formula. with a tblsp of friskies wet in am and pm. when i stopped the wet it didnt make a difference. i just bouth science diet i/d (intestinal formula) on the advice of a friend. i will take him in to the vet again, but i wanted to try some home remedies first. he has been throughly checked recently and had no health issues. also i tried giving him a probiotic in his food for 2 weeks...no better. any ideas??
Aw, you're trying! That's good to see.
Before adding anything, let's see if we can get to the root cause.
Is the stool like this all the time or is it a recent change? Which could be related to a food change, or medication, or stress.....it may clear up in time by itself.
Have you changed his diet recently? That can cause digestive upsets which will clear up in time, assuming the new food is agreeable.
Probiotics ..... it may just take time to get used to. I bought some for Poppy but it gave her gas. Not wanting to deal with that, I just stopped it. Poppy's system is very sensitive and I didn't want to deal with it.
The best advice I can give you is to change the diet. EB is at least one of the better foods, but if his diet is primarily dry, that may be the problem.
Some people believe that wet food, being wet, causes diarrhea. But think about it - does eating wet food give YOU diarrhea? LOL The truth is, it's dry food that's more likely to cause digestive upsets because of the ingredients used in it.
I recommend switching him to a primarily canned food diet, with little or no dry food. At most, dry food can be up to 50% of the total diet, but it shouldn't be the staple.
You're likely to have better luck with better brands. See some suggestions below.
Try this first. I'm willing to bet you'll find a food that will firm things up and you won't have to do anything more.
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Digestive upsets can take more than one form and of course may have more than one cause.
One symptom is vomiting and the other is loose stool or diarrhea. And then there's farting.
Diarrhea is much more serious and a cat suffering from it should always be checked by a vet asap.
In cases of loose stool, a sample should be taken to the vet to rule out any parasites or conditions. Assuming there is none, then you have to look to the diet.
Ditto for vomiting. Excessive hairballs can often be dealt with by daily grooming. I'm not a big fan of supplementing for hairballs - I think the cause should be dealt with not just the symptoms. And I would never feed a hairball control food for the same reason, and because excess fiber isn't necessarily a good thing.
But once you've ruled out diseases or parasites, the most likely culprit is diet. Crappy foods contain ingredients that many cats are unable to tolerate. But even some very good foods can disagree with a cat, either "just because" or perhaps because they've been switched to it too quickly. Or perhaps a particular protein source disagrees with the cat.
Again, the solution in most cases is going to be to switch to another, perhaps better food. It does have to be done slowly, and you may have to try more than one food, but the results are worth it.
If it seems that you've tried every possible food and have been very patient in switching the cat to the new food, you might consider supplements. These include slippery elm or probiotics. I personally suggest Jarrow's Pet-Dophilus as a good probiotic.
Slippery Elm can be used (if you know what you're doing) for constipation, diarrhea and loose stool - it's sovereign, in or out, and is not harmful - although it should not be given at the same time as any other medications because it tends to dilute their effects. It's considered to be a demulcent which affects water balance in the digestive system.
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