Due to last weeks glitch right after I joined, I’m going to re-post this in hopes to continue the dialog and help Poof get to normal.
DOB 12/19/09 Male
March 10, 2010 I brought home Poof, a Seal Point Persian. I purchased him from a cattery in Tampa FL. The ladies home was clean and there were many other kittens still from the same litter all playing around. Poof’s mom and dad were there and were very healthy handsome cats. I was given a FL health certificate just signed the previous day from the vet stating the kitten was free of parasites and was healthy. Everything seemed perfect.
It was a 3 hour drive home from Tampa and my daughter rode with me to hold the kitten if it didn’t like the kennel. Well you know he did not, so Vicki got to hold Poof the entire ride home. She soon discovers that he has poo matted into his little back feet and starts calling him “Lil Poo Foot”. I wanted to call him Theodore and didn’t want her name to stick, lol! We laughed and laughed about “Lil Poo Foot” until we hit the Walmart in Starke and had to stop to pick up some baby wipes so she could try to give him a little bath. I’m sure you can only imagine how much more laughing we did the rest of the trip while she is trying to clean his little feet. Since then we started calling him “Poof”, short for “Lil Poo Foot”.
Ok…The problem is that Poof has had diarrhea since I brought him home. Since he had poo matted into his feet we feel like he had diarrhea at the breeder also. He has been tested weekly for parasites and the tests always come back negative. The Vet put him on Lixotinic & Metronidazole which seemed to help some but still we do not have a normal stool.
Poof’s breeder had him on Royal Canin Kitten which I also continued at our home so that he would not experience any problems changing food. I give him filtered water because our city water is not fit for me to drink! Two weeks ago we decided to switch the food to Wellness Brand Kitten, no change in the stool. The vet thought that food was a little too rich maybe and recommended Hills z/d. He has been on this now for a week and the volume of stool has reduced but the consistency has remained the same.
Here it is Monday and we need to decide what is the next course of action. On Friday the Vet called stumped and asked if she could do a $185.00 test hoping it would pick up something. Since she had just changed his food only a day and a half earlier I asked that we give the Hills food a chance to show some difference before spending even more money on tests.
Both Poof and I are getting very tired of the every other day foot & bottom baths and having to wash the bedding. Not to mention his little bottom is getting sore.
I would love to hear any and all experiences that may be related and help us find a solution.
I love TDK and have become addicted to logging in and reading all the old posts. Thank you Kitten Master!
Teresa & Poof