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| 3680.1 | .0 was from Debbie, Raisin, and Snickers | DECWET::GIRDLER | | Thu Jun 07 1990 17:02 | 1 |
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| 3680.2 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Jun 07 1990 17:47 | 7 |
| Have you had her into the vet recently? She may have some fluid
built up in the peritoneal cavity (abdommen). Could be worms, maybe
he isn't treating her for the right kind of worms. If the vet hasn't
seen her recently, take her in again and be sure to tell him that
this is really worrying you.
Jo
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| 3680.3 | OK, I will ask again at the next visit... | DECWET::GIRDLER | | Thu Jun 07 1990 17:54 | 10 |
| I have had her in 3 times the past 2 weeks, the first for her 'well'
check-up (and a leukemia shot), then a week later for URI, then a week
later for URI check-up. I have to take her in next week for 2nd leuk
and URI checkup again, so I will ask about it again. Her poop is still
very stinky after 2 sets of worming medication, so maybe it is the
wrong kind of worm stuff... the vet has starting charging me 1/2 price
for office visits, with adopting 2 strays in 3 months, I think I have
been there 10 times...
Deb
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| 3680.4 | Coccydia? | RHODES::GREENE | Catmax = Catmax + 1 | Fri Jun 08 1990 16:31 | 7 |
| If the stools are "very stinky" ask the vet to check for coccydia.
(It can be difficult to find, sometimes.) That could make the
cat get very skinny or bloated, depending upon the response to the
parasite. (Medication is then given daily for about 2 weeks.)
Good luck,
Pennie
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| 3680.5 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Fri Jun 08 1990 16:59 | 8 |
| That is what I was thinking of too, Pennie. I have dealt with coccidia
before, it is hard for them to find it in the stool sample sometimes.
I think that the sample has to be really fresh. It took us several
tries to get the diagnosis, but once the medication was started,
the kittens started doing much better. They had diarrhea and bloating
from it. We treated them with Albon.
Jo
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| 3680.6 | Thanks... | DECWET::GIRDLER | | Fri Jun 08 1990 17:36 | 5 |
| OK, thanks. I have an 8:00 AM appointment next Wed. for 2nd leuk shot, I
will get up and feed them early, so I can get a fresh stool sample (she
usually goes shortly after breakfast).
Debbie
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| 3680.7 | Don't leave home without it! | RHODES::GREENE | Catmax = Catmax + 1 | Fri Jun 08 1990 19:00 | 11 |
| Refrigerate the stool sample until you leave home (and then,
"don't leave home without it" ;-)
You might want to have a "back-up stool" from the day before
(also refrigerated) in case your guys decide to have a poop
boycott in honor of the vet's visit!
Um, warn other members of the family what is in the baggie-
inside-the-plain-brown-wrapper in the fridge...yummy! gaggggg.
Pennie
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| 3680.8 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Wed Jun 13 1990 11:54 | 10 |
| If she's on antibiotics it is also possible that she's bloated due
to gas. Many antibiotics kill the bacteria that normally lives in
the intestine and aids in digestion. I know that Bob gets diarrea
EVERY time he's on antibiotics. Feeding yogurt with active cultures
helps because it replaces the bacteria. You obviously have to keep
this up until after the cat is off the antibiotic because the newly
introduced bacteria won't survive long due to the antibiotic.
Best to discuss it with your vet and check for worms too.
Nancy DC
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| 3680.9 | | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Wed Jun 13 1990 11:55 | 4 |
| BTW - Bob has been wormed 4 times and treated for coccidia and he still
has the stinkiest (OH MY GAWD BOB...ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL US!) poops
I've ever smelled.
Nancy DC
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| 3680.10 | the 'poop' is at the vet's | DECWET::GIRDLER | | Wed Jun 13 1990 20:00 | 8 |
| I took Raisin's sample to the vet this morning (thanks for the tip on
saving last nights, of course she didn;t go this morning, but I popped
last night's in the fridge as soon as I saw her go). The vet said she
thought they had already checked her, but I told her that it was the
humane society that checked her. So she said of course, anything that
I wanted to do was fine. Just waiting to hear now...
D & R & S
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| 3680.11 | Well it is roundworms... | DECWET::GIRDLER | | Mon Jun 18 1990 18:42 | 13 |
| Well, it turns out that Raisin has round worms. This is after already
worming her twice. The vet thinks that Snickers probably picked them up
from the litterbox, and gave them back to her. I have to worm both of
them.
(Of course, the vet told me to separate them for a couple of weeks when I
first got Raisin, but that lasted about 30 minutes, Snickers would have
eaten thru the door to get at his new buddy. So she has now given him
URI and worms.)
And I promised Raisin when I got done with the last worm medicine that
I wouldn't give her anymore. Sigh. She probably won't remember my
promise tho.
Debbie Raisin and Snickers
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| 3680.12 | Oh no... | WILKIE::IVES | | Mon Jun 18 1990 20:19 | 9 |
| Drat those lousy round worms. Only thing worse is HOOK WORMS. They
are ALMOST impossible to rid of.
I'm sure Snickers won't remember your promise but when the worms are
gone both will feel so much better and so will you.
Grit your teeth and get out those pills....
Barbara
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