A shameless bump of an old thread, but with good news.....
it turns out that Esther did in fact have t-foetus; we were a little 'Ooooh thats not summat that would affect one of our cats, after all, we've never heard of it before now', and went off on a diet tangent, however, the symptoms were exactly in line with what we'd read about, and subsequently confirmed by a test, which caused considerable interest at our vets, it has to be said.
After a lot of thought, we decided not to go ahead with treatment; ronidazole was not licensed for use on small animals at the time. I have no idea whether it is now, but assume it isn't....
so, we put her on a dry diet (Hills Science Plan) and stuck with that, just so we would be giving her something consistent, that wouldn't be too challenging for her tummy. I accept that people will have different views about the merit of various diets, but this is what we did, so debate about it is pointless.
The poos remained sloppy,
extremely smelly and alarmingly regular for about 4 months, and then she started to turn out the odd, very acceptable, solid log, in amongst the, now usual, arse carnage. w00t!
The solid logs became a more regular feature of her litter tray (not that we were obsessed or owt, you understand), and without consciously realising it, we suddenly recognised that all her poos were solid, apart from the very odd one, which I'm sure is about her gradually purging the t-foetus from her gut, but my partner thinks is more linked to stress....
either way, it matters not as we have a happy, healthy and incredibly enjoyable pussy cat who is in a very different space than she was 12 months ago...
so, a MASSIVE thank you to those of you who mentioned t-foetus, when I asked about problematic diarrhoea. Whilst we chose not to go down the treatment route, we were able to make an informed decision about Esther, and we're grateful for the information that was given freely and with the very best of intentions!
She started lying flat on her back as soon as she was spayed, and she now lies for periods of up to 20/25 minutes like this, usually watching the telly
Cheers
BB