Count me in!

Have to wait until October though, rubbish!

Aww Shosh, It will be great to hear your feedback.

 

My Boo gets more jumpy and scared when he has a bad tum he's feeling miserable at the moment I can tell

Poor boo, hope he is feeling better now

Aww Shosh, It will be great to hear your feedback.

Wouldn't it just

 

I have fingers crossed that Meeko's u/s today gives no cause for further concern and am pleased that Riley's tummy seems to have settled.

I'm going to be watching Dylan's demeanour closely from now on to see if I can see any change when he's vomiting more often ( although desperately hoping that I never have to witness it again ). I have never seen him bite , scratch or show the slightest sign of aggression. He will even tap spiders very, very gently to check whether they are still alive, ...before eating them .

 

At last I have good news,well for the time being anyway,Mr M is quite good at b*ggering up my joy but here goes.
Urine sample collected and handed in to vet,results.............No blood all other readings well within normal range and spec grav still low end of normal, so for the time being he has been signed off with me just testing at home.
Still no further forward in knowing what caused the blood/cloudy urine but hopefully it is sorted now.As for his frequency unless there are any concerns it has been put down to "wet only diet" with added water.

 

At last I have good news,well for the time being anyway,Mr M is quite good at b*ggering up my joy but here goes.
Urine sample collected and handed in to vet,results.............No blood all other readings well within normal range and spec grav still low end of normal, so for the time being he has been signed off with me just testing at home.
Still no further forward in knowing what caused the blood/cloudy urine but hopefully it is sorted now.As for his frequency unless there are any concerns it has been put down to "wet only diet" with added water.

Brilliant news!!!!

Am so happy for you and for Meeko

 

Brilliant news!!!!

Am so happy for you and for Meeko

Now all we have to do is keep it that way ,We compared "results" and my readings from the urine dip stick were close to the vet readings so I will be able to monitor,fairly accurately at home.

 

That's excellent news ,buffie. I'm so pleased for you.

 

That's excellent news ,buffie. I'm so pleased for you.

Thanks now I just have to keep him well

 

Thanks now I just have to keep him well

Fingers crossed for you, and Meeko.

 

Blue meows rather than her chirp and runs about before a bad poopy poo. I think its gas/wind build up!

 

Sorry not been around for a while. Hope everyone is doing ok! Good news about Mr Meeko Buffie! Not been feeling too good myself so been offline for a while. Today however I have been to bristol university vets school open day for Bristol cat owners. I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed the day. Sad that I am the talk I enjoyed the most was the talk on poo for obvious reasons!

Anyway the guy that did the talk said that cats are not like dogs & humans when it comes to fecal samples that he has analysed. In dogs/humans the good bacteria are lactobacillus, bifodobacteria and streptoccocus. However in a healthy cat the levels of these bacteria are quite low. The good bacteria in healthy cats is fusobacteria. Anyway the way to get more fusobacteria into the cats diet is to give it more wet food! He went onto say that his study is going to look at raw food, as this was even better, although he said this was controversial for some!

Unfortunately didn't get a chance to ask him any questions, as we were running late. I was hoping he would be there to speak to afterwards but out of all the speakers he was the only one who didn't hang around. It was filmed though so I guess it might be put on their website or YouTube.

 

Sorry not been around for a while. Hope everyone is doing ok! Good news about Mr Meeko Buffie! Not been feeling too good myself so been offline for a while. Today however I have been to bristol university vets school open day for Bristol cat owners. I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed the day. Sad that I am the talk I enjoyed the most was the talk on poo for obvious reasons!

Anyway the guy that did the talk said that cats are not like dogs & humans when it comes to fecal samples that he has analysed. In dogs/humans the good bacteria are lactobacillus, bifodobacteria and streptoccocus. However in a healthy cat the levels of these bacteria are quite low. The good bacteria in healthy cats is fusobacteria. Anyway the way to get more fusobacteria into the cats diet is to give it more wet food! He went onto say that his study is going to look at raw food, as this was even better, although he said this was controversial for some!

Unfortunately didn't get a chance to ask him any questions, as we were running late. I was hoping he would be there to speak to afterwards but out of all the speakers he was the only one who didn't hang around. It was filmed though so I guess it might be put on their website or YouTube.

Sorry to read that you have not been keeping so well lately,hope you are on the mend now.
Isnt it sad the things we slaves find interesting :smilewinkgrin:
A couple of years ago I wouldn't have believed that I would be researching/reading /sharing experiences of the internal workings of the cat
Sounds as though the "open day" was very informative,it is a pity you didn't get a chance to ask questions

 

Thanks for that feedback Cazzer. I'm sorry that you haven't been well and hope that you will soon be feeling much better.

I'm glad to hear that the vet school in Bristol is appreciative of the benefits of feeding " wet" and "raw" rather than extoling the" virtues " of " dry".

You've given me an idea. My vet has been trying to get me to feed Dylan on a dry gastrointestinal diet ( which I refused to do!)The vet's practice have 2 new young vets who have recently qualified from Bristol so I'm wondering whether I might be better off asking to see one of them , rather than the senior partner, when we report back after the 6 weeks on the GI diet. Incidently, we've had 9 days on the RC gastrointestinal diet so far with no vomiting. Fingers crossed that it continues.

 

Thanks am feeling a lot better now Forester! I was quite heartened by the comments re dry to be honest in general. The Bristol cats study is also looking at feline obesity and the two over riding factors they have seen in the obese cats in the study are the use of dry foods and being indoor cats. They did say though as yet the study hasn't been going for long and they may discover other factors as well.

The other thing that came out was the recommendation to neuter at 4 months rather than 6 (or even earlier). One member in the audience was a vet nurse and she said two vets at her practice will EN but that the others are frightened to do it, in part due to the threat of litigation

 

Sorry not been around for a while. Hope everyone is doing ok! Good news about Mr Meeko Buffie! Not been feeling too good myself so been offline for a while. Today however I have been to bristol university vets school open day for Bristol cat owners. I must say I have thoroughly enjoyed the day. Sad that I am the talk I enjoyed the most was the talk on poo for obvious reasons!

Anyway the guy that did the talk said that cats are not like dogs & humans when it comes to fecal samples that he has analysed. In dogs/humans the good bacteria are lactobacillus, bifodobacteria and streptoccocus. However in a healthy cat the levels of these bacteria are quite low. The good bacteria in healthy cats is fusobacteria. Anyway the way to get more fusobacteria into the cats diet is to give it more wet food! He went onto say that his study is going to look at raw food, as this was even better, although he said this was controversial for some!

Unfortunately didn't get a chance to ask him any questions, as we were running late. I was hoping he would be there to speak to afterwards but out of all the speakers he was the only one who didn't hang around. It was filmed though so I guess it might be put on their website or YouTube.

Looking forward to your full report

Hope you feeling better soon Hun xx

 

This is the link to the poo sample update given at the Bristol Cats Open day!

 

Hi everyone. Bluey has been poopy loose ...upto 4times a day. Great in herself and also turning her nose up to boiled chicken. The addition of fellini could be the reason but we have a breakthrough as I got her a deep empty litter which she seems happy to use and have rinsed out. Just when you think things are going ok..

 

I'm sorry to hear that Blue has suffered a setback, Bluecordelia.

I'm afraid that I don't have any advice to offer as Dylan's problems have all been at the front end however I wanted to send positive vibes your way.

G I issues are so frustrating, just when you think that you have things sorted or at least know how to sort them something else goes wrong.

Here's hoping that the recent lack of activity on this thread means that everyone's kitties are doing well.

Dylan is still on the G I vet diet and is almost 4 weeks into the promised 6 week course. We've had 3 vomits but I'm sure that I've identified that, on this food at least , his vomiting is related to the length of time since the previous meal. I've bought an automatic feeder so that I can feed him a small breakfast at 4.30 or 5am as he definitely seems much, much better when he is fed at this time. I failed to set the feeder correctly on Saturday night :nonod: and ,sure enough, Dylan was sick on Sunday morning. I intend to request a trial of an antacid ( for the third time ) when I go back to the vets. If she won't prescribe one or doesn't seem happy with the 5am feed then I will ask to see another vet. She maintains that feeding " wet " I should only be feeding twice a day. I'm feeding 5 or 6 times, as he's better that way but keeping quiet about it.:devil:

 

Sorry, been quiet here.. Riley is still up and down we had a bad day yesterday, poor boy but much better today!

I'm finding adding boiled water to his food is helping with his sore bum and that has calmed down, we are getting about two episodes a week which isn't bad enough for me to start the metronidazole again, but needless to say he is being monitored..

Weight check later this month..

Hope others are doing better :/

 

bluecordelia
Sorry to read that Blue hasn't been doing so well.


Forester, sounds as though you are getting somewhere with Dylan at last .
No idea why your vet would think that you should only feed twice a day when feeding wet food,what a load of rubbish.
If Dylan does better on 5/6 meals a day then that is what is best for him.Meeko has at least 4 wet meals a day and also is left another for over night.
I found the same as you that small ,frequent meals helped to limit the vomiting.As for the antacid,as it does no harm,I don't see any reason for your vet to refuse,it may be that it has no effect but how will you know if you don't give it a try.

Nicola sorry to read that Riley has been a bit up and down fingers crossed it is just a blip and he will be back to normal soon.

Meeko is still doing really well,hardly any vomiting worth mentioning (2 weeks on thursday since his last episode)No more dire rear and plumbing seems fine(need to do a u/s soon)
Eating well,wet only and seems to be happy on it so paws crossed this continues for a while

 

Its great to hear that Meeko is doing well and enjoying a wet diet.:thumbsup: I hope that his u/s will be clear of any nasties.

Nicola, sorry that Riley is not as well as he could be. Fingers crossed that he will have maintained, or maybe even have gained weight.

" Firming" vibes being sent for Blue and best wishes to anyone not yet mentioned.

Buffie. My vet is aware that I am feeding 4 meals daily. I am , its just that breakfast is split into 3 " courses . She was O K with the 4 meals, just recommended that I only feed twice. Remember, this is the vet who disagreed that feeding dry food causes a state of semi dehydration and also disputed that dry food is implicated in a proportion feline diabetes cases. Her view is that the 2 major causes of feline diabetes are being overweight and being indoor.

 

Its great to hear that Meeko is doing well and enjoying a wet diet.:thumbsup: I hope that his u/s will be clear of any nasties.

Nicola, sorry that Riley is not as well as he could be. Fingers crossed that he will have maintained, or maybe even have gained weight.

" Firming" vibes being sent for Blue and best wishes to anyone not yet mentioned.

Buffie. My vet is aware that I am feeding 4 meals daily. I am , its just that breakfast is split into 3 " courses . She was O K with the 4 meals, just recommended that I only feed twice. Remember, this is the vet who disagreed that feeding dry food causes a state of semi dehydration and also disputed that dry food is implicated in a proportion feline diabetes cases. Her view is that the 2 major causes of feline diabetes are being overweight and being indoor.

Hmm maybe she needs to go on a "nutrition course"
As no other possible cause has been found for Meeko's urine problems it is thought that the dry food in his diet,which only amounted to under half his daily food ,was most likely the cause as he was not drinking enough water.
He had very concentrated urine which could have been irritating his bladder,as already said he is now on wet only and the problems have gone,well hopefully .

 

Thanks everyone...will let you know when we are formed up x

 

I think my kitten has colitis. Unfortunately the vet hasn't found a medication that will help it. She's on Royal Canin Sensitivity (or she was until she refused to eat today). I am desperate and don't know what to do for her. She's only 12 weeks old. Her loos seemed to improve (slightly) for a few days. I don't know why as nothing had changed in diet/meds etc.
She won't eat freshly poached chicken and I've tried mashing some sweet potato in her food etc. Anyone got any tips of what I can do for her before we go back to the vet tomorrow morning please???
Thanks

 

I think my kitten has colitis. Unfortunately the vet hasn't found a medication that will help it. She's on Royal Canin Sensitivity (or she was until she refused to eat today). I am desperate and don't know what to do for her. She's only 12 weeks old. Her loos seemed to improve (slightly) for a few days. I don't know why as nothing had changed in diet/meds etc.
She won't eat freshly poached chicken and I've tried mashing some sweet potato in her food etc. Anyone got any tips of what I can do for her before we go back to the vet tomorrow morning please???
Thanks

Hi..has your cat had a stool sample? If not that is where I would start and make sure they test for everything ie a 3 day pooled sample including TF.

What has your vet tried with regards to tests and meds?