Kitten with persistant chronic diarrhea!!!!!?
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Bengals are prone to Irritable Bowel Syndrome (diarrhea). My female Bengal had a similar problem when we first got her, and we had to play with her diet for a while in order to get her bowel movements to be more normal…
We feed our Bengals a dry food "Indoor Mix" – and give them plenty of meat table scraps for their protein.
Make sure you give your Bengals NO DAIRY. In addition to IBS, Bengals are often lactose intolerant. Check the ingredience of the catfood that you’re feeding your little one to make sure there are no dairy products in it.
Aside from your vet, the breeder you purchased your Bengal from is your very best resource! Don’t be afraid to call the breeder and ask him or her what they feed their cats, and how their diet can be adjusted in order to relieve your kitten’s symptoms.
A number of things can cause IBS to occur, and even re-occur – including stress. It may take some time for the symptoms to finally go away. Is your Bengal fixed? Is she stressed out? Is she eating dairy products? These are the first steps to consider…
Best of luck!
This may sound rediculously simple, but try feeding him a food that has a high fiber content. Some cats have particularly touchy digestive systems. Cat food bags have nutrition and ingredients labels on them much like people foods. Once you start reading labels you will quickly get to know what is a normal fiber content, and what is a higher than normal fiber content. If you go to a feed store, they can also help with this. I have become disgusted with the vet always trying to sell me expensive "prescription" foods every time one of my cats has a simple problem, so I learned to just start reading labels in the pet store myself, and you begin to learn really quickly when you do this. I once had a cat who had runny poo just like you described. He was perfectly healthy other than that, with no worms, no weird diseases, etc. He just had the runs all the time. I couldn’t afford the expensive diet food. I started reading labels and trying different kinds of foods from the feed store till I found one with high enough fiber that the diahrrea stopped. I dont know if this will work or not for your kitty, but it’s worth a try.
Good luck, I hope this helps =^.^=
Just so you know,I think that it’s awful that you would have given up on a "regular" cat, as all living things are equally important – it isn’t how much you pay for an animal,it’s how much you love it. But try this for the kitty,and a diet of plain boiled white chicken and rice until his stool firms up. Add a bit of yogurt ( plain) to his diet as well.
http://www.holvet.net/slippery_soup.html
Edit: I’m just saying that when you really love an animal,you don’t just give it back after 3 months,purebred,mixed breed,pedigreed or not. You might ask the breeder to pay for some of the vet bills,though,as apparently,they were irresponsible for selling you a sick kitty.
http://www.petsandparasites.org/cat-owners/coccidia.html
Coccidia are tiny single-celled parasites that live in the wall of your cat’s (or dog’s) intestine. They are found more often in kittens, but they can also infect older cats.
Cats become infected by swallowing soil that contains coccidia or other substances in the environment that may contain cat feces Also, it is possible that rodents could eat the coccidia and contract a “resting” stage of the parasite. Cats that are old enough to hunt could then be infected when they hunt and eat these animals. Cats are more likely to get infected with coccidia by this method than dogs are.
How will coccidia affect my cat?
Coccidiosis, the disease caused by coccidia, is usually more serious in kittens but can occur in older cats. The most common sign of coccidiosis is diarrhea. Severe infections, especially in kittens, can kill them.
How do I prevent my cat from getting coccidia?
Coccidial infections can be prevented by cleaning your cat’s litter box regularly and by preventing your cat from hunting. Because coccidia are found most often in kittens, it is important to have kittens examined for the parasite as soon as possible. Your veterinarian can perform a fecal test to diagnose coccidiosis. If your cat is infected with coccidia, your veterinarian is able to give it effective medications.
Since you have already spent so much money on this cat. Check in your area for a hollistic vet or a chinese (eastern) med vet. I would get the cat a few acupuncture treatments and switch his diet to cooling. A cooling diet would include beef. You could buy lowfat hamburger in bulk, cook it, drain it and feed it to him. Warming foods create phlegm in the body and expels heat. I have worked with an Eastern Vet and it made a world of difference for my dog who had similar unexplained problems. Hey it made a believer out of me and I always thought of it as quacky!
http://www.blakkatz.com/dryfood.html
and here is a link to what is probably going on in his little body. There are some recipes at the bottom, but they sound more intense and time consuming. You have been through so much you might try them. I would join the chat and speak to them about what they woudl suggest!
http://catfood.tribe.net/thread/a10e0e57-f512-42e4-b1d7-342bde49f04f
good luck!