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my cat has extreme diarrhea and connot control it. what might be the cause of this. it has been this way for about 2 weeks. it has no odor and has a cat puke like texture.

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Age: <1; Male; Breed: cat

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changing food, yogurt in food

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February 13 7:32 PM (7 minutes and 38 seconds later)
         
cat is 6-9 months. stools were fine prior to this. he was eating just plain friskies, now he is on a indoor cat formula. not losing weight that i can see. does not go outside
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February 13 7:55 PM (14 minutes and 12 seconds later)
         
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Since your cats stools were fine prior to this and he does not go outdoors - my suspicion is that he got some tainted food. That has served to upset his system to a point of it going into food poisoning mode. That is when the system is so shocked that it tries to rid itself of the offending substance. At this point you need to rest his system. So I would like you to boil skinless chicken in unseasoned water. Add a pinch of salt and sugar and some plain white rice. I would like you to feed him only this for the next three days or until his stool normalizes. You can also give him one teaspoon of yougurt daily to replace the "good" bacteria in his system.
You must resolve this - and quickly.Because extended diarrhea can deplete your cats system and lead to dehydration and even death.
If you have anything left of that bag of friskies - throw it out. when you do start him back on cat food - do it very slowly because his digestive system is so irritated - it can become reupset very easily.
Please let me know how he is doing and if you need any more help - just ask.


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February 13 8:00 PM (4 minutes and 51 seconds later)
         
Reply to Terri Riba's Post: i also forgot to mention that my cat was on an antibiotic for being congested. however, it has been about 2 weeks since he has been off it
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February 13 8:03 PM (3 minutes and 31 seconds later)
         
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February 13 8:10 PM (6 minutes and 24 seconds later)
         
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Sometimes antibiotics can cause diarrhea but not to that degree or two weeks after they are stopped. Right now the best way to get your cat better is to rest his system with this very bland diet. He should respond to it right away and be back to normal in two or three days.


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