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male cat was feral now semi social.has chronic diarrhoea. no worms seen. Has been on albon and Flagyl with no real effect.
now on oral prednisone. minor improvement. Seems to defaecate almost immediately after eating. Is thin but alert and not distressed . Is confined. no bloodwork done to date. qustion is should I get an xray, ultrasound/bloodwork. which first ?
I have a multi cat household.
Thanks Paula

 

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September 20 1:01 PM (55 minutes and 50 seconds later)
         
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It sounds like your cat likely has inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). As such, you should consider trying him on a hypoallergenic diet. A very good prescription feline diet for this purpose is IVD, rabbit and grees peas diet. Your vet should be able to order this food for you. While hypoallaegenic diet sometimes resolves IBD or makes it considerably better, sometimes drug therapy, at least periodically, is necessary in severe cases. This involves concurrent maintenance onf Flagyl, and seomtimes even the addition of a steroid like injectable depo-medrol or oral prednisolone. Please follow this link an article I wrote on IBD for more details:

http://www.maybeckvet.com/inflammatoryboweldisease.html

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September 20 1:44 PM (43 minutes and 29 seconds later)
         
Reply to Roger L. Welton, DVM's Post: I asked if I need bloodwork, xray or ultrasound I am have done the flagyl etc and the cat is presently on prednisone. Does IBD show up on xray or ultrasound?
Would a liver problem cause diarrhoea?
There is no blood in the stool but it smells
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