Fuzzbutt's Medical
- GrannyJu1
- Supporter in '21
Fuzz is still having the digestive issues. Since she lost first Scatter, then VeBee, she's lost a lot of weight. I know she's probably NOT still depressed (it's been a couple of months),but she's definitely quieter than she was with Scatter. Dr. K has put her on Buprenorphine twice a day - 0.15 mgs each dose. This has perked her up a bit so she now wheeks for food and/or attention.
However, the digestive problems still persist inspite of her diet. I've tried her with only lettuce; lettuce with various other veggies. She still produces well formed poops, but they are super moist, to the point of staining all the pads. I've had to resort to using a prewash stain remover in order to get them clean. Until a few weeks ago I never had to. This is what I find every morning:
Fuzz's stains #2 Dec 2017
Fuzz's stains #1 Dec 2017
Anyone have any suggestions? Should I take her completely off veggies? Pellets and hay have stayed the same brand - KMS.
However, the digestive problems still persist inspite of her diet. I've tried her with only lettuce; lettuce with various other veggies. She still produces well formed poops, but they are super moist, to the point of staining all the pads. I've had to resort to using a prewash stain remover in order to get them clean. Until a few weeks ago I never had to. This is what I find every morning:
Fuzz's stains #2 Dec 2017
Fuzz's stains #1 Dec 2017
Anyone have any suggestions? Should I take her completely off veggies? Pellets and hay have stayed the same brand - KMS.
- Lynx
- Celebrate!!!
Are things really smelly? Any chance these are cecal feces (smelly and a slightly different consistency) that she is not eating or is having trouble eating? I think urine could soften up the poops too and they might be more likely to slightly dissolve. How about some extra B vitamins?
- GrannyJu1
- Supporter in '21
Fuzz just turned 4 on Dec. 3.
Urine was my thought too, but if that's the case, she's urinating every time she poops, so I don't think that's it. SHE can be a little smelly sometimes, but not often, and the poops don't seem particularly smelly either. These poops are soft enough that they both track them around, and some times when I scoop a fresh one, it sticks to the scooper or smears the fleece. They aren't different colored so I don't think they are cecal.
Thank you both for your help.
Urine was my thought too, but if that's the case, she's urinating every time she poops, so I don't think that's it. SHE can be a little smelly sometimes, but not often, and the poops don't seem particularly smelly either. These poops are soft enough that they both track them around, and some times when I scoop a fresh one, it sticks to the scooper or smears the fleece. They aren't different colored so I don't think they are cecal.
Thank you both for your help.
- GrannyJu1
- Supporter in '21
We took Fuzz to the vet yesterday to confirm my suspicion of her having the fungal infection the other 2 have. Confirmed. So she will also receive Gentizol on the couple of spots she has. She was also treated with Revolution.
On to food. I fed them only lettuce for a week and her poops seems to firm up. I added bell pepper and for one night she was fine. The next night (after also receiving bell pepper), she was back to soft, mushy, smelly poops. They are so moist she is staining her pads badly, causing me to use prewash spray in order to keep them clean.
In order to keep her feet clean I have to give her foot soaks almost every day.
Suggestions? Can she live a healthy diet with only lettuce? She gets a Vit C tab daily. I've tried the digestive tablets, and while she likes them, they don't seem to make a difference in her "output". She also gets unlimited KMS timothy hay and KMS pellets (not unlimited, but she/they don't eat all that I put out, so it might as well be unlimited pellets, and no, I don't put out more than the recommended).
On to food. I fed them only lettuce for a week and her poops seems to firm up. I added bell pepper and for one night she was fine. The next night (after also receiving bell pepper), she was back to soft, mushy, smelly poops. They are so moist she is staining her pads badly, causing me to use prewash spray in order to keep them clean.
In order to keep her feet clean I have to give her foot soaks almost every day.
Suggestions? Can she live a healthy diet with only lettuce? She gets a Vit C tab daily. I've tried the digestive tablets, and while she likes them, they don't seem to make a difference in her "output". She also gets unlimited KMS timothy hay and KMS pellets (not unlimited, but she/they don't eat all that I put out, so it might as well be unlimited pellets, and no, I don't put out more than the recommended).
- GrannyJu1
- Supporter in '21
Fuzz is doing well. The bare spot on her back (shaped like a "V") is growing back after being treated with Gentizol. It barely shows now after only a week of being treated.
The other areas are not bare - all the way around her butt and down on the belly. They simply look like the hair has been trimmed very short. Should I continue to use Gentizol on them since it doesn't appear to make a difference and I can't see any "lesions" from the fungal infection? Should I suspect ovarian cysts? The vet took x-rays in December and couldn't see any sign of cysts from those x-rays last week, just a bit of gas. Are more x-rays in order? I'd post a copy of what was taken in December, but I guess I failed to ask for them. I'll try to get copies and get them posted here.
Fuzz has had many x-rays in her 4 years. Does this have an effect on her?
Ideas and suggestions are very welcome.
The other areas are not bare - all the way around her butt and down on the belly. They simply look like the hair has been trimmed very short. Should I continue to use Gentizol on them since it doesn't appear to make a difference and I can't see any "lesions" from the fungal infection? Should I suspect ovarian cysts? The vet took x-rays in December and couldn't see any sign of cysts from those x-rays last week, just a bit of gas. Are more x-rays in order? I'd post a copy of what was taken in December, but I guess I failed to ask for them. I'll try to get copies and get them posted here.
Fuzz has had many x-rays in her 4 years. Does this have an effect on her?
Ideas and suggestions are very welcome.