kitten diarrhea - advice needed

[ukphd]

Originally Posted by feorag

I would be a bit hesitant about putting my cat in for spaying if she has diarrhoea that you haven't been able to sort out. Diarrhoea is also a sign of stress and it can weaken the system, so putting her through a GA while that is still going on could stress her even more and if she's carrying any viruses of any kind that could cause them to reactivate and cause more problems.

If she was my cat (and anyone feel free to disagree here) I would be waiting until the diarrhoea was sorted before I did anything with her that could cause her any stress.

I agree with you. I'm going on the advice of the vet - clearly I don't want to stress her out. The vet's advice was to wait until Wednesday and see how she is - obviously if she's still ill then we won't do it.

[feorag]

That's great!

If there's any inkling of even a soft stool, I wouldn't do it - I'd wait!

[Shell195]

Originally Posted by feorag

That's great!

If there's any inkling of even a soft stool, I wouldn't do it - I'd wait!

Me too

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[ukphd]

Originally Posted by Shell195

Me too

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Thanks!

I'll phone the vet again tomorrow and give him an update and we'll just take it day by day

[pigglywiggly]

Originally Posted by Shell195

Ooooh nice, a treading, squawking cat with the squits

`tis lovely trying to get said kitten`s rear end under the tap

at 23 weeks old it could be her hormones kicking in, i prefer mine to get the chop at 5 months so you dont get any of this naughtyness.

are her third eyelids up at all?

think i`d postpone her spey for a week or two to be on the safe side, the prokolin is great stuff, just whatever you do, dont have her put on antibiotics, it`ll just kill all her good belly-bacteria off as well as the good and can make things horribly worse.

has she been panacur`ed lately too?

[ukphd]

Originally Posted by pigglywiggly

`tis lovely trying to get said kitten`s rear end under the tap

at 23 weeks old it could be her hormones kicking in, i prefer mine to get the chop at 5 months so you dont get any of this naughtyness.

are her third eyelids up at all?

think i`d postpone her spey for a week or two to be on the safe side, the prokolin is great stuff, just whatever you do, dont have her put on antibiotics, it`ll just kill all her good belly-bacteria off as well as the good and can make things horribly worse.

has she been panacur`ed lately too?

I took her with her brother to be neutered 4 weeks ago but the vet said she was too small (she was quite small compared to him) so advised me to wait a month - otherwise she would already have been "done"

Her third eyelids aren't up at all, she's not looking pale (checked her gums) and she's eating etc.

They both had a dose of Advocate (sp?) 3 weeks ago so are due another one at the end of this week. As they're not going outside yet the vet said that would suffice for the time being as it treats fleas and worms. Is that right?

[ukphd]

Well i just took Maisy to the vet's again.
He took her temperature, checked her over, weighed her etc. She seems perfectly healthy - gaining weight as she should for a kitten her age (so the upset tummy hasn't affected that), no temperature etc.

He's given me some Pro-kolin (I have ordered some online which was cheaper but as it hasn't arrived I thought best to get a small tube to start now) and he's happy for her to be spayed, assuming she doesn't get any worse. He thinks it may just be a stress reaction. I've moved the op to Friday now though to give her as much time as possible and of course I'll keep a close eye on her. I'm not that comfortable going ahead with it if she doesn't improve to be honest so I think I'll just watch it day by day and make the decision nearer the time. Fingers crossed her tummy clears up soon