Warning: I am going to talk about poop!
So, I know that cats sometimes have diarrhea, and that if it persists you should take them to a vet.
Here's my dilemma, I have a cat that has not quite runny diarrhea but intermittent "cow patties"..and every time I think we should take her to the vet, her poo sort of gets better. It's not completely firm like her brother's or her mother's, but it will range from mushy cow patties to semi-firm toothpaste tube-like poop.
She's been vaccinated, dewormed and spayed. We've tried looking at diet, avoiding new situations that could be stressful, and giving her probiotics. There would be some improvement...and then after a few weeks, it'd swing back to cow patties again.
Other than that, she seems just fine. She poos about once a day, pees about twice.. which is average with her mom and brother. She's also active and has a good appetite.
I've been researching and I was wondering if anyone has had experience with their cats being diagnosed for giardia or T. Foetus or anything related to their cat diarrhea? I wanted to know what the vet experience was like ... do I need to bring a stool sample
? Do the vets here know about T. Foetus here (it's apparently relatively new)?
REF:
http://www.cat-world.com.au/giardia-in-cats
http://www.pandecats.com/x/tf-our-ca...perience.shtml