How to treat a cat with diarrhea?

Question

my poor kitty have diarrhea and i have no idea how to treat diarrhea for the cats...can somebody give me some suggestion? medicine? home remedies? =/

Thanks

Answer 1

I work at a Humane Society and when the animals get diarrhea we give them some Kaopectate in soft food. It works. In one can of soft food put one capful of Kaopectate.

Answer 2

Here is a web site for you:

http://health.howstuffworks.com/how-to-treat-a-cat-that-has-diarrhea.htm

tips:
If your cat is experiencing a minor case of diarrhea, use the following cat care tips:

Step 1: Remove all of the cat's food for at least 12 to 24 hours. Water is important to prevent cat dehydration during severe diarrhea. It should not be removed.

Step 2: If blood appears or if diarrhea continues for more than 24 hours, contact the veterinarian.

Step 3: After 12 to 24 hours, feed the cat a mixture of small quantities of boiled chicken breasts, skinned and boned, with rice (a 50:50 mixture). Alternately, chicken baby food may be substituted. This diet should continue until stools are formed. Gradually mix in regular cat food, reducing the chicken and rice amounts and increasing the regular cat food amounts.

Step 4: Your veterinarian may want you to start the cat an oral antidiarrheal medication. Do not use any medication unless instructed to do so.

Answer 3

Why diarrhea? Haven't been feeding the cat milk or table food have you? They really do better on a good dry cat food and milk and cheese cause diarrhea. You can try a little pepto. Put in a syringe, no needle. about 1cc and hold the cat by the nape of the neck really tight and squirt it in the back of the throat. Another dose if she has diarrhea again within the hour. Then I'd wait a while. Sometimes they have diarrhea if they have worms. has the cat been wormed? good Luck.

Answer 4

Diarrhea is a symptom and how you would treat it would depend on its cause.

(1)
"The simplest solution for acute diarrhea is to withhold food for about twenty-four hours and then start the animal back on something bland, such as baby food. Any of the baby meat products is a wonderful remedy for initiating the eataing process after the fast.....cannot contain any onion powder. Baby food is not balanced and should be relied upon not for long-term use, but merely as a transition to regular food." Jean Hovfe, DVM
(2)
"Slippery elm. 1 capsule twice a day. Mix in warm water or chicken broth. Give at time of feeding.

Nux vomica 30X: Twice daily. If a severe episode is occurring give it hourly for four hours, and then three or four times a day as needed. Don't give with food.

Bentonite clay: 1/2 teaspoon of powder mixed in food." Roger DeHaan, DVM
(3)
"Curing Pills (a human product) available in health food stores of Chinese pharmacies.
Curing Pills: 1 pill three times a day.
Pepto-Bismol: 1/2 teaspoon. If the stomach seems really upset, administer every two hours. If the problem persists for more tha a day, or a more serious condition is involved, see a veterinarian." Jody Kincaid, DVM

Choose ONE course of treatment. Those are remedies suggested by three different veterinarians.

Answer 5

My lovely shelter kitten came home with all kinds of intestinal bugs that caused diarrhea. We worked with the local vet to treat the parasites through out his first 6-8 months with us, yet still the poor guy had "issues." After another 6-8 months of meds, probiotics, and special food the problems persisted. Although my boy used his litter box - frequently- cleaning up the spots and drips was getting to be too much. As a last resort I began mixing water and 1/3 tsp of soluble fiber to a teaspoon of salmon with water each morning for 3 months and reducing it to 1/4 tsp mixed with water and Science Diet high fiber canned food for the next 6. It has been 9 months & my boy is much better. Although his stool is still quite soft, he is no longer distressed in the litter box, his bottom is no longer inflamed, and he is no longer leaving spots throughout the house. His coat is sleeker and his purr is louder. He and I are both much happier! We will continue this feeding plan until (if) his stool becomes normal.

Answer 6

Ok take your cat off of food for 12-24 hours...then feed her baby food only flavored with beef or chicken, make sure there is no garlic or onions in the food. These can cause serious issues with your cat. Do that for one day. For the second day, add in about 1/4 of his usual food into the baby food. Gradually increase his usual food while reducing the baby food for the next 5 days until he is completely back to his own food. If he still does not get better then I would take him to the vet. He could have some other issue going on.

Answer 7

Did you recently change food? Is there blood? Taking a sample to the vet is always best. But my cats have had the problem and the vet says: Take some baby food ground turkey (in the jar) mix it with baby rice cereal (in the box) and feed it that exclusively for a couple of days. If it doesn't go away, take to vet ASAP.

Answer 8

For a temporary fix until you get to the vet to determine the cause of the diarrhea, feed the cat plain yogurt.

Answer 9

Call the vet if you haven't already. Avoid home remedies since you can actually do more harm than good even unintentionally.

Answer 10

if it is an adult cat 3/4 teaspoon of kaopectate kitten slightly less than 1/2 of a teaspoon...nothing other than kaopectate though no pepto bismol or ANYTHING else...