I've discovered a miracle cure for chronic cat diarrhoea

[thecatneuterer]

Now I know this sounds like "one weird tip" and "vets hate me"😭 but I just have to make this public service announcement.

So I've recently been struggling with three or four cats (I'm with a rescue) that all had chronic diarrhoea. We did all the tests - all negative. Did Panacur, a course of metronidazole just in case, on gastrointestinal food, added probiotics etc etc. basically the works. Some things improved matters slightly, but it was only marginal.

Then someone said they'd had success by giving hairball food. I thought "well, nothing to lose". After four days on Royal Canin Hairball dry (apparently Purina hairball also works) and they were all producing the most perfect poo. Six weeks later and there has been no relapse. I'm experimenting now by introducing small amounts of other food and that is trial and error, but some other food is now tolerated.

You're welcome 😁

And the first bag I bought was from Pets at Home

https://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/dry_cat_food/royal_canin/care_nutrition/14675?ref=reorder&activeVariant=14675.17

Zooplus

Yes, thanks but it's the wet hairball pouches I can't get.

Ah. I did get some from Pets at Home. But all cats absolutely hated it.

@Ownedbykitties
This one?
https://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/cats/canned_cat_food_pouches/royal_canin_cat_food/royal_canin_adult/497694?variantId=497694.4&abd=true&utm_source=google&utm_medium=google_pmax&utm_campaign=21470428271&utm_term=497694.4&utm_content=pla&utm_id=21470428271_21470428271&gad_source=1&gad_campaignid=21474479485&gbraid=0AAAAAD9Xn6WLzG0N3jA_AEn9nTu9OoOMH&gclid=Cj0KCQjw9O_BBhCUARIsAHQMjS6LT2PezfbnHdo1LT2iJfS4sLBgFbafHyhkXD48iAy_0sG3Cf0HbV0aAm1cEALw_wcB&activeVariant=497694.4

I know another poster has done an amazon link, but here's a Pets at Home one. Unless this isn't the product?

www.petsathome.com/product/royal-canin-feline-hairball-care-wet-adult-cat-food-chunks-in-gravy-12-pouches/7117936P

Thanks Pixiedust. It's cheaper on Amazon by a smidge so I won't bother to look further though it's nice to know that Pets At Homs have it too.

@thecatneuterer I hope all your dreams come true. I was at my wit’s end after 11 horrible days of gastro; kitty on an intravenous drip, traumatic probiotic administration, many bags of extremely niche litter (because the fussy little bugger will only use one kind). 4 days to the day, I’m seeing pleasing little cigars in the litter tray. The stench of death has left the house. Thank you so much.

I have found Royal Canin Hairball wet food pouches on Amazon so that and Purina Coat and Hairball dry food seem to be helping my little Sphynx's tummy and since he started eating these foods his very runny, squirty poos have stopped. 👍.

Ah, around that time we discovered that Tobias has an issue with his bowels when he had an ultrasound scan, with wall thickening and inflammation in the lower bowel. We can't be sure just how bad it is as the scan can't show the bits that are inside his pelvis, and any type of surgery is highly risky due to his FIV.

He seems healthy & happy other than his vile smelling almost liquid poo, and his rank "elderly entire tom cat" smelling pee, so we're just keeping an eye on things.

Ahhh this thread is giving me hope!!! I’m desperately wishing for it not to be false hope…🤞

My old boy has had a dodgy tum for months and I’ve spent a small fortune on different food after several hundred £ of vet testing came up with nothing. They want to put him on steroids next.

I’m scared that this solution won’t work for him because when I give him plain poached chicken he is fine. I had him on that for a fortnight over Christmas before reading all sorts of dire warnings that he would get organ failure 😔

Wainwrights grain free wet food seemed to sort him out for a bit but now he’s back to puddles of stench. I’m going to get some of the hairball stuff tomorrow and hope it doesn’t end up on the mountain of failed attempts. I’ve enough discarded cat food to start a rescue centre! 😅

I never updated this thread. We have stopped giving the hairball biscuits as she has normal poops now, and we can even change her wet food without causing problems in that department. It's been a miracle and I can't thank @thecatneuterer enough

That's great to hear @Pixiedust1234. Unfortunately I now have a cat that it doesn't work for. The only thing that sorts her out is Applaws tins of chicken.