Question: I Am At My Wits End Here. I Have 2 Birmans. One Became Very Ill While I Was Out Of Town & Went Untreated By The Housesitter. He Was Extremely Sick When I Came Home & Had Severe Diahhrea. He Had A 3 Day Stay At The Vet, Had Staph Infection That Ran Up His Entire Tail & Had To Be Lanced Open To Clean Out Maggots In His Rectal Area. Once Stabilized I Took My Other Cat To Have His Stool Checked To Be Certain It Wasn't A Contagious Disease. His Came Back Normal But Within 2 Weeks He Started Having Extreme Gas & Soft Stools. 18 Months Later I Have Had Him To 3 Vets Now (and He Wasn't Even The Sick One), Have Been Told Everything From Food Allergies, Ibd, One Said He Had Extremely High Bacteria While Another Has Him Now On A Probitic And Laxatone. 3 Months Ago He Developed A Severe, Wracking Cough, Has Never Coughed Anything Up And Sounds Gurgly When He Finally Gets Throught The Spell. He Also Developed What I Call A "hotspot" On His Back...they've Both Had Them Before & Went Away With Clearing The Hair Around It, Peroxide Cleaning And Neosporin. I've Now Had Him To The Vet Twice With The Cough Thinking He Had An Upper Respirtory Infection. The Vet Said The Hotspot Was Ringworm & Sold Me Shampoo To Bathe All My Animals In (also Have A St Bernard!). No One's Developed Ringworm & I Only Treated Them Once. At The Second Visit For The Cough, The Vet Still Claimed His Lungs Are Clear But Gave Me An Antibiotic Nonetheless And Lo And Behold It Has Cleared Up The Cough Finally But Now We're Back To The Diahhrea So Just Today Called & Picked Up Bene-bac Which I Now Discovered Is A Probiotic Which I Already Give Them On Their Food In Powder Form. I Feel Like I'm Being Nickeled & Dimed To Death...could've Had Exploratory Surgery For What I've Spent In The Last 18 Mos. Any Thoughts? I'm Really Losing Faith In Vets, It Seems To Be All About How Much Money They Can Squeeze Out Of Me And My Pet Has Been Suffering For 18 Mos. Now. By The Way, The Birmans Are Both 8 Yrs Old.
Answer: I Am Sorry To Hear Of Your Chronic Problems With Your Birmans. They Do Have Very Sensitive Immune Systems. Kitty Asthma Is Possible, Which Conventionally Is Usually Treated With Cortisone, As Well As Inflamamtory Bowel Disease Causing The Diarrhea Which Can Sometimes Be Managed With Cortisone And/or Diet. Unfortunately Conventional Medicine Has A Short Menu With These Type Of Things I.e Antibiotics And/or Cortisone.......you May Want To Learn More About Holistic And/or Homeopathic Treatment Of Your Cats. While Not A Quick Fix, Especially In A Breed Like This, Often Slowly Over Time Health Can Be Improved. I Would Learn More At Website Www.beyondflatearth.com As Well As Www.anitrafrazier.com, In Addition To My Website Www.canineworld.com/drdym. Many Homeopathic Vets Offer Phone Consultations. Anitra Frazier's Book Is Excellent As Well Called The Natural Cat Which I Highly Recommend As Well As You May Want To Start By Having A Nutritional Consultation With Her 212-663-0122....if That Is Not Adequate, A Homeopathic Vet Consultation May Be Worthwhile. |
