Intestinal disorders can occur, both in humans, and in most of our pets. Most of them have quite powerful immunity and are relatively meticulous about food, but they can also sometimes suffer from similar diseases. If you have a fluffy pet in the apartment, you should know the possible causes of diarrhea in cats and the main ways of treating it. In addition, it must be remembered that human medicines may not suit them. On the contrary, such experiments can aggravate the process and lead to death.
Easily removable causes of diarrhea
- Most often, animals suffer from frustration due to poor feed. To such troubles lead not only spoiled or too fatty foods, but also a sharp change in diet or water. If you know what to treat at home such a diarrhea in a cat, then most often it is not difficult to cope with it.
- Flatulence with diarrhea occurs sometimes in the event of ingestion of substances that cause allergic reactions. It turns out that some cats may have an inherent intolerance to such common foods as chocolates, different kinds of nuts, raisins, even raw milk. Usually with such diarrhea the disease develops rapidly, but the smell and color of the discharge does not differ from the usual stool.
- Sometimes animals can get a mental disorder that can provoke changes in the body. Stressful situations adversely affect the health of pets. Long trips, rocking in the car, communication with unfamiliar animals or people can cause digestive system disorders.
Diseases that can provoke dangerous diarrhea
- Clay invasion.
- Infections caused by pathogenic bacteria (salmonella, Escherichia coli, others)
- Dangerous viral diseases ( plague , infectious peritonitis ), are also capable of provoking severe diarrhea in cats with blood that does not pass through itself, rather than treating such ailments promptly, only an experienced doctor knows.
- Diabetes.
- Cats can develop a cancerous tumor.
- Serious disease associated with kidney or liver.
Remember the signs of diarrhea in a cat, whose treatment without supervision of a veterinarian at home is undesirable: a strong weakening of the animal's body, a loose stool accompanied by vomiting, the pet stops drinking water, a sharp decrease in weight is observed, and signs of an infection are visible.
Methods of treatment at home for mild diarrhea in cats
In most simple cases, the usual diet helps (daily fasting). Thus it is necessary to provide animals with access to water and rest. If you observe that the stool has a normal shade without unpleasant and unusual odors, the bowel movement is not too frequent (3-4 times a day), there is no blood or other incomprehensible secretions, then it is especially unnecessary to worry. Such diarrhea in cats is caused by easily eliminated and not too serious causes, and usually they are treated quickly. For a while, exclude from the diet of dairy products, food with a lot of starch, fats and carbohydrates. The diet in this case consists of boiled yolk and rice, broth, boiled chicken meat.