Black spayed female cat about 10 years old. Short hair but very thick and always shining. Healthy accept for occasional cough in sternal position with head thrust forward in the last few months. Fat kind of cat with what I call skin emphysema.......loose hanging skin from under belly that sways too and fro when walking. Always a good eater, gets along great with man and beast....never a problem in any way......very friendly, not demanding,

Staying very quiet, lack of appetite, drinking small amounts of water frequently, temp 103.4. When I picked her up because she hadn't come for her dinner, she leaked brown, diarrhea like matter and when put down, immediately squatted and completed the passing of very loose, watery stool. Small amount. Mucusy with slight blood tinge. Strained several times after that with no results. After about 1 hour, passed three drops making puddles about 3/4 of an inch each. They were brownish watery, fecal looking but were almost entirely stingy, thick mucus and more defined blood color (not bright red....darkish brown/red) than first sample I had seen about one hour before.

She has a red line on her gums with tartar build up. (It's really hard to keep up with all these cats and I feel badly that this escaped my attention.) She doesn't appear to have any other eruptions inside the mouth.

Now that she is confined in a new place for her, where I can watch her better, she is unhappy and not sleeping but was very quiet and sleeping on her side when in her normal surroundings. Her flanks are drawn in. Not losing hair as sick cats will do sometimes. Cries if manipulate belly area. Just noticed very dark gray, perfectly round, hard growth, sensitive to touch on inside ear flap, lower part near opening, about 1/4 inch diameter.

I gave her Ars 30C because I thought she had diarrhea when I first saw her but then saw she was straining and not able to pass any stool. Any suggestions will be very much appreciated.

Try pulsatilla 200 one dose, antimon cr or graph could also be a choice, or mercurius, most likely mercurius.

Two things gpm.

This sounds similar to a problem one of my cats had when I got him (at about 5-6 months). He had been abandoned and starved. When he passed a bowel motion it was very loose and in a puddle of mucus and dark coloured blood. (How I wish there was a smilie pulling a revolting face).

Our vet advised starving him for 24 hours to allow him to empty his system and allowing it to settle, then starting him on a very bland diet - we used rice and fish (cooked). This worked very well and after a few days I reintruduced regular tinned cat food slowly. This problem needed no other treatment, although the problems of our cats are at different ends of their feline lives. (This diet treatment was before I discovered homeopathy and raw diets for cats).

I found he would have a recurrence if he got too much dairy product - he loves cheese, and sometimes it happened for no obvious reason (I don't know what he eats when he goes out). He has had no problems with his bowel for quite a while. Milk, cream and cheese do not appear to cause any problems now, although he does not get a lot of dairy.

The other thing is, what do you feed your cats? I have been feeding mine a raw natural diet for about a year now and my cats health has improved a lot. The diet has been quite important in managing the chronic gingevitis in another of my cats, which GM treated successfully. The diet is important in maintaining the condition of his gums, they start to break down if he does not get a high proportion of raw in his diet. He has quite a build up of tartar at the moment, but does not appear to be having any problems eating and his general condition seems good.

If you can get some raw stringly meat - chicken wings, rabbit, tough beef cuts. If you can get the cat to chew it it acts as a kind of feline dental floss. however, easier said than done sometimes .

Janyce
Just a few ideas before one of the homeopths responds.

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A question for GM, we were obviously here at the same time.

GM, does managing a cats diet in this way undermine any homeopathic treatment?

Janyce

Hi GM,
Came back to post new information and saw your response to the original. Don't know if this changes your opinion.........

Tried to take temperature and she objected strongly. Her rectum looks as though it's irritated a bit. Even wrapped in a towel she still fought and didn't have the thermometer in long enough to fully register...up to 102 very quickly. When the thermometer came out it was covered with foul, watery brownish/red fecal matter (not that way last night, came out clean). She immediately strained to pass stool and passed only a few small drops along with about a 2 inch thin/narrow strip of matted hair.

Does this alter your prescription? Thanks so much, GM.

Hi janyce,
Thanks for taking the time to answer my post. I have read your posts before with interest and agree with the raw food diet. I don't like to use numbers when I talk about how many cats I have but suffice it to say there are quite a lot of them here! All were abandoned, injured or feral previously. We have built several houses (about 16x24 feet) for them with heat and electric inside several acres of cat-proof fencing. But it is hard keeping a good eye on each one and doing what is correct, diet wise.

I constantly try to make my own food for them but it's a bit overwhelming, so what I end up doing is using (depending on the individual cat as much as possible) a combination of (supposedly) all natural (at least it's priced in that category!) canned and dry foods mixed about half and half with raw meat, raw organic vegies and some grains or pasta. I know it's a poor excuse for the proper diet as you suggest and do intend to stop any commercial food use.....just have to grit my teeth and DO IT on a permanent basis! I hate meat so tend to use a lot of pre-ground raw meat which is probably not as good as you suggest using.

Thanks for your interest and your kind concern. Your message will push me into action!

Try puls, and food alteration is reinforcing homeopathy..and its needed.

Once again, I thank you, GM. Have Puls in 12C, 30C and 10M. I think you would suggest 200C. Can I go right to the 10M or use a lower potency today...or wait for the 200C which I can get overnight and have tomorrow? Sorry to be such a nuisance.

Use 30 and 200 when you get it m is to high. dont give milk, use cream.

GM......will do as you say. Many thanks.

PS-
Whoops....do have the Puls 200C..will give that....thanks again.

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