Usually cats are meticulous about food, many of them are real gourmets. Therefore, even the usual frustration in the beloved animal causes great anxiety. What can we say about those unpleasant cases when the pet has feces or clots of blood in the feces. How to behave to a caring hostess who discovered such a bad discharge from her cat?
What does diarrhea mean with blood?
Self-medication and a light diet helps only in mild cases, but when a cat has diarrhea with blood, one should immediately turn to specialists. There may be acute pancreatitis , enterocolitis, dysbacteriosis, parasites , mucosal damage due to ingestion of sharp objects, poisons poisoning and other unpleasant things. Therefore, how to treat a cat with diarrhea with blood, you should tell the veterinarian personally, basing your findings not only on the owner's survey, but also on a serious laboratory analysis and personal examination of a fluffy patient.
The first thing you need to do to a doctor is to understand the exact reason why a cat has diarrhea with blood? Much here gives a conversation with the owner of the animal, because the patient himself can not describe his state of health to a specialist. Here is a list of possible questions that an experienced veterinarian can ask you at the first consultation:
- How long has the cat had a loose stool?
- Since when did he have bleeding or mucous discharge in his stool?
- Did you notice parasites or particles of foreign objects in the excrement (pieces of paper, plastic, wooden chips)?
- How often does the cat run to the toilet?
- Does the liquid stool have a sharp unpleasant odor?
- What color and consistency of excreta?
- What is the approximate volume of feces?
- How has the general health of the cat changed over the last time?
Diarrhea with blood is so dangerous that self-treatment is fraught with consequences. It is often impossible to understand without serious analysis. But all the same owners fluffy pets should know the main signs of the disease, its possible causes.