treated for coccidia now what?

How old is your kitten? Mustardy-yellow faeces of a toothpaste consistency is normal for young kittens. Did your vet say what type of coccidia? Coccidia is a very common parasite in young puppies and kittens, spread through the faeces and they probably got it from their mother or another infected animal. There are different types of coccidia though, and if your kitten had toxoplasmosis, it is possible that there may be long-term effects. Toxoplasmosis is also able to be passed to humans. But if it was just normal feline coccidia, it cannot be passed to humans and treatment is safe, quick and effective, helping the kitten to cope with the infection until its immune system is strong enough to get rid of the parasite on its own.

I think that you need to ring your vet again and ask her to explain the condition to you, that you were too shocked and confused to take it in when your kitten was being treated. Hopefully she will be happy to help you understand your kitten’s health, since you and she will have a relationship throughout your kitten’s long life.

I would also consider changing your cat’s diet to soft, wet/canned food. I know vets still recommend dry food but it is not ideal, as it can cause dehydration. If you use it, you must always make sure that your kitten has access to fresh water as well.

Hi EM, and welcome to TDK. Our Katthays had a kitty with coccidia, and I believe he is doing very well now. She should be able to get you some pointers when she comes around.

Best of luck with your little one!

Hi EM….we got our Jasper from a shelter, he is about 2 years old….he had coccidia and was treated for it and his second fecal was negative. We then got Rambo from another shelter and he had very yellow, soft, smelly poo. He also had a fever, had to be on 2 courses of antibiotics, and even had a fecal culture which came up negative for everything. I put both cats on Blue Buffalo dry and canned food, and in time, things improved greatly for Rambo. He now has normal poo! I hope your kitty does well!

Please feed wet food, not dry. Dry is dehydrating for a healthy cat, even if they drink a ton of water, as well as to high in carbs and low in animal protein. http://catinfo.org/ explains why cats are much better off eating wet food instead of dry.

If Eddie was on antibiotics you should really give him some probiotics. I use Holistic Select Transition Solution (store locator: http://www.holisticselect.com/store-locator.aspx ) The stuff that the vet would sell you would be FortiFlora but it has horrid ingrediants. The Holistic Select, you just need to sprinkle it on his wet food like it was alt and pepper, you don’t need much.

He could not be able to tolerate some of the ingrediants in his food. Try a grain free wet food which I would think could help. Wellness, Nature’s Variety Instinct, By Nature, and Before Grain all have grain free choices. The NV Instinct has novel protiens as well which could help.

Another option, the best one IMO, is to feed either a homemade or premade raw diet. I know a lot of people who use Nature’s Variety premade but there are other choices out there as well. It is better to not get the dehydrated raw but instead get the frozen raw.

Home prepared raw is what I feed most of my cats and kittens. It is best to either feed prey model raw or whole prey. Prey model is “make your own mouse”, http://rawfedcats.org/nature.htm is a good site to read to explain the basics.

Whole prey is buying whole, frozen mice, rats, quail, chicks, rabbits, etc and feeding them. The nice thing about whole prey is that it is balanced within itself. You can buy the whole prey off of the internet and have it shipped, frozen, to your house. All you need to do is thaw and serve 🙂

My vet also thought Rambo’s innards were damaged from his life as a street cat…but knock on wood, he is doing great and his poo is very normal looking, yeah! It did take him awhile to get ‘normal’ after being on 2 rounds of antibiotics. I didn’t use probiotics, but I think that is a great idea.

Just seeing this now, EM….oh boy….I’m not sure how long it took Rambo, but I bet it was 4 to 6 months….this is from the time we got him, and from his trips to the vet and being on 2 courses of antibiotics, and having fecal culture,(all negative)etc. He was even treated for Giardia, even though nothing showed he had it. I wasn’t keen on that. The vet wanted to put him on a special diet for sensitive stomachs, but I wanted to try Blue Buffalo foods first. Somehow, his digestive system straightened out and he is doing great. In fact, he has gotten pudgy and he and his brother are now on a diet!

I hope your baby does well, EM! Probiotics were mentioned, and I do think that would be a good idea….I know how antibiotics can screw up a human’s system! Rambo was also on a very strong, broad antibiotic, Baytril, 2 doses, as I mentioned. He had a stubborn fever, and the vet never did find out what the prob was. Jasper did stay healthy through all this, thank goodness, even though they shared the same space.