Indy, Where’s Your Poop?

Last night I was quite worried about Indy when the vet suggested that we either (1) change his diet to the gastrointestinal kibble or (2) put him on a low dose of steroids.

First, I would clarify that I am not a diehard-refuse-to-budge-no-matter-what proponent of raw food. I believe that raw food is the biologically appropriate food for cats since they are obligate carnivores. I have read a lot about the benefits of raw food for cats too and that is why I made the attempt to transition all our cats to 100% raw food, but when it comes to a matter of life or death, I would switch to whatever food an expert advises simply because I am not a pet nutritionist so how I can possibly know more than an expert?

Because I was convinced about the benefits of raw food, I made that transition for all our cats, so if Indy has to go back to kibble, it would be kind of a step backwards.

But if indeed the gastrointestinal kibble can cure his loose stool problem, then, I might have to consider putting him on the kibble and later, once he is stable, transition him back gradually to raw food again. I don’t know if that makes any sense, though, because I think it might compound the problem because his gut would be even more “confused”. The digestive system processes kibble (containing carbos) and raw food very differently. I read that cats do not have the enzymes to process carbohydrates.

So last night, I said to Indy, “Indy, can you please, please, please produce some nice stools tomorrow?”

And for the whole of today, he hasn’t defecated yet. His last defecation was at 6.05am yesterday. That’s when the soft stools were accompanied by “a lot” of blood.

When the vet palpated his intestines today, she could feel stools, but she said it wasn’t well-formed.

So, the stools are still there, and they have not been excreted yet.

When are you going to poop, Indy?

The vet said I don’t have change Indy’s diet for now. Instead, she will order a fibre product for him. But that would only arrive in two weeks. I asked if I could give him any other fibre for now, but I was advised to wait for that product.

He had his bone broth a few times today.

Talking about the bone broth, if I may share, my friend’s dog had not been eating for many days as he has a host of medical problems. He is also very depressed and lethargic. So, I asked if she’d like to try some of Indy’s bone broth for her dog. I gave her some yesterday morning and to her utter delight, her dog (who has not been eating on his own for some time (he has to be bottle fed daily)) licked the bone broth all by himself! By evening, her dog asked for his kibble snack and began playing with her other dogs. My friend was so happy, she went out to buy a slow cooker and all the ingredients to make bone broth.

Source: https://myanimalcare.org/2019/11/14/indy-wheres-your-poop/

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