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Little bit of blood in stool

Brigitte Cowell

Brigitte Cowell

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I am glad that your fears have been allayed... and hope that Sabriel's stools improve soon then. What is the plan that they gave you to firm up the diarrhea then?

I would caution that just because you have fecal tested in the past does NOT mean there cannot be an infection. I think I have explained before that tap water can contain giardia... but it is not required for a town/city to treat the water unless it rises above a certain level, nor do they have to report it if it is below that level. Additionally, parasites like coccidia can be in the gut and not shed (therefore not be seen in a fecal test) until they overgrow when a cat or kitten is stressed...same with Clostridia. Hence I don't think it was foolish to be worried, but I think with what you have described about changing Sabriel's diet that that might be the more logical explanation.
 
Patti

Patti

Admin
Staff member
I'm very glad to hear that everything checked out well for Sabriel at the vet's - I'm sure you are relieved!
 
Brandy DW

Brandy DW

Missing Neka, Loving Sabriel, Nakaia, & Trance
So Sabriel has done well-ish since. This morning she went right to her food dish and started eating right away, but tonight she didn't but she would still eat her treats. I'm sure she'll have it eaten by morning. Yesterday she only had one stool and it didn't look like diarrhea anymore, and two of number 1. Today she had 3 of number 1, and no stools at all. So I think her stomach upset has gotten better, as long as she keeps eating and has a stool tomorrow it should be good. I don't know what brought on the diarrhea in the first place but I think/hope it's gone now..
 
Jacq

Jacq

Savannah Super Cat
Since I feed my guys raw meat, they occasionally have streaks of blood in their stools. Undigested blood from the meat.


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Patti

Patti

Admin
Staff member
Jacqui, I don't think if your cats have digested the meat that they can pass undigested blood from that meat. Any time blood passes through the digestive system it changes. I think the only time you might see fresh (red) blood is if it is coming from very low in the digestive track, e.g., from hemorrhoids, an anal fissure, etc.
 
Patti

Patti

Admin
Staff member
I have seen a streak of blood in stool on occasion as well. As long as it is not a common thing I don't worry too much about it.
 
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