Literally.
Poor Hazel had a bad case of diarrhea. Really bad. (Reminded me of my last colonoscopy prep. Can you relate?)
Editor’s note: Squeamish readers should scroll on. However, you will miss a good post!
Poor Kate had to clean and clean and clean. For two days! Hazel doesn’t have accidents so we knew she was sick.
We threw out one carpet. There is only so much cleaning you can do. We considered moving.
She has this problem periodically. She has GI issues (like her owner). My vet doesn’t recommend rice for cats or diet changes. She says it makes it worse.
Cats are true carnivores. Technically they are obligate carnivores meaning that they need meat to get their nutrients. Vegetables and grains don’t work for them.
Hazel was relieved to hear there won’t be any rice (or tofu) in her diet. She is not an Asian cat. Give her a good Friskies burger any day! Barbecue! Fourth of July! Baseball! Truly an American cat!
They recommended something specifically for diarrhea and it seems to work.
There is nothing worse than an ill pet. Cats hide their illnesses. By the time you realize something is wrong, they are sicker. Hazel is the worst. She will spend a week under a bed rather than get a medication to feel better.
Mollie, in a solidarity of sorts, started pooping hair poops. If you don’t know, those are the ones that have Velcro on them so they stick to butt fur. Yes, it’s a hoot chasing a cat with a bouncing poop ball on the backside! Argh!
The good thing about multiple pets is that when one is sick and you are in pits, another will brighten your day. Morgan was wonderful. She didn’t break anything, hide anything or pee over the side of the litter box.
It just doesn’t get any better than that! All the cats wish you a bright and poop-free New Year.
I have three cats and no ‘Velcro poop’ so far so all is good haha
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You are so lucky! Not all cats have Velcro poop. Only Mollie, my long haired cats gets them. It takes the right consistency with the wrong tail swish.
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All of my cats have short hair so I guess that’s why 😂
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Short hair, proper weight and young all help.
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Aww, poor Hazel! Glad I am reading your posts in reverse right now, so I already know she’s now recovered. ❤
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All better now and everything has been cleaned up. I have the meds on hand now so hopefully if it happens again, I can address it right away.
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See – that’s why you have to have more than one cat. So after cleaning, recleaning, and chasing to wipe poop balls off or rear view, you need a second cat to cheer you up (and to sneer at the unfotunate cat that “Who’s the good kitty now?”)
RC is also of the opinion of “No weird special – expensive food” – will make any difference…especially if there is no way anyone will carm that good for you food down her throat.
Hope Hazel is feeling better. Maybe she’s just getting rid of all the bad stuff from 2016 in order to wake up to a fresh, brand new year?
Happy New Year from our realm to yours!
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RC isn’t wrong about that food stuff. Happy New Year from our furry house to your furry house.
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Poop-free (or throw-up free or pee-free) is something I don’t dare think about in my wildest dreams… as my oldest Cat, Pharoah, is slowly losing it… but I’d rather clean up after him than take that final trip to the vet… which neither of us are ready for yet. I wish your kitties a healthy new year.
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Yes, I remember Jake’s last few years all too well. I eked out an extra year but I paid the price in clean up and midnight counseling sessions. Wishing the best for all of you, especially Pharoah.
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Thank you, both P and I will know when the time has come.
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I hope that Hazel (and Mollie and Morgan) are fine now …. and that you all have a very healthy 2017!
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And we hope you do too!
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A poop-free new year sounds very very good. Alas . . . I fear it is just a dream in our case.
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We can hope…
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oh Kate, you must be pooped with all that cleaning!
hope all is well soon. wishing you and yours a Happy New Year!
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Very pooped indeed!
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Not fun when catkids are not feeling well. Poor Hazel. And poor Kate. Hope everything gets back to normal (whatever that is) quickly.
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At this house I’m never sure what normal is.
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Poor Hazel! I’m so glad that you didn’t have to move, although it would have saved you a lot of cleaning. I hope she is on the mend and the other two stay well. Happy New Year!
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It was my big chance to move to SoCal! So far two good days and no sign of anything with the other two.
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Normally, I am laughing at my own poop, but today I am laughing in relief that nobody has to chase me around to relieve me of a velcro-poop. See, the year is ending better already! Here’s another thing to look forward to in 2017 — no velcro-poops. It’s looking brighter and brighter!
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I thought of you as I wrote this. You are the queen of poop posts!
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That will be my epitaph. 😏
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And it’s a perfect one! Perhaps you can use a toilet instead of a standard (boring) grave marker.
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Im hoping by then I won’t need to stay close to a toilet!
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It wouldn’t be a functional one. Just a memory of something that was important in your life.
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No. once I’m dead, I don’t want any more toilets!
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So sorry, Kate! seems 2016 has been the year for kittie sickness! What a delightful telling, though, as your humor survives! Consider moving, “snort” I totally have been there, you’re right, only so much cleaning you can do. Pitch it. Then buy another that can be tossed if necessary, too. Snuggles to the kitties, and high fives to you!
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Most of my area carpets are washable. I just have a few that are too big. Fortunately the one I pitched was old. Had I been willing to spend time, I could have cleaned it. It was in the basement where we don’t need a carpet so out it went. All is peaceful for now. Yay!
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Yay, so glad it’s peaceful…sometimes it’s better to toss than clean, lol.
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poor kitty! I’ve had indigestion for 3 days now so I can totally relate 😦
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Sure hope you didn’t have uncontrollable diarrhea. Hard on carpets and embarrassing. I can send you some cat meds…
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hahahha nah not there yet! :p
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And thank God for that!
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Hope she stays better! Give her a snug from me! (Since of course she won’t let me near her!!!!!) Happy New Year!
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She is better and I will tell her you said Meow!
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You can make the most awful situation into a side-splitter. What a gift! I love your writing.
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I had to get something positive out of all poop!
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A Happy New Year to you Kate, and I hope Hazel can avoid those kind of problems in 2017. :O)
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Me too!
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My DIL just found out her cat is diabetic..and now requires shots 3x a day….it’s like having another child but its amazing what can be done now for pets…..feel better Hazel
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My heart goes out to your DIL. I had 2 diabetic cats. One lived 5 years with it and the other 9 years. The first one got 1 shot a day. It was the ’90s and they didn’t regulate as well as they do now. My second cat who passed last year got 2 shots a day and I could test his glucose at home periodically to make sure he was on track. He had a lot less symptoms and was healthier a lot longer. Good luck to her.
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Her cat gets 2 shots a day. I can’t even imagine giving shots
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You would be amazed at what you can do when you have to. I got a drop of blood out of my cat’s outer perimeter of the ear (there’s a capillary there) to test the glucose. Never thought I could do that.
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Aww, poor Hazel! Hope she feels better soon. And RIP to your rug. Been there!
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It isn’t the first one and probably won’t be the last. We converted our smallest bedroom into a catroom where one of the many litter boxes is and water and kibble with a nice comfy chair that get sun for 6 hours. The first thing we did was rip out the wall-to-wall and put in hard flooring that is easily cleaned. So much better.
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Poor puss. Hope she is better. Like you say, our pets don’t let on they’re feeling unwell. Maggie tends to look forlorn if she’s feeling under the weather. At the moment, she’s flaked out from a rather long walk back from the supermarket.
How many cats exactly do you have now?
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Exactly 3. Sometimes it seems like a dozen like when one gets really bad diarrhea. Sometimes when you need a cat hug it seems like you can’t find any of them. Hazel seems to be better. No diarrhea for 24 hours now.
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That’s good to hear. A friend of mine had four, three girls and one male, who got priority over everything, including the best cushion in the best place in the window over the radiator. He outlived them all too!
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When Jake was alive, I had one male. He was considerably older so he would bonk anyone on the head if they bothered him but Mollie is the alpha and she would push him off the bed if it didn’t suit her.
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Ha! That is so funny! When I lost my first GSD and took on a rescue of the breed, my collie thought he could lord it over her. She wasn’t having it, and sat on his head! Happy memories.
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Kate, this is amazing/horrible/hysterical! :-p Poor Hazel, glad she is on the upswing. Poor carpet haha. A friend of mine used to have a cat that got so fat he couldn’t clean himself so they would have to shave his butt to keep the dingleberries off. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a grown man shave an obese, ornery cat’s butt. LOL!
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Had one of those cats although she was very sweet about it. At first I had the vet shave it but it was more cost effective to do it myself. This is the number 1 reason I work to keep Hazel’s weight down — not diabetes or other diseases. Cleanliness. Hazel would not like a shave.
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Glad she’s on the mend . . . and glad she wasn’t having a problem the day your foot was acting up. Here’s to a happy and healthy New Year for you and the cats!
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I know! It happened the day after my foot fiasco (actually it started overnight). It would have been really bad if I had all that cleaning and couldn’t walk. Sometimes, even in bad events, the stars line up.
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Dingleberries! Ugh. And you can’t order a cat to come and stand and wait while they get cleaned off, unlike dogs. Although, the cats don’t drag their butts across the carpet to wipe it clean like our dogs will…
I think pets are one of the reasons we have area carpets and not wall-to-wall carpeting. Because you can throw those area carpets out!
Hope everyone’s tummy troubles settle down soon.
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Everyone seems good but it’s still early in the recovery. Also, I had a 6′ carpet butt wipe to clean up. That was the worst as it was on the very little wall-to-wall carpeting we have. Guess the toilet paper wasn’t handy.
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Of course they found the wall-to-wall the best toilet paper. Even with area rugs, the most expensive wool one serves as a puke bucket for my animals.
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The only good thing is that she didn’t poop on the family room carpet. It’s light colored with no pattern. Considering putting toilet paper in all the litter box rooms. They can get it off the roll just fine.
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Ha! I thought cats thought of toilet paper like confetti.
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Oh My Gosh Kate I am dying laughing! I KNOW! Not laughing at Hazel… poor Hazel ♥ Love the picture of Mollie with elevator butt, Bouncing Poop Balls… dying! The picture of Hazel at the vets, I want to scoop her up and hug her. Good girl, Morgan, for not adding to the Staff’s stress. I personally, do not want a poop free year… 😀 This post has given me the giggles… CH is laughing at me laughing!
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Then mission accomplished. Going forward I would prefer to not have to clean poop to get a good post.
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I hear ya!
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Hope everyone feels better soon!
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She seems better. No diarrhea in over 24 hours. She’s eating better too. Not sure where it came from.
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Glad she’s feeling better. We have some random diarrhea sometimes too. Who knows what has struck them?!
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No one else seems to get it but Hazel. Hoping it stays that way. The only thing worse than one cat with diarrhea is three cats with diarrhea.
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What a perfectly horrible thought! We have had litters of kittens, usually with coccidia, that all have diarrhea for a week or two. 6 kittens with the runs. Not fun. Wouldn’t wish that on you or anyone else!
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Hazel had coccidian and giardia as a kitten and has been prone to diarrhea even though she tests negative for both. Morgan came from the shelter with both but she’s was ok after treatment. Kittens with diarrhea are the worst because they step in it so you have to clean the cat too. At least adult cats may have a poopy butt but they won’t step in it.
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Oh, not nice. But I hope she is on her way back to health now!
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She’s doing much better and eating again.
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Sadly, I can relate, Kate. Happy New Year! Are you getting snow?
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No snow. We had some slush (very little) yesterday but it’s gone and temps are up. And yes, I could relate too.
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You know it’s bad when moving seems easier than cleaning another mess…I hear ya!
Glad all is looking brighter!
Happy New Year to you too ❤
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Thanks! When I decided to throw out the rug rather than clean it, I started thinking about moving but then…I’d have to clean to sell it.
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