cat with colitis

[wolf63]

After the recent death of my monster, George, I have decided to go back to the CPL to adopt another cat. I will be getting her next week.

She is sixish years old and looks cute. She has colitis which is controlled by steroids and a special diet. The main problem is that I have been warned of really, really smelly bowel movements.

Does anybody know of any remedies that may cut this problem down a bit. What causes the smell, will helping her "friendly bacteria" to flourish help?

Any help in improving her quality of life would be gratefully accepted. She has had a rough time in the past and was near death when rescued.

Susan

[atolhurst]

if she's going to the bathroom indoors and therefore will be using a litter tray, you can buy self enclosed trays with a cat flap like door on the front. they also have filter units on the side to remove some of the pong.

When our cat was house bound, we got him one of those and whilst I don't think his poo's were particuarly smelly, we rarely got a whiff of anything from the tray.

Also invest in some litter deoderiser (sp) and every time she goes, remove the poo from the tray as soon as you can.

[lankeela]

I would be wary of giving the cat anything as is may conflict with the steroids it is on.

Will she not be able to go outside?

[wolf63]

No - she has to stay inside (as per vet instructions) as she eats anything and everything inher path. This does not help her tummy at all.

As for moving the poo right away - seemingly you can't go near it for about half an hour it pongs so much.

I get her in a week, and am getting all excited about it already.

[wolf63]

Hillie - the cat came to live with me on a Thursday night, she was beautiful - all black. She had been living in a run in a village for about a year (Cats Protection) and I live in a city centre. She refused to eat, which was really out of character and stayed behind the sofa in the spare room.

By the Sunday it was obvious it was not working, but I was really willing to give it a go (my last cat took weeks to settle down). But the CP woman and her husband were really upset at losing her and they could offer her a quieter life. They had an extra big run in the garden, with a wendy house in it and other cats for her to interact with.

So she went home to them on the Sunday afternoon. I was gutted at losing her, relieved at no longer having to worry about her and felt like a bit of a failure for not being able to help her.

I have decided to do some house renovations and then I am going to get in touch with them again, a nice laid back tom cat (minus the 'bits') would do me. Somebody who is just looking for food and TLC.

I would actually, in a perfect world, prefer a dog - but I am on my own which means that I and only me would be responsible for EVERY walk - much better when you have somebody to share the chores. Dogs are great, cats have character!

Susan