Causes of feline inflammatory bowel disease:

1. Common gastrointestinal parasites, such as trichomonas, coccidia, roundworms, etc.

2. Foreign bodies in the cat’s gastrointestinal tract cannot be digested and absorbed by the cat, resulting in gastrointestinal edema, perforation, or feline infectious peritonitis, which may cause gastrointestinal diseases.

3. Cats with dietary intolerance or allergies can cause inflammatory bowel disease in cats.

4. Weather conditions, improper food changes, and even stress reactions may cause cat gastroenteritis.

Symptoms of feline inflammatory bowel disease:

1. Vomiting, diarrhea, abdominal pain and listlessness are common symptoms of gastroenteritis. If it is accompanied by upper gastrointestinal bleeding, the cat's feces will be coal tar color or black, and the cat will stretch its forelimbs forward due to abdominal pain.

2. Another obvious feature of acute gastroenteritis is that the amount of water consumed will increase significantly. After drinking a large amount of water, vomiting will occur soon, and other adverse symptoms such as diarrhea and abdominal pain will intensify.

3. Although the symptoms of chronic gastroenteritis are milder than those of acute gastroenteritis, due to long-term discomfort, cats will gradually lose weight, become unable to walk, and even their hair will become rough and dull.