Feline colitis is generally a chronic disease. Clinically, the cat’s body temperature and mental state are normal. The main feature is that the cat’s defecation frequency increases, up to 3-4 times a day, and the feces appears to be thin or watery. Sample. There are many causes of cat colitis, which can be summarized as follows:

1. Bacterial infection.

2. Allergy (food allergy), nervous system disorders and genetic factors.

3. Parasitism (taenia, whipworm).

Clinical symptoms of feline colitis

Mentally normal, body temperature generally normal, eating normal or eating a large amount. The main characteristic is that the frequency of bowel movements increases, more than 3-4 times a day. The feces is thin or watery, sometimes with mucus and foam, and has a fishy smell. There is dirt and feces stuck to the anus, and in severe cases, the feces flows outward from the anus. Appetite is not affected in most cats.

In the case of inflammation secondary to tapeworms, tapeworm segments can be seen in the feces. In some cats, white rice-like tapeworm segments can be seen around the anus. After the worms die, they can stick to the anus and look like sesame seeds.

Treatment of feline colitis

Cat colitis is mainly characterized by an increase in the frequency of defecation, and the feces are thin or watery, sometimes with mucus and foam, and the feces has a fishy smell. However, when a cat suffers from colitis, its mental state and body temperature are normal, and its food intake occasionally increases. In this case, how should it be treated?

1. Limit the amount and frequency of food, and change the food. For example, a cat that eats fish and has diarrhea can be replaced with meat food or animal liver, and vice versa.

2. Antibiotic therapy and corticosteroid therapy are effective for this disease. Kanamycin 50,000 units/kg body weight, dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg body weight mixed intramuscular injection or gentamicin 10,000 units/kg body weight , Dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg body weight, mixed intramuscular injection, 2 times/day, for 3-5 days. You can also take gentamicin 20,000 units per kilogram of body weight and dexamethasone 0.5 mg/kg of body weight orally, twice a day for 3-5 days.

3. Orally take 0.25 mg of silver silica, 5 mg of vitamin B complex, and 0.3 g of multi-enzyme tablets, twice a day for 5 days.

4. For parasitic patients, 0.5 mg/kg of body weight can be taken orally, and then taken again every 6 days.