Topic: Good News for Karlo!!!!!!! (Read 7563 times)

cazzer · « **Reply #95 on:** August 10, 2011, 17:47:57 PM »

thanks for that. They really love the fortiflora but that only seems to come in sachets as well and is therefore expensive at £22 for about 30 sachets. I swear the non IBD cats know when I sprinkle it on food and muscle their way to the front of the IBD cats to get to it! Nothing seems to have developed at Karlo's rear end so hoping it won't!

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #94 on:** August 10, 2011, 00:26:11 AM »

Quote from: cazzer on August 09, 2011, 17:43:09 PM

Hi no I don't have him on probiotics at moment. I have used fortiflora in the past with Oska and Sassie my brother and sister persians both with IBD and found that all of the cats including Karlo loved that. What probiotic do you use?

Initially I was using Lacto-B but when I went to re-order I couldn't get hold of the tub (only the sachets) so googled and came across 'Blooming Pets probiotics'. The Lacto-B was around £15 for a 75g tub whereas this comes in a 350g tub and was £12 delivered from a pet powerseller on ebay. Riley was 'fixed' when I switched from lacto-b to this one so can't say for certain how effective it is as have been using it for maintenance but *touch wood* he's OK still.

http://www.bloomingpets.com/acatalog/Online_Catalog_Blooming_Pets_Probiotics_355.html

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Blooming-Pets-Probiotics-supplement-Dog-Coat-Healthcare-/370532311828?pt=UK_Pet_Supplies_Dogs&hash=item5645726314

cazzer · « **Reply #93 on:** August 09, 2011, 17:43:09 PM »

Hi no I don't have him on probiotics at moment. I have used fortiflora in the past with Oska and Sassie my brother and sister persians both with IBD and found that all of the cats including Karlo loved that. What probiotic do you use?

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #92 on:** August 08, 2011, 23:18:21 PM »

That's good to hear

Do you have him on probiotics?

Riley went through a runny bum stage that *touch wood* has cleared up but I daren't take him off the probiotics just in case!

Jiji · « **Reply #91 on:** August 08, 2011, 20:59:29 PM »

Glad he is doing well, hope the change in meat works

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #90 on:** August 08, 2011, 20:54:33 PM »

Doesnt Grau contain rice? might be that thats causing the looseness.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #89 on:** August 08, 2011, 20:46:43 PM »

Hope he is Ok

cazzer · « **Reply #88 on:** August 08, 2011, 19:35:57 PM »

thanks for asking. He has been fine

. He has been on Grau beef for a while now. However took him to vet tonight and it seems he is a little loose so may have to think again though. So going to order some Grau lamb just in case.

Jiji · « **Reply #87 on:** August 08, 2011, 18:00:35 PM »

How is Karlo doing?

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #86 on:** July 23, 2011, 13:40:07 PM »

Food is such a pain when companies mess around grrrrrrrrrr

I hope Karlo stays well

cazzer · « **Reply #85 on:** July 23, 2011, 13:06:17 PM »

grrr well Zooplus cancelled my order of horsemeat yesterday due to moving their warehouse and being out of stock of lots of things. I quickly ordered Grau beef which he was on whilst I was waiting for the horsemeat to turn up. I'm going to run out of that today though so he will be going onto grau lamb. He and the others love the beef so I hope the lamb will be as popular. But again I don't have a huge stock of that and will have to go to the next variety I have in the cupboard. {Don't have a huge amount of Grau in the cupboard and it is the only singel source protein I have}. Meanwhile there is about three cupboards of food that he can't have as vet doesn't him to have a mixture of proteins. I'm trying to feed this to the others whilst I'm at home but this isn't possible when I'm at work.

Meanwhile the little man is still ok. So he was last poorly the beginning of June

cazzer · « **Reply #84 on:** July 16, 2011, 10:13:31 AM »

Thanks everyone. On looking further it seemed that the kangaroo etc wasn't a single source. however I found the horsemeat on zooplus.com rather than zooplus.uk so have ordered from there. I've also found a single source venison from Floyds in Germany which I'll get if need be. On reflection I don't think he has ever tried reindeer as the bozita reindeer I'm sure I bought for Kalle and Kyrre when they were kittens and no one would touch it so I never ordered again.

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #83 on:** July 16, 2011, 01:16:54 AM »

Brilliant news! This is a banana/chicken combo moment if ever there was one!

I did look into single source protein foods when Riley was having tummy issues, just need to find where I wrote it all down

Will post as soon as I find it

sheryl · « **Reply #82 on:** July 15, 2011, 20:13:50 PM »

Oh sweetie I am so so pleased for you and Karlo xxx

Have you thought of trying a raw diet for him, also I have heard that Venison is good as a single source of protein x

cazzer · « **Reply #81 on:** July 15, 2011, 20:12:11 PM »

Thanks Gillian, yes he's had rabbit. And lamb, and duck. Don't think he's had venison [is it the same as reindeer as he's had that?] Zooplus don't seem to sell the horsemeat anymore but they do kangaroo, ostrich, buffalo, goose and venison that are single source. The last two seem to have some fruit with it though

. Re the raw he won't touch it as the other wegies have some everyday but he won't touch it. This is where I suffer for feeding him so well as I think I shall to go down the exotic route! Everything is grain free as well so can't pin the blame on that!

Gillian Harvey · « **Reply #80 on:** July 15, 2011, 20:04:46 PM »

Excellent! glad to hear some good news

What about rabbit? although he's probably eaten that at some point before, its in a few cat foods. If he hasnt had it you could try Woldsway http://www.woldsway.co.uk/acatalog/Pet_Meat.html It might be worth trying raw with him anyway, it can be a real help for cats with IBD - this site has lots of good info and is written by a cat owner whose cat had IBD and she changed him over to raw http://www.catnutrition.org/

cazzer · « **Reply #79 on:** July 15, 2011, 18:59:04 PM »

yes it is!

Jiji · « **Reply #78 on:** July 15, 2011, 18:45:37 PM »

Is that the Granta?

cazzer · « **Reply #77 on:** July 15, 2011, 18:38:41 PM »

Thanks!!!!

yes you are right re exotic meats just had my first delivery from Germany today of food that we can't get in UK. Some of that has ostrich but its not a single source and he has already had the other protein.

Jiji · « **Reply #76 on:** July 15, 2011, 18:35:47 PM »

I am so pleased it is not FIP

Can't think of any tinned food at the moment other than the horsemeat, think most of the ones that contain more exotic meats are not single source.

cazzer · « **Reply #75 on:** July 15, 2011, 18:25:32 PM »

Got the result of the biopsy today and the handsome one doesn't have FIP!!!

What he actually does have is IBD [my third cat with IBD along with Sassie and Oska my elderly persians!!!]. So now have problem as he is only a baby of trying to track down the cause of it of which there could be numerous, one of which could be diet. We've agreed with Kate to let him recover from his op and let him carry on eating his normal food for a week or so. We then are going to put him on a single source protein that he has never tried before to see what effect this has. At moment the only ones I can think of are Hermann's horsemeat and Almo Nature trout [which is complementary]. Any one else got any ideas. He normally eats Grau so all of those are out.

Am so happy!!!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #74 on:** July 12, 2011, 14:56:51 PM »

So pleased the op went well

cazzer · « **Reply #73 on:** July 12, 2011, 13:20:33 PM »

thanks everyone its much appreciated. Karlo I'm sure would give you all a little head butt as thanks

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #72 on:** July 12, 2011, 13:08:39 PM »

Glad it went OK, have everything crossed for the test results

Jiji · « **Reply #71 on:** July 12, 2011, 10:50:04 AM »

Pleased to hear his is recovering well from the op, fingers still crossed for the results.

cazzer · « **Reply #70 on:** July 12, 2011, 09:05:03 AM »

hi thanks for asking about him. yes Karlo came home yesterday. He seems very well recovered after the op and doesn't have any walking issues currently. He has a dressing the length of his belly poor little soul. Everyone at the hospital said what a special boy he is. Haven't had any test results back yet.

Susanne (urbantigers) · « **Reply #69 on:** July 12, 2011, 08:16:06 AM »

How is Karlo now? Is he home?

Jiji · « **Reply #68 on:** July 07, 2011, 19:10:09 PM »

Pleased to hear he is ok after the op and he is in the best place to recover. Try not to worry too much

jezebel · « **Reply #67 on:** July 07, 2011, 19:06:03 PM »

I don't know who's having the worst time - you or Karlo!

Good vibes to both of you anyhow, and lots of purrs and headbutts to Karlo.

cazzer · « **Reply #66 on:** July 07, 2011, 17:42:16 PM »

Thanks everyone.

well Karlo has had his op and came through it ok. Iwas a bag of nerves all day though. He's going to go to the vet hospital to be looked after until Monday when he can come home. Test results in about a week FIP maybe a bit longer. Vets still talking about FIP causing the lymph nodes to swell and and an unrelated problem causing the strange walk

. Poor little beggar.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #65 on:** July 07, 2011, 17:39:58 PM »

Any news?

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #64 on:** July 07, 2011, 07:20:45 AM »

Hope everything goes OK today

Judecat (Paula) · « **Reply #63 on:** July 07, 2011, 00:00:47 AM »

Everything crossed!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #62 on:** July 06, 2011, 21:09:03 PM »

I hope everything goes well tomorrow, I really dont believe its FIP cos think he probably wouldnt be with you still if it was

Jiji · « **Reply #61 on:** July 06, 2011, 21:02:05 PM »

Poor Karlo, hope the biopsies go well tomorrow and the results show it is nothing serious, sending hugs to you both

cazzer · « **Reply #60 on:** July 06, 2011, 19:33:18 PM »

well Karlo is back briefly from the vet. The xray found that he has mild hip dysplasia, but nothing that would cause the problem that he is having walking. The scan showed that that his lymph nodes are still enlarged. So the poor boy is going back tomorrow for a biopsy of his abdomen, pancreas and lymph nodes. Helen said that she doesn't think that it is the wegie disease as it would have started about 5 months and by eight months the muscles are pretty bad. He is 11 months old now. However they are still saying that it could be FIP

. Its possible that he has two problems going on rather than the just one that we originally thought. Tonight he is walking fine. He's had a whole tin of almo nature to himself, poor little soul

I am scared silly over this op

cazzer · « **Reply #59 on:** July 05, 2011, 21:17:25 PM »

thanks everyone the vibes are appreciated. He's not going to be too happy tonight when the food bowl goes away but he had a tin of almo nature chicken as a treat tonight. Bless him

Tiggy's Mum · « **Reply #58 on:** July 05, 2011, 21:06:20 PM »

Will be thinking of you both tomorrow

Jiji · « **Reply #57 on:** July 05, 2011, 18:21:43 PM »

Sending my best wishes and positive thoughts to you and Karlo, hope all goes well tomorrow

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #56 on:** July 05, 2011, 18:19:06 PM »

This must be so hard for you and can only send loads of good wishes for tomorrow, wish I could wave a magic wand

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