Cat Leaves Poop Trails...

	Male cat leaving trails of poop all over house
Question:	QUESTION: My 8 month old male cat has been leaving little trails of poop all over my house for the last month. I have to clean up after him at least 6-7 times a day. He does it on the carpet, vynol floor, on the counter, and right outside the litter box. But he does poop in the box. It's almost like he's having "wet farts". I've spend lots of money on carpet cleaner and 409. I bought special cleaner that said it would help him from pooping in the same spot twice, but so far that hasn't worked. I've taken him to the vet and they gave him medicine. he was fine the week he was on the medicine and the week after but then went back to leaving the trails. the stool is really loose. I've tried changing his food and I'm constantly cleaning his box out. I'm at my wits end! Do you have any advice? I really don't know what to do! Thanks! ANSWER: Hi Erica, First and foremost i must ask in a situation like this is did your vet do a fecal? Was it checked for coccidia? Did your vet do a giardia snap? What was the diagnosis? If not, find a more astute vet that will do fecal and giardia snap. Perhaps one dose did not get rid of the oocycsts and did not eliminate the problem. So further treatment would be required. Is this an indoor/outdoor kitten? Is it multiple animal home? What were the meds he was on? From the preliminary sounds of your email this does not sound behavioral but health related esp with the loose stool. Intestinal parasites are very common and nothing to be alarmed about. It could be easily solved but i need more information. Please let me know diagnoses and meds administered? Shanti ---------- FOLLOW-UP ---------- QUESTION: Hi Shanti, Thanks for getting back to me so quickly! Here are the answers to your questions: First and foremost i must ask in a situation like this is did your vet do a fecal? Yes he did. Was it checked for coccidia? Yes he was. And they did find that my cat had coccidia. Did your vet do a giardia snap? I looked at the vet records and this was not on there. So I'm going to say no. What was the diagnosis? My vet said that Brutus did have coccidia and they put him on 2 medicines plus a special food for his G.I. Track. Is this an indoor/outdoor kitten? Brutus is a strictly indoor cat. And very spoiled might I add. :-) Is it multiple animal home? Yes. We had a female kitten before we got him. We got him so our first cat would have someone to play with and keep her company when we were at work. What were the meds he was on? He was on Albon Oral Susp. 250 MG/5 ML, Carafate Suspension LG/10 ML, and Forti Flora packets for his food as well. I gave him 1 CC of the Carafate an hour before I gave him his other medicine (Albon-once daily 1 1/2 cc) and his food, which had the Forti Flora on it. (He ate twice a day. I had always let him eat whenever he wanted to before he was on the medicine and I went back to doing that when he was out of the medicine) I hope I gave you the information you needed. I hope it helps!
Answer:	Hi Erica, Being that there are two cats, they might both need to be treated. They could be passing the coccidia between themselves. It sounds as if it was not gotten rid of completely. Check her stool too. Both stool samples less than two hours old if possible should be checked again. It is also possible that perhaps due to stress or not having an immune system that is super strong it could be isolated to just Brutus. Did you mention to your vet that there is another kitty? also, ask vet to do a giardia snap as well. Has there been any stresses for him? Stress is thought to play a big role with coccidia. Keep up with probiotics, add collostrum and nutritionally superior food to his diet. Dr Pitcairn's Natural Health for Dogs and Cats have nice immune building formula recipes. I always say if you dont want to cook specifically designed feline natural diet add good alaskan salmon, organic chicken, beef if they like it and if they eat greens (some cats do) pumpkin, squash to their food. You can sprinkle with nutritional yeast sprinkles to his food and add a nice quality organic yogurt with plenty of healthful bacteria. Many holistic people like to use garlic and black walnut for parasites but there are potential toxicity issues and too much can cause things like Heinz anemia. But you can boil some organic chicken and add a crushed garlic clove to water and a pinch of salt. To that you can add some olive oil. This can be supplemental to his diet and added to his food. Some cats take up to 3 weeks to get rid of coccidia and while he is on albon, add the probiotics, collostrum, natural organic food to build immunity (always keep good quality food in their diet), consult vet about if you need to treat both cats. Always monitor for dehydration and your vet can show you how to tell by his skin turgor. Keep stress to a minimum for them as stress seems to make coccidia worse. Make sure they don't keep reinfecting themselves by if necessary treating both and sanitizing litterboxes, and lots of love for the little guy, for both. He wouldn't be pooping out of the box if it wasnt for this, thank you for asking and confirming. I really do wish vets were diligent enough to follow up with their clients but i assume their thinking is if the problem wasn't resolved you would phone them. So please take fecal sample for both of them (stool as fresh as possible)and ask is it also possible to check for giardia. Good luck and your carpets and floors will certainly be clean again as soon as this is resolved!! Shanti