Raising cats is not afraid of being eaten poor by cats, and they are afraid that cats will get sick! Of all the common diseases in cats, softness is one of the most common problems that give shovelers a headache. There is a problem with the poop that must be the intestine at work, this kind of inertia thinking is very common, everyone's first reaction is to eat something wrong, followed by food change, probiotics, intestinal conditioning... Enteritis has thus become the cat's soft back pot man, today we are going to debunk the rumors, for enteritis to say a word!
The cause of soft stools in cats is not limited to enteritis
There are often shovelers who discuss with each other what cat food is better, and most of the reasons for asking them to change food are because of soft stool! Everyone has always believed that the soft stool of cats must be a problem with cat food, or that their own cats are more sensitive to cat food and are more picky about cat food, so it is good to change a cat food. So the cat's soft stool problems are blamed on the cat's intestinal sensitivity/enteritis or cat food problems. In fact, this is a kind of extreme inertial thinking, not to say that it is wrong but that it does not correctly understand the real reason for the cat's soft stool. Because there are many reasons for cats to have soft stools, enteritis or cat food is not adapted to is only one of the reasons.
Soft stool cause 1: There is a problem with cat food or it is not adapted
Cat food is indeed one of the most direct reasons for the soft stools of cats, just like the first reaction of human diarrhea is to eat a bad stomach, which must be a food problem. There are several questions to consider here, has the grain been changed? Does the change of food give an adequate transition period? Has it been a long time since the soft stool? Is there any condition other than soft stools? For example, are there worms in the poop? Is there blood? Is the cat mentally good? If there are other symptoms, or if the soft stool problem is still not solved after the change of food, it means that the soft stool of the cat is not a simple solution to the change of food.
Soft stool cause 2: Stress conditions in the new environment
Cats are very nervous in a new environment or have a new partner, and they are easily stressed. One of the stress reactions is soft stool thinning, if the duration is not very long, you can observe it first, don't worry about changing the grain, the original grain can be eaten first to observe. And if there are other cats in the house, don't let them play together too quickly, and it is better to isolate for a few days to familiarize themselves with each other.
Soft stool cause 4: Cold stomach
In the change of seasons, especially in the spring and autumn, the temperature difference is relatively large, so it is necessary to do a good job of keeping the cat warm at night, do not let the cat on the air outlet, and replace the cat with a soft cushion in winter. The cat is also a small animal that is very afraid of catching a cold, and the sudden soft stool may also be due to a cold, recalling whether the recent weather has suddenly cooled down?
Soft stool cause 4: Parasite intestinal pear-shaped flagella
In fact, a very important reason for the soft stool of cats is that there are parasites, especially intestinal pear-shaped flagella, which parasitizes in the intestines of cats and will be discharged through the intestines. Contaminated cat litter boxes are very likely to cause secondary infections if not cleaned up in time. Infected cats will have long-term soft stools, severe stools will be bloody, cats will have weight loss, no appetite, poor spirits and other conditions.
Why cats are infected with intestinal pear-shaped flagella
Why do cats get intestinal pear-shaped flagellar? Mainly contact with contaminated water, food, or feces. Although many cats are "staying at home", the sole of the shoveler's shoe may carry some parasitic eggs and the like, especially some kittens or cats with low resistance are easily infected, if it is a multi-cat family, it will also be transmitted to other cats, so it must be dewormed in time to avoid serious consequences.
What should I do if my cat is infected with intestinal pear-shaped flagella?
So if the cat has soft stools for a long time, the first thing to do is not to change the food, but to think about how long it has not been deworming the cat, and then go to observe the cat's stool to see if there are special circumstances (whether it is bloody, whether it has a lot of mucus, whether there are worms). If these conditions are not so certain, it is very simple to know whether the cat is infected with intestinal pear-shaped flagella, take the cat to do a stool test, and there are clinical rapid screening test strips for intestinal pear-shaped flagella, and the results will soon be available.
If it is determined that the infection is parasite, then regularly feed the cat to eat anthelmintic drugs, and the cat litter basin should be thoroughly cleaned to avoid re-infection.
Note: Some shovelers wonder why I got infected if I had obviously dewormed cats? There are many reasons for this, the first is to correctly understand that the deworming drug has a body and in vitro, the second internal deworming drug must determine whether the cat really eats it, some cats are very naughty will hide in the mouth and then find an opportunity to spit it out; third, if there is a habit of slipping cats, you must pay attention not to let the cat drink water in the gutter, fountain or puddle, these places are likely to have parasites.
Therefore, the cat soft stool should not simply think that changing the grain is ok, be sure to check out other possibilities and then consider the matter of changing the grain.