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by Chantel
Wed Nov 12, 2014 7:20 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits
Replies: 11
Views: 2513

Re: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habi

I've got some WONDERFUL news!!! :D :D :D Yesterday when I got home from work, I put some sand / gravel from the garden in another litter box and placed it next to her other one in the spare bedroom. Kitty had a good sniff and feel, and when I looked again later I found she'd had a poo in it!!! YAY!!...
by Chantel
Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:08 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits
Replies: 11
Views: 2513

Re: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habi

We've had her now for 3½ weeks, and she's been on the special gastro intestinal diet and Protexion for 8 days now. She's had diarrhoea since the day we got her (with the exception of when it cleared up for about 2 days when she started her new diet). My husband uses an anti bacterial cleaning spray ...
by Chantel
Tue Nov 11, 2014 2:01 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits
Replies: 11
Views: 2513

Re: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habi

Thanks greenkitty. The vet here recommended Protexion, which is a probiotic powder specially formulated to help with digestive / intestinal problems, and specifically diarhoea. And the Hills prescription diet that the Vet suggested is also specially formulated to help sort out gastro intestinal prob...
by Chantel
Tue Nov 11, 2014 1:15 pm
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits
Replies: 11
Views: 2513

Re: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habi

Thank you so much for your reply. I will definately try using dirt from the garden in her litter box. I will try anything at this stage - we're absolutely desperate. She used the litter box only 2 or 3 times in the beginning, but now doesn't go near it. When I see her looking for a place to poo, I p...
by Chantel
Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:59 am
Forum: Health and Behaviour Queries, Help and Advice
Topic: Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits
Replies: 11
Views: 2513

Desperately seeking advice - kitten with bad toilet habits

Hi Everyone Out of desperation, I turned to Google to see if I could find anything to help me with my problem and I was thrilled when I came across this site. I work at a large animal feed manufacturing plant (in South Africa), and we have a lot of ferral cats on our premises. Fortunately our compan...