Expert: Marcia Owen - 1/26/2009

Question
Hello im very concerned about my cat Twinkle, who is a pedigree Ragdoll, she has been suffering with very runny stools for about five days i have kept her on dry food for this period. I was advised by a freind to boil some chicken and mixed it in with some unwashed brown rice to replace her normal diet. Iam increasingly concerned as she seems to be in some kind of pain, i don't know if this is because the runny stools have caused her to be sore in the anal area

Answer
Dear Fanoulla

If Twinkle has had this diahorrea for 5 days and its not improving, then I think she really needs to see a vet to get some sort of treatment. It may be a parasite causing this or an infection but in either case the vet is the best person to give you some diagnosis.

Dried food would not have helped it, but some boiled fish and chicken should have done.

Please make an appointment with the vet so that Twinkle can start to feel well again.

Marcia.