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| 3727.1 |  | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Wed Jun 20 1990 12:29 | 9 | 
|  |     It is very possible that intestinal parasites may have gone undetected
    in the previous check.  Try not to worry, they will get to the bottom
    of this. 
    
    My sister had a cat that had chronic colitis.  That cat had blood
    in her stool all the time.  They finally figured out that it was
    related to her diet.  She is fine now.
    
    Jo
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| 3727.2 |  | SANFAN::FOSSATJU |  | Wed Jun 20 1990 14:32 | 8 | 
|  |     Sounds like it could be coccidia - I went through the same thing
    with Stitch when he was about 10 weeks old - there was blood everywhere
    when I went to clean the box in the morning - his tummy was also
    bloated - Dr. Scott got him on medication and he was just fine almost
    immediately.
    
    
    Giudi
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| 3727.3 |  | SSGVAX::DALEY |  | Wed Jun 20 1990 15:05 | 4 | 
|  |     can't say I had this problem with my cats, but did with my dog.
    She looked and ate well, but had picked up a parasite and had
    developed a colitis condition as well. Like you, I was in a panic.
    She was put on medication for a week and all is a-okay now. 
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| 3727.4 |  | ESIS::FEASE | Andrea Midtmoen Fease | Wed Jun 20 1990 19:47 | 13 | 
|  |     Hi Valerie,
    
         Loki has blood in his stool every so often, especially when his
    stool is loose.  His vet said that sometimes the straining involved
    with a loose stool/diarrhea can cause some bleeding.  I know I've had
    tht happen to me too.
    
         I was told as long as the blood was fresh, it wasn't anything
    really serious (of course it should be checked, but it isn't life-
    threatening as dried blood {internal bleeding} would be).
    
    					- Andrea
    
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| 3727.5 | I'm much calmer now... | SMEGIT::ROSSI |  | Thu Jun 21 1990 14:52 | 10 | 
|  |     Thanks for all the info.  I have an appointment on Friday with the vet. 
    I do think her belly is awfully big for a little kitten so I'll have
    her checked for worms.  Well I'm not in a state of panic anymore.  I
    never knew how common it was.  So I'll just relax and take it easy..
    
    Thanks guys and gals for all your help..
    
    You've never let me down yet...
    
    Valerie
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| 3727.6 |  | CRUISE::NDC | Putiput Scottish Folds - DTN: 297-2313 | Mon Jun 25 1990 08:10 | 9 | 
|  |     re: missing parasites in the stool.  
    
    Several months ago when I learned to associate the "round belly"
    that I saw in the weymouth commons kitties with roundworm, I took
    a stool sample from Jesse to the vet to be checked for worms.  It
    came back clean which i found impossible to believe.  Jesse very
    obediently threw up two round worms the following morning!
    
    Nancy
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