Feline Enteritis and Bloody Stools

Feline enteritis and bloody stools are mainly caused by infection, eating indigestible or frozen foods, etc. The treatment principles mainly include supplementing fluids, stopping diarrhea, reducing inflammation, and increasing nutrition. If your cat has fewer vomiting and diarrhea episodes, you can give it oral antibiotics, anti-vomiting and anti-diarrhea drugs, and feed it small amounts while ensuring sufficient water intake. If the cat has more frequent vomiting and diarrhea, it will require intravenous fluid therapy.

Classification of Enteritis

Feline enteritis can be generally divided into bacterial infections, fungal infections, parasitic infections, viral infections such as coronavirus, feline leukemia virus, parvovirus immune-mediated diseases, diet intolerance, inflammatory bowel disease, protein-deficient enteritis, enteritis caused by internal medicine diseases, physical causes of intestinal obstruction, and enteritis caused by drugs or viruses, etc.

Treatment of Enteritis

To treat feline enteritis and bloody stools, sulfonamide antibiotics can be used for inflammation, and diarrhea-stopping drugs can be administered to prevent the cat from dying of dehydration due to diarrhea. Oral rehydration salts should be given to replenish fluids and prevent dehydration or electrolyte disorders. Glucose can be given to the cat to replenish energy. In addition, it is important to disinfect the cat's living environment.

Diet for Enteritis

After the cat has recovered from enteritis, it is usually recommended to feed it some easily digestible foods, such as low-fat prescription cat food, intestinal prescription cans, chicken breast, etc. It is also advised to feed the cat nutritional supplements to replenish B-group vitamins and minerals. Regular deworming is necessary, with a frequency of about once or twice a month.