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Introduction What are the symptoms? What are the causes? Treatments? Introduction Feline IBD stands for Cat Irritable Bowel Disease. It is not uncommon, hence this article. In fact, incidences of this disease have increased over the past 30 years1. It is quite a descriptive title for a disease because the bowel is indeed irritated. …
When you read about feline IBD it almost seems like an enigma wrapped in a riddle for its complexity. It is often idiopathic – the cause is unknown. If the cause is unknown the cause can’t be removed. The cat has to receive immune-suppressive drugs with side effects. This is a second best solution. …
Yes, IBD in cats is painful. It is painful in people and therefore it must be the same for cats. Also, I know this because today I was reading about a study on facial expressions when cats are in pain. It’s a study which looks at how cats’ facial expressions change subtly when they …
Are there any home remedies for IBD in cats? Yes and it is a complete transition to a raw, grainless diet for your cat. I feel I am allowed to discuss this because normally veterinarians don’t provide advice of home remedies for this condition which is an allergic reaction to cat food. Vets administer …
This article was plucked from the comments section on this page. It is written by a visitor (username: Achance4cats) to PoC who kindly posted about his experience and that of his female cat. We will be embarking on this procedure [faecal microbiota transplantation] with our vet Wednesday, as a final approach to what has …
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is described as the disease of the decade with respect to domestic cats. The description comes from Elizabeth Hodgkins the veterinarian who wrote the excellent book Your Cat. According to Elizabeth, over the past 10 years in America, the number of new cases of feline IBD has increased more than …
“Bowel-flora alteration through fecal microbiota transplantation is a potential future cure for feline inflammatory bowel disease”(Michael) To the best of my knowledge a new treatment called “faecal microbiota transplantation” (FMT) has never been discussed as a treatment for feline inflammatory bowel disease (feline IBD). Update: there is at least one example of this on …
