Our rescue unfortunately had this when we got her. She was 4 years old at the time. It saddens me to think how long she suffered with this before we were lucky enough to welcome to her forever home and get her proper treatment.

This was fascinating. I have an older cat (all of mine are rescues) who was homeless for quite some time. She came to me and I've realized there are digestive issues but what they are or are from, I had no idea. I blamed it on the homelessness and poor diet but now I will take her to the vet to be checked for this. Sadly, the dehydration could be part of the causes of her chronic kidney disease. Oh my poor girl!

@wellthissucks112

23 күн бұрын

did you take her to the vet yet? Did it end up being this issue?

I adopted a kitten who had normal-looking poops, but they were really stinky - and he had some deadly farts! Once he was treated by my vet, he was totally fine. She said he might've gotten it from being in a shelter with other cats. I hope they were all adopted, saw a vet, and are all as happy as my little guy. :)

I work in a vet's office and spend a lot of time talking about giardia. This is a GREAT video about what it is and how it works. To this I would add: 1) Giardia is very common. If your pet tests positive, DON'T PANIC. Please follow the medication directions and wash your hands after handling your pet's stool (as you normally would). 2) As the doc said, it isn't always a symptomatic condition (or your pet may have short term symptoms, like for one day) so please get your pet's stool tested annually. Ideally, if you haven't had your pet's stool tested recently don't skimp out just because your pet isn't having symptoms. 3) if you are concerned about your exposure to giardia (or another human family member's exposure), ask your doctor, not your vet. We can give you get general information but we can't do much more than that for a human.

@karmenmiles-mesch9295

Ай бұрын

What is used to treat this?

@spinynrmn7121

Ай бұрын

@@karmenmiles-mesch9295 it can be a combination of things but the anti-parasitic my office uses is Fenbendazole aka albon.

@spinynrmn7121

Ай бұрын

​​@@karmenmiles-mesch9295 I'm happy to answer your question but first I have to say: if you are concerned that your pet may have Giardia, please DO NOT order this medication or give this to your pet without the guidance of a veterinarian. They will need to tell you the medication dosage, how much to give, how often, and for how long, plus whether your pet will need any other treatments along with this. Now that that's out of the way: there is more than one possible treatment, and other medications may be added than just an antiparasitic. The main antiparasitic medication my office uses is Fenbendazole (aka Albon). Some practices may also recommend adding an antidiarrheal and/or an antibiotic given your pet symptoms and the results of the fecal test. I hope that helps ☺️

Had to explain what this was to non sciencey people who get new dogs. But they understand “just keep an eye on the poop” pretty well.

After a quarter century of kitten rescue, you have officially traumatized me with your Hershey squirt eating.

@danielar3716

Ай бұрын

Same😂

Great information and presented quite well. Thank you.

Just had a client come down with it, because she let her puppy lick her face/mouth! Then BOTH had to get treated for a very long time, pup still shows positive on tests despite everything

Ammonium cleaner such as Lysol is the Best cleaner for this infection to clean it up in your home which kills this protozoa. Pinesol does Not kill giardia. My mom's cat had if either from the veterinarian clinic not properly cleaning their kennels or the breeder getting contaminated water.

Can you talk about urinary tract infection? Specifically one with crystals in the bladder

@PropunKla

Ай бұрын

Spent thousands recently on that issue!

@Russianbluekitten717

Ай бұрын

@@PropunKla oh ya, we spent like $4000 because he was there for two nights

It's a good idea to take water along if you do road trips with your pets. Different water affects them too, and definitely don't let them drink from the odd lake or stream.

Ok you explained that much better than my former GI doctor. Not a fun experience

I’m sorry but trophozoites are just the cutest little parasites. Look, they have a smiley face.

My sister nearly died from this parasite.

Uuhhg, my cats had this, it was awful. The vet wouldn't prescribe the treatment to both cats without taking both cats in and one was asymptomatic, so the treatment failed, since they shared a litter box. We did treat them both but not at the same time. Eventually it did resolve but only by the cats immune system. Man they hated that medicine, and the vet cut it up so weirdly.

My cats had this when they were little. Tried different medications, did a whole lot of cleaning, even got a steam cleaner (the damn thing is f***ing useless). I finally gave up. Symptoms stopped anyway. I suspect it is impossible to get rid of the buggers by cleaning unless you are willing to keep your cat isolated in a small cage for quite some time.

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Our rescue kitten had live fleas and giardia when the rescue centre got him 2 months before we adopted him. He's now about 10mth old and I thought he was cleared completely but occasionally has partial diarrhoea and blood in poop. We keep him indoors and I'm usually cautious about hygience. I suppose I should do a poop diary for him and my kids in case 😅

My puppy had a bad case when I first got him. Seemed to go on for months. Could this lead to having issues with yeast later on? Presently dealing with this…

@rieaweer7459

Ай бұрын

Ask your vet please

Which poop are you eating in this video? It looks tasty!

@Dr.BozelkaERVet1

Ай бұрын

It was actually BBQ sauce…. I forgot to pick up actual chocolate syrup before I filmed this… it was a tough sacrifice I made for the sake of science!

@TheSouthIsHot

Ай бұрын

@@Dr.BozelkaERVet1 🤣You did it very well!