What are the reasons for the abnormal cat poop? Teach you a few tricks to deal with it easily! Excretion is a part of the body's internal material circulation and metabolism that cannot be ignored. However, in cat breeding, Owners often encounter soft stools or even loose stools. These symptoms are also divided into many types. Generally, owners can observe carefully. The causes of diarrhea and soft stools in cats can be mainly divided into disease factors and non-disease factors. Disease factors Most of them are caused by infectious diseases or parasites, while non-disease factors are mainly caused by improper feeding.

I. Disease factors 

First, in young or under-immunized animals, the possibility of disease should be considered when diarrhea or soft stools are present.  

1. Viral infectious diseases

Common in cats include feline distemper virus, For the baby who bought it home, even if the seller says that he has been vaccinated, he cannot completely guarantee that he will not get sick, because there is an incubation period for the large-scale reproduction of the virus in the body, and the vaccine during the incubation period is likely to have no protective effect. Therefore, after the owners take the newly bought baby home for observation for a week, it is best to go to the hospital for booster immunization or test the antibody. If the antibody level is high, it means that the vaccine has a better protection effect on the animal.    

2. Parasites

Infection of internal parasites also causes baby An important factor in the development of digestive tract problems. Animals that have not been dewormed should first consider the infection of digestive tract parasites such as coccidia, roundworms, and trichomoniasis. Parasites will not only compete for nutrients in animals, occupy space in the digestive tract and cause indigestion, but also run around in various organs in the body, causing great harm. Therefore, parents must deworm on time.  

3. Other diseases

Cold and cold can lead to imbalance of gastrointestinal function, If the weather changes, if you don’t pay attention to keeping the cat warm, it can make the cat catch a cold and catch a cold. Severe cold exposure will lead to gastrointestinal dysfunction, gastrointestinal dysfunction, indigestion of the cat’s diet, and loose stools. Other diseases that may cause diarrhea, such as gastroenteritis, abnormal pancreatic function, abnormal thyroid function, etc., should also be paid attention to, but these diseases usually show other symptoms in addition to diarrhea, and owners should take their little ones to go after discovering them. Hospital examination to confirm the diagnosis, and then analyze the specific situation.    

Second, non-disease factors 

In addition to disease factors, there are many reasons that may cause baby diarrhea or soft stools, such as:

1. Change food. After changing the food, the baby's intestines are not suitable.  

2. Indigestion. Cats may not be able to effectively break down the swallowed hairballs in their digestive tract.  

3. Food allergy or intolerance. The foods with the highest allergy rates are beef, dairy and fish meat.  

4. Intestinal flora imbalance.  

5. Stress. Stress responses such as stress, anxiety and maladaptation given to animals by the environment.

Because cats can't eat too salty food, let alone shrimp, squid, ham and spoiled food, and are allergic to irritating food, if Feeding these foods, the cat will inevitably have gastrointestinal problems, diarrhea and unformed stools. Therefore, it is the healthiest for cats to eat special cat food. Fish and rice porridge cannot meet all the nutritional needs of cats, and cats are carnivores and cannot obtain nutrients from meals. And cat food is very good for cats' teeth, long-term soft food can make cats suffer from dental disease.

Many owners find that their baby has diarrhea or soft stools and always prefer to give a little antidiarrheal or antibiotics for human use, which is not right. Some human use of pharmaceutical ingredients can cause poisoning reactions in animals, such as acetaminophen-based drugs can cause poisoning in cats. So please do not use human drugs on animals without knowing it.  

So what should I do? When a cat has abnormal stools, parents must first determine whether the situation is serious. If there is only occasional mild constipation, then scientific diet adjustment can also improve this abnormal stool very well. Conversely, if the pet cat has severe constipation or has had irregular bowel movements for a long time. So, as the owner, take the cat to the hospital first. If food allergy is suspected, discontinue supply of that food.  

Treatment of severe constipation in cats may require enema, medication or surgery. And treatment must be done with the help of a veterinarian. As a parent, you cannot give your cat any diarrhea medicine, let alone gastrointestinal enemas or surgery.