Luckily I never mixed the anti-spasmodics with her dry food, because that would have been a real nightmare!!
Actually, the meds won't fix her digestion, but they'll make sure she isn't in any pain (two months of soft stools can't be good for her insides).
The diagnosis was made because she'd finished her previous treatments a while ago, and she’s on highly digestible kibble and FortiFlora, so there was no obvious reason for the runny tummy.
On top of the two "bouts" of pain, we did a stool sample to check for parasites.
This thing is really rare (I’ve started another thread about cryptosporidium if you want to see what a shambles it is; I'm trying to help the few people in my situation because I’ve only found one other person talking about it online).
It’s a parasite that mostly affects cattle and pigs and it's very rare in dogs or cats because they usually clear it naturally, unless they are immunocompromised.
Because of that, there isn’t really a specific treatment for them.
Mind you, I don’t think my vet was just taking advantage. I’ve spent so much time there over the last two months; he’s given me plenty of discounts, gave me his personal number so he could keep an eye on my girl even when he’s off, and he’s done loads of research into this thing since he probably doesn't see it often.
And even if he was "profiting" from the result, the fact remains that this thing is there and it could be causing her symptoms :) I might as well try and get her sorted with this before looking into anything else (hope I haven’t just jinxed it by saying that!!)
And I’ll add that yes, it seems minor (I even feel a bit silly about it >) but when you look at how things have gone...
Being spayed, then three days later she pulled her stitches out, staples, the cone for ten days and antibiotics, a wound on her nose of unknown origin, an infection in the wound causing loads of pustules, antibiotics that didn't work, more antibiotics, plus all the anti-inflammatories... And the whole time, her tummy issues!
To me, it just felt like a chain of events that were bound to be linked.
I’m at my wits’ end!!
