Hi everyone, I’m starting to feel a bit desperate with my 5-year-old Maine Coon girl. For about a month now, she’s had soft stools. I took her to the vet who gave her a check-up and found her to be in good health, just a bit on the thin side (she usually weighs a good 13 lbs 3 oz and is currently down to about 12 lbs 2 oz). She hasn't got a temperature, no tummy pain, she's been wormed and finished a 10-day course of probiotics. Initially, the treatment didn’t really have much effect; it was only after a week that her stools started looking more normal. However, as soon as the course finished, the problem came back. She was going four times a day and was quite gassy. There's no blood in her stools. I called her breeder last week for some advice; they mentioned the same thing happened with another Maine Coon and that Hill’s dry food had sorted it out, and that probiotics were effective. Wanting her to get better as soon as possible, I went out to buy some dry food that might suit her better. She’s been on Orijen for a long time, but she doesn’t actually eat many biscuits—she has a lot of Bubimex and Schesir wet food. For nearly a week now, I’ve been gradually switching her over to 'Protect' digestive care dry food. Her stools are still soft for now, but she’s going less often—down from four times a day to twice. It’s quite hard to get her to eat dry food because she just picks at it, but she’s constantly begging for wet food! I’m trying to get her to eat the biscuits by soaking them and mixing in a bit of wet food, which works, but she only nibbles a little bit at a time. Plus, the heat isn't helping matters... Since the issue hasn’t really cleared up and her stools are still soft, I’m planning on giving her another course of probiotics. What worries me most is her weight being so low. She’s stuck at around 12 lbs 2 oz, sometimes 11 lbs 14 oz (never below that), and occasionally between 12 lbs 5 oz and 12 lbs 12 oz. She’s always been quite slight. In your opinion, if it is a dietary issue, should the dry food have fixed it after just a few days? Has anyone else experienced this with their Maine Coons? \/p>
