Once you find that your beloved child at home is sick, the owner will definitely be in a hurry. Especially when the seasons change, the cats at home are more sensitive to the stomach and intestines, so special attention is needed in this regard. Let’s take a look at the symptoms of gastroenteritis in cats. How to treat it?

1. Common symptoms of gastroenteritis in cats

Gastroenteritis is inflammation of the gastric mucosa and intestinal mucosa. It occurs more frequently in cats and may be caused by various reasons. It is divided into two categories: acute gastroenteritis and chronic gastroenteritis.

1. Vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, vomiting, depression, abdominal pain, and diarrhea are the main symptoms of this disease. In gastroenteritis, which is mainly gastritis, the sick cat is depressed, has a slight increase in body temperature, has abortion of appetite, vomiting and abdominal pain.

2. Increased thirst in the abdomen, and the diseased cat shows abdomen shrinking and constantly reviews its abdomen. Another characteristic is that thirst is significantly increased, but vomiting occurs after drinking water. Sick cats often squat or climb on cool ground or in corners after vomiting.

3. Do not touch the abdomen when touching the abdomen of a sick cat, it is often refused to touch due to abdominal pain. The sick cat's abdomen is tense and refuses to press and touch the mold. Atrial auscultation, intestinal sounds can be enhanced at the beginning of the disease, but declines later on.

4. Diarrhea is fishy and smelly.

Gastroenteritis, which is mainly enteritis, is the main symptom of diarrhea. The feces are liquid and have a fishy and unpleasant smell. When enteritis is severe and the intestinal mucosa is bleeding, the feces are black or black-green, sometimes mixed with blood and black blood clots.

5. In the later stage, dehydration

, the symptoms of intestinal swelling can be seen in the later stage, and symptoms such as dehydration and acidosis are prone to symptoms such as dehydration and acidosis. Diagnosis can be made based on the history of the disease and clinical symptoms. If gastroenteritis is caused by corrosive items, its vomit often contains blood and gastric mucosa fragments.

2. Treatment of gastroenteritis in cats with medication

1. Short-term fasting is necessary for treatment in the early stages of fasting, otherwise repeated stimulation of the gastrointestinal intestines will aggravate the symptoms. Fasting can allow the gastrointestinal tract to rest peacefully and help the gastrointestinal mucosa to slowly repair. Feeding food will cause abnormal digestion of food, which will cause digestive tract damage.

2. Gastroenteritis in cats is a very common cat disease, and 99% of intestinal infections are caused by bacilli. Generally speaking, the best choice for bacilli is gentamicin, kanamycin and other drugs. After 2 hours of taking the medicine, you can give your cat some pet-based probiotics to condition and help the gastrointestinal recovery.

3. Regulating digestive bacterial population In addition to drugs, you can also choose some live bacteria drugs such as probiotics, lactase, multi-enzyme tablets, lactic acid bacteria tablets, and whole intestinal growth. Help cats regulate their digestive tract flora and regulate their digestive system.

4. Pay close attention to

It should be noted that if you find that the cat has not improved after taking the medicine, you must be sent to the hospital for treatment in time and do not delay the best time for treatment.