A fecal examination showed that Juno has a coccidia infection. Coccicida is a protozoa. This infection could be from a contaminated environment (from fecal matter) or even from raw food, the vet explained. The vet thinks that for Juno’s case, since she is totally indoors and nobody else has this infection, it could be from the raw food.
Baycox syrup (Toltrazuril) is the treatment for it and it’s a very bitter liquid. Juno needs 0.8ml per day for her weight, but I can divide it into 2-3 times if need be. Luckily the treatment is only for three days. Poor Juno, she was spitting it out at the vet’s, so the vet has prescribed 1ml to account for the wastage.
She also needs Kaolin-Pectin to control the diarrhoea, but the Baycox and Kaolin-Pectin must be taken two hours apart.
The vet also gave her a B-12 infection for the inflammation in the gut and prescribed Cobalaplex (B-12 and folic acid) capsule, 1/2 on alternate days for 14 days.
Juno’s temperature was normal (38.8 degrees) and there was slight elevation of WBC in the ear-prick PBF. Juno’s fecal sample also showed the presence of some blood, which is normal in coccidiosis.
We can carry on with our own probiotics and Vetri DMG. Juno should be on ID.
Coccidia infection can be very serious and even fatal in young animals. In adults, their immune system can probably overcome the infection.
This link provides a lot of information about coccidiosis. : https://www.catspyjamas.org/coccidia-in-kittens/
The incubation period is 13 days, which means Juno must have contracted the parasite about 13 days ago.
The watery yellowish diarrhoea is typical in a coccidia infection. Juno started having this since yesterday afternoon and it has persisted.
Upon returning from the vet, Juno passed out well-formed stools with a little blood on it, and I thought that was good (the well-formed stools, I mean), but soon after, she kept passing out small bits of the watery diarrhoea again. Short-lived joy…
Back home. The vet says that the medicine (Baycox) should work and the infection should clear in three days. But if Juno keeps passing out the watery diarrhoea, is not eating or is not active, she would need to be hospitalised to be on drip. Coccidiosis can be very serious in kittens and puppies.
Juno drank a lot of water after coming home, but she wasn’t quite interested in the ID.
Licked a bit only, so I had to force feed the rest.
So far, there has been bits of watery diarrhoea. But Juno is still active.
Three days….I hope the medicine works.