Cat ascites and flatulence are two different symptoms. Cat ascites is a very common disease in cats. It is most common in kittens under 1 year old, and it is rare in cats over 2 years old. Once feline ascites develops, it is difficult to cure, and The fatality rate is high; cat flatulence is generally caused by improper diet. Cats eat too much soy-containing food, and eating too much too many miscellaneous foods will lead to indigestion in cats.
Symptoms of cat ascites
Feline ascites is generally divided into nutritional ascites and infectious ascites. After a week, the abdomen is enlarged, so the female cat is often mistaken for pregnancy, and the course of the disease can last for 2 months, and finally has difficulty breathing, anemia, failure, and soon death.
The main symptoms of cat ascites are:
1. In the early stage of ascites, there will be obvious abdominal distension, diarrhea, increased waist circumference, weight gain, lower limb edema, loss of appetite, depression, body temperature Elevated, drinking more water, unsteady recumbency, swelling of lower extremities, increased total number of white blood cells;
Second, the abdominal wall is taut and shiny, like a frog’s abdomen, the patient has difficulty walking, and sometimes the diaphragm is obvious Elevation, shortness of breath and umbilical hernia;
Third, pleural effusion, more common on the right side, is hepatic ascites passing through the diaphragmatic lymphatic vessels Or enter the thoracic cavity through the valve opening;
Fourth, liver ascites accompanied by pleural effusion, more common in the right side, is caused by the liver ascites entering the thoracic cavity through the diaphragmatic lymphatic vessels or through the valve opening. Early symptoms of hepatic ascites are accompanied by liver failure.
Causes of cat ascites
Pathological
There are many causes of cat ascites, generally malnutrition, cardiovascular disease, tumor, liver disease, kidney disease There are many reasons such as feline infectious peritonitis, peritonitis caused by other factors, and urinary tract damage, so when it is clinically found that a cat has ascites, the above diseases should be considered.
Older cats are more likely to be caused by tumors, while young cats are more likely to be caused by right heart failure. Of course, parasites are also possible, Fasciola hepatica, Tapeworms, Clonorchis sinensis, are infected with parasites, causing systemic jaundice and hepatitis. Liver disease can also lead to liver ascites and kidney disease, and these are definitely terminal diseases for cats.
Dietary problems
Cats eat a single food for a long time, resulting in low protein intake, resulting in extreme nutrition Poor, collective metabolism disorder, lack of protein, resulting in reduced colloid osmotic pressure in the blood, weakened renal function, low osmotic pressure, and a large amount of fluid enters the abdominal cavity to form ascites. In addition, peritonitis can also cause a large amount of ascites accumulation, and most of the reasons are Primary ascites caused by feeding practices and malnutrition. In this regard, cat ascites, a disease with a high fatality rate, still needs to take the cat to the veterinary hospital for examination in time.
Treatment of cat ascites
1. Low-salt diet;
2. When breathing is difficult or the appetite is significantly reduced, ascites should not be released unless it is a last resort. Because if the ascites is discharged, a large amount of protein contained in the ascites will be lost, and it may also cause peritonitis and hypovolemia. There is a so-called Laveen short-circuit surgery, in which a special pump-like device is implanted in the abdominal cavity, and the resulting catheter is subcutaneously connected to the jugular vein, and the ascites is returned to the vein under the pump-like action of the diaphragm. When placing ascites, be sure to inject substituted plasma intravenously, and can also transfuse whole blood or plasma.
3. For inflammatory ascites, according to the results of drug susceptibility test, select sensitive antibiotics for antibacterial treatment.
4. Diuretics: thiazides, diuric acid and furosemide, etc. However, furosemide may induce liver damage, so some people object to its use. These drugs can block the reabsorption of Na+ in the proximal renal tubules, thereby increasing the Na+ concentration at the distal renal tubules, stimulating Na-K exchange, and increasing the excretion of K+. K blood. Therefore, in clinical practice, the above-mentioned drugs are often used in combination with diuretics with K-protecting ability, such as spironolactone or triamterene. The former competitively inhibits the effect of aldosterone on distal renal tubules, while the latter inhibits the reabsorption of Na+. As a result, both can excrete Na+ and maintain K+. If furosemide is used, start with 1~2mg/kg/time, 1~2 times a day, intravenously or intramuscularly, for 4~7 consecutive days, if the effect is not obvious, it can be changed to 2~3mg/kg/time, each time Administer 2-3 times a day. Thiazides should be taken orally once every 12 hours at a dose of 2-4 mg/kg, and the co-administered aminosuton should be taken at a dose of 1-2 mg/kg, twice a day. If it is ineffective, the dose can be doubled.
The treatment method for cat ascites is for reference only.
Symptoms of flatulence in cats
Cute flatulence can cause the cat to have a bloated stomach and a loss of appetite. Most of the bloating in cats is caused by improper diet. For example, cat food contains soybeans. The bacteria in the intestines will ferment these indigestible substances and produce gas, causing bloating and, in severe cases, diarrhea.
Diet
Some pet owners love cats very much, and they give cats anything delicious. As a result, all kinds of food were supplied without limit, and the cat couldn’t digest it for a while, and the stomach became bloated. So you need to know how to feed your cat regularly.
If the cat has flatulence, first stop feeding the cat food and food containing soybeans, fast for half a day or a day, and try to feed the cat some easy-to-digest liquid food the next day.
Secondly, do not feed cats with soy-containing cat food in their daily diet. You cannot simply eat a single cat food to prevent cats from developing nutritious ascites. You can feed wet cats 2-3 times a week. Grain, canned cat food, such as beef, fish, etc., and then feed vegetables and fruits 2-3 times to supplement vitamins.
Treatment of cat flatulence
The most obvious cause of cat’s flatulence is indigestion. Generally, cats eat too much and miscellaneous food, and the food can’t digest and accumulate in the stomach and cause stomach bloating, etc. It is recommended to pet The owner usually controls the amount of food for the cat, eats less and eats more frequently, plays with the cat more after meals, and exercises more. It is recommended that the cat take Meowxiang gastric motility in time to promote gastrointestinal digestion, play a role in strengthening the stomach and digesting food, and improve and relieve the cat’s flatulence problem.
No matter what disease the cat suffers from, the pet owner needs to have enough patience to treat him. Don’t give up easily. I believe that with your company, the cat will get better faster!
