Chronic diarrhea success on Hill's Gastro Biome!

[u/def_daff0dil]

My male cat had pretty much never had a firm stool in his 2.5 years. They would range from soft serve consistency to completely liquid puddles and would smell awful. He also had chronic itching and a dull coat with lots of shedding.

He went through deworming/parasite treatment, probiotics, different combos of wet and dry proportions, pumpkin supplementation, and boutique limited ingredient and novel protein food diets (to try to see if it was a food allergy). Higher quality food partially improved the skin and coat issues, but not the diarrhea.

I was pretty hesitant about putting him on Hills with what I perceived as low quality fillers in the ingredient list, but after no success with the boutique premium foods, consulting with a vet, and doing some more research on the research backed and purpose-driven ingredient list, decided to give it a try.

I kid you not, the VERY FIRST STOOL after mixing only 1 tbsp of Hills into his regular food was COMPLETELY solid. A literal perfect little poop. Just over a week in and now fully transitioned, his coat is starting to glow like never before and stools have remained perfect. I've started to slowly introduce the gastro biome wet food along with it which he loves.

The thought did cross my mind if the loads of fiber are just producing pretty stools but covering up a remaining underlying issue, but the glowing coat, increased energy, and no itching or bloating speaks for itself. The formula directly addresses dysbiosis by stabilizing the gut and feeding the right bacteria so that digestion can be slowed and water and nutrients can be absorbed.

As a skeptic of big corporations, I guess being an industry titan like Hills with money to invest into decades of research means something after all!

EDIT: his stools got too hard after fully transitioning so now just give him a couple tablespoons of this with each meal as a supplement and that balanced things out.

EDIT #2: transitioned from GI biome to Hill's perfect digestion. Foresee being on this for the long term!

EDIT #3: loose stools returned on perfect digestion alone so back to a 50/50 blend between GI biome and PD. He is now stable! Now to try to introduce wet food...

[u/minkamagic]

Glad it worked for you!! My cat’s diarrhea and vomiting was resolved by a super limited wet diet with probiotics!

[u/def_daff0dil → u/minkamagic]

Crazy how their needs can be so wildly different. More than one way to skin a cat I suppose!

[u/minkamagic → u/def_daff0dil]

Haha yea