Thread: Maine Coon not putting on weight

Hi, I was browsing the forum and came across your thread. Not sure if it's at all relevant but I have a 7 year old mc who had similar problems to Martha for the first four years of his life. He had bouts of diarrhoea, sometimes with sickness and generally feeling very unwell, even needing hospitalisation and a drip on one occasion, then it would clear up (usually with antibiotics and trips to vets). We noticed it kept recurring at times of stress e.g. when he'd been at the cattery or if we had lots of people over. We thought ibd/pancreatitis etc but after our vet took the initiative to do some extra blood tests he was diagnosed with recurring campylobacter. He was given specific palatable antibiotics and it cleared up completely within a few days and he has been free of it ever since.

I am so happy Martha is ok now as I know how distressing it is to have a sick cat and not know the cause. I hope you have also managed to find a vet you can trust now too.