How to Manage a Cat's Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Let's talk about managing your cat with inflammatory bowel syndrome, or IBS. IBS is quite common in cats actually. They can react to foods, environment, all sorts of things, and the underlying cause sometimes is not known. But the end result can be a cat with chronic vomiting, chronic diarrhea, weight loss, things of that nature. IBS has to be diagnosed by your veterinarian first, and once that's diagnosed there are certain things that can be helped, or given to help IBS in cats.

For one, anti-inflammatories can help; either orally or by injection, over time, and not every cat requires something like that. So that's one method of treating IBS. Number two is going to be dietary management. IBS cats never need to get lots of treats, lots of different foods, things like that. Basically, IBS cats need to go on a hypoallergenic, or special foods that are die are are basically designed to to have the body not recognize their proteins as well. And what I mean by that is it's it's sort of like having an allergy. If your body can't recognize a protein that you're allergic to, then you're better off, and not going to react to that. So, your veterinarian should help you also manage IBS, because it is a chronic condition.