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My senior cat has had diarrhea for a year. Is Proviable helping?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | American Shorthair | Female | spayed | 19 years and 2 months old | 6 lbs

I have been giving my 20-year-old cat Proviable for many months now. I got it from my vet when I brought her in for her diarrhea and he gave her Flagyl and told me to give the Proviable to her for a month. I couldn't get the Flagyl down her but was able to mix the Proviable in her food and that worked. Will giving her Proviable help to alleviate her diarrhea (as she still has it) and it has been a long time now, about a year.?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

Veterinarian

Published on March 17th, 2018

From my understanding of your post, you have been giving Proviable to Misty for many months now, and while it seems like it initially worked, she is still having diarrhea. I hope I have that correct! Because she has been having diarrhea for such a long time and the Proviable has been given to her for many months, I would say it's not working for her, and I recommend taking her into the vet again as soon as possible. A year is a very long time for a senior cat to have diarrhea, and she may need further tests to diagnose the cause of her diarrhea such as a geriatric blood panel, urinalysis, and possibly x-rays of her abdomen. The cause of the diarrhea needs to be diagnosed so she can be treated correctly. I recommend bringing her into a vet tomorrow. Good luck!

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    Answered By Dr Stafford, BVetMed, MRCVS

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    Published on October 15th, 2017

    It is quite possible that she has bacterial infection in the gut. To know for sure you could have faecal samples sent to the lab. However, you could try treatment, you say you could not get the flagyl in, so I would ask your vet to give her a long acting antibiotic injection that will work for 2 weeks. Also injection of vitamin B12 helps the gut.

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