Animal Welfare Professionals

Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (an antibiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

Visbiome is not an antibiotic unless there's a second product. It's a probiotic. Fortiflora has one strain of probiotic, but Visbiome (and several others, like proviable and animal biome) are made with more than one strain, so the thought process is that it is more 'potent'. Personally, I use proviable and add s boulardii with my rescue cats that need more digestive help. Having a high quality food also helps.

Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (an antibiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (a probiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

#CommunityCatManagement

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Suzanne Phillips
Development Manager
Heaven on Earth
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Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (a probiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

#CommunityCatManagement

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Suzanne Phillips
Development Manager
Heaven on Earth
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Hi Suzanne,

I used to run a large kitten program, and we used visbiome quite often with good results. It was often prescribed for kittens that had digestive issues that were unresolved after doing all the standard treatments--deworming, running fecals, trying antibiotics, etc.  I've done a little reading about diarrhea in kittens and it's such a delicate balance to keep their gut bacteria in good shape. We had several cases where visbiome was the only thing that helped! The kittens also seemed to really like the taste of it compared to fortiflora. 

Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (a probiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

#CommunityCatManagement

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Suzanne Phillips
Development Manager
Heaven on Earth
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Hi Suzanne,

I used to run a large kitten program, and we used visbiome quite often with good results. It was often prescribed for kittens that had digestive issues that were unresolved after doing all the standard treatments--deworming, running fecals, trying antibiotics, etc.  I've done a little reading about diarrhea in kittens and it's such a delicate balance to keep their gut bacteria in good shape. We had several cases where visbiome was the only thing that helped! The kittens also seemed to really like the taste of it compared to fortiflora. 

Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (a probiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

#CommunityCatManagement

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Suzanne Phillips
Development Manager
Heaven on Earth
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Hello,

This is my first post, so I hope I have gotten it right!

I work for a large cat rescue/medical facility/spay and neuter as well as adoption center in North Hollywood CA. I also am a huge cat person with 3 of my own cats, now 15 years old. They are all from the same litter.  Due to an extreme health issue plus diabetes with one of my cats, I have learned a lot over the past month dealing with a critical situation. I am wondering if anyone is familiar with Visbiome? I have always given my cats Fortiflora, but apparently that is nowhere near as effective as Visbiome (a probiotic). 

I have just started it with my cat and I'll let everyone know how it goes...

Stomach issues are so common in the cat community and everything I read about this antibiotic says it's like a miracle.  Unfortunately, it may not be doable for rescue organizations as a standard protocol, it is expensive.  

#CommunityCatManagement

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Suzanne Phillips
Development Manager
Heaven on Earth
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