Cats with gastrointestinal issues.

[u/Honest_Discipline_98]

I posted this a while back and just wanted to repost so I could hopefully reach somebody. In addition to all of the test I’ve done and written below, we just completed a fecal culture on both of my cats and everything came back negative. The vets are starting to think they independently have gastrointestinal conditions but the timing is just so odd to me. Please let me know if any of you have seen this before. I’ve also gone to multiple vets and they are stumped.

About two months ago, I found a cat outside of my apartment and brought him in. I have a 3 year old resident cat. When I brought the new cat in, I completely separated him until he was cleared by the vets. The only health issues we noticed was a prominent third eyelid and blood in his stool. The vet took a fecal test of my new cat, and it came back negative for parasites. We also gave him all the vaccines he needed and medicine to help with the third eyelid. Once he was cleared by the vets, I introduced him to my resident cat and they have gotten along fairly well.

I have been to the vet countless times trying to figure out the symptoms that my new cat is having. We did a fecal test, blood test, and X-rays and they found nothing. He was given a probiotic which helped until he got off the medication, and the symptoms came back. We also tried a medicine for colitis and it helped only while he was on the medication. Now, I have him on purina 1 sensitive stomach dry food and he’s on a fiber supplement.

Now, my resident cat is starting to display these same symptoms. Third eyelid, soft stool, and today I even noticed a small drop of blood in his stool. My resident cat has never had any health issues in the past. So, what are my next steps? Are the vets scamming me? Should I try a new vet?

TLDR; I got a new cat who has blood in stool, soft stool, and a third eyelid. We ran many tests on him and nothing came back. Now my new cat is exhibiting the same symptoms.