You should probably pay a visit to the vet. Diarrhea can cause dehydration, which is a bad thing in cats.

Thanks sephia but that isn't possible now and couldn't happen for another month. By then, he should be better if I can find something to help him along.

I also thought of yogurt which I have on hand and he actually ate some of it. Still would like an answer about Pepto Bismol though. BTW, he seems very healthy in every other way -- he is eating and drinking and his coat is very shiny. He has had diarrhea for several days now.

Part of Pepto Bismol becomes aspirin in the intestinal tract. High levels can rapidly become toxic for cats. Contact your vet for a recommendation or better yet an exam and fecal analysis.

The formula of Kaopectate was switched a while ago and now also contains aspirin. NOT a good thing in high levels for kitties either.

I have given pepto bismal to my cat for stomach problems in the past. I got the information from a veterinarian years ago, though I've always been a little wary of it based on the same information that chickadeedeedee provided. Doses would need to be small and probably shouldn't be repeated more than 2-3 times.

Plain metamucil or probiotics, or both, might be a better direction to try and are safe for cats. Both may help reset his system.

Our sickly cat had chronic diarrhea, which we'd mostly chalked up to her health problems (us and the vet). Recently we had a stool sample done on her and it turned out she had contracted giardia at some point- she is not a prime candidate as an indoor cat who has limited supervised outdoor time. Definitely check into it with a vet if it fails to clear up soon.

I've also heard that the formula for Pepto Bismal has changed and is no longer suitable for cats.

When I adopted my cat from the shelter, she had bad diarrhea. She had been on antibiotics for Giardea (even tho she tested negative)for a couple months. The loose stool kept comming back a few days after I would stop giving her the meds. The vet said that it could be another kind of bacterial infection (called tri tricomonas foetus)or the beginning of intestinal issues.

I started feeding her canned pumpkin, which helped her case almost immediately and she has been fine ever since.

I also give her probiotics and slippery elm supplements.

Canned pumpkin has been a "miracle drug" for one of my little strays!

Be sure you get the plain kind (ingredients list should say "pumpkin". period.), & not the sweetened pumpkin pie filling.

I wish you the best.

what do you feed the cat, dry,canned, raw? What band of food. How old is cat in question?

The cat is 2 yrs. old, gets only dry food and is a 'barn cat' so gets a supplemental diet of small critters. The only thing I had on hand that I thought might work was yogurt.

He wasn't too interested in eating any so I slathered some on his paws. The diarrhea which had lingered for over a week started getting better immediately and I think he is fine now. (The only way I can tell is when he is indoors some cold nights and uses the litter box which he did the night after the yogurt.)