KITTEN HELP?!?!?!?! diet help?
we just got a kitten from a shelter the other day, she is a Russian blue mix, and is 2 months old, but only weighs about 1 1/2 lb.
the day after we too her to the vet for a check up…
they said she was perfectly fine, but found round worm eggs in her fecal sample..
they gave her a deworming and congratulated us on our healthy kitten
but she wont stop having diarrhea!
i pick her up and she poops on me!
i know its not her fault, but i just want to help her because this cannot be fun for her.
so far ive shes been fed
science diet- diarrhea (the shelter gave it to us saying its what shes been eating, but it was too big for her to eat.. so we soaked it in water but still no good)
wet kitten food from a can (kitten label- the vet suggested)-her poops were still non solid but not complete liquid
baby food (chicken)- she loved it, but same results as wet food
baby food mixed with rice powder, solid kitten chow food, and some rice- my mom (who was a vet assistant, and had tons of cats in her life) made the mixture, but it made her poops the complete opposite! complete liquid and kindof yellow. so i immediately took her off it
so i switched her to just the solid kitten chow, and am waiting for results…
but my mom said if she doesnt get better shes taking her back to the shelter! 
which i DO NOT want…
but my brothers friend said its the grain, and the exact same thing happened to his kitten which he just got.
SOOOO, the question is…
do you think its her diet? or something far more serious the vet missed..
if you think its her Diet do you have any suggestions????
Canned Pumpkin…here is your answer… http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090124194538AA3fMIG
July 19th, 2010 at 5:22 pm
Canned Pumpkin…here is your answer… http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090124194538AA3fMIG
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July 19th, 2010 at 5:57 pm
First off quit mixing the type of food around. that make an adult cat sick. She’s kind of young but I would go with a Kitten Chow biscuit, break it up a little if she doesn’t have a lot of teeth yet and maybe perhaps soften the biscuit with some water ( NO MILK !) Monitor her water intake i.e. make sure she’s drinking, make sure the water is clean, give it 4-5 days for her to stabilize and she should be fine. The worm medicine doesn’t help the situation when they’re so young either. No can food (ever the truth be know), no milk, no people food and quit switching foods around. If ti doesn’t clear up in 4-5 days see the vet again. Enjoy your kitty !!!
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July 19th, 2010 at 6:15 pm
Kittens frequently experience diarrhea due to parasites, a change in food, viruses, giardia, drinking milk or eating human food but I think the reason your little kitty has diarrhea is due to the deworming medication. You said she was dewormed just a day or two ago, so this is most likely the reason. Sometimes another round or change in medication is necessary.
I’d give the vet a call and let him know what’s going on. I would also add cooked rice to the kitten’s food.
Just know that it is not uncommon for a kitten to develop diarrhea after deworming.
Good Luck with your kitty
Sincerely,
dee
Wildlife Rehabilitator
Former Dir DRS Animal ER
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July 19th, 2010 at 6:48 pm
I think you’re switching the food too fast. Even adult cats take time to get used to new food.
Keep your kitten on one diet for at least a week to see if it improves, I had similar problems when I took my kitten off dry food to high quality wet food.
You should consider that because all dry foods contain a lot of fillers and not proper nutrients. Grain, over-processed meat and meat by-product have no place in a cat’s diet.
Look for wet food that has meat (chicken, beef etc.) as a first ingredient, and it should be muscle meat, not by-product, meal, dinner, platter, formula or any of this crap. Then it should contain absolutely no grains. These are high in carbs and you are increasing your cats chance to develop diabetes or kidney disease.
Take the time to reade the articles below, at least the first one, to learn more about cat nutrition. In the meantime be patient with your kitten and just watch if she’s not getting dehydrated from the diarrhea. You can find out by pulling her skin just above the shoulder. If it pops back in place immediately then it’s fine, if it goes back slowly or not at all, your kitten is dehydrated and you should get her to the vet.
Best of luck!
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http://www.catinfo.org/
http://www.blakkatz.com/dryfood.html
http://www.bornfreeusa.org/facts.php?more=1&p=359