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At the end of May, a stray female cat has come into our home. She looked very light and skinny so we fed her and kept her ever since. But as time went by, we noticed her stomach growing. My family said she's pregnant and i only believed it a few days ago because of the amount of movement there is in her stomach. She also eats a lot.(and by the way, i only believed now because i thought she was just fat because of the amount of food my family feeds her) For the past 2 months, we fed her Meow Mix and Whiskas wet food(i know they're not good brands but we couldn't afford others.) and then we switched to Purina One Hairball Control. (I bought that food before i believed she was really pregnant.) And i guess it was better for her to eat that instead of the Meow Mix. We also feed her Friskies Pate wet food. I also mixed purina with meowmix for a while to make sure she wont be shocked by the food switching.
At around the time we switched her food, we also switched her cat litter. We used to switch from sand or clumping clay but i discovered wood pellets and switched to that instead.
And since we switched 2 things at once, i thought it was either the new food or the new litter was causing her to have diarrhea because the diarrhea started at around the same time.
I switched back to meowmix and she still had diarrhea.
And just today i switched her back to the old sand litter she used before. And. I hope that helps.
She is very close to her due date and for the past 4-5 days, she's been having smelly and runny stools. And sometimes with blood. The colour would be different at times. Sometimes light brown and now its just brown with blood and mucus. While she poos as well, her body makes a growling sound too.
I'm not entirely sure if her runny stools are due to her being close to labor but that's what my family tells me.
My mom finally agreed to take her to the vet in a few days, maybe Thursday or friday(because that's when money comes in) but our budget is only $100. She's afraid that they would want to charge her more since she's pregnant and all when we don't really have the budget.
She has not been dewormed yet and i thought that might also be the problem. But im not sure if she can be dewormed since shes close to due date. Ive also called a vet and they said deworming is around $38 for adult cats but they need to check her which will cost us $74.
Right now she's mostly sleeping, she eats well and plays.
She had diarrhea before but it stopped when we gave her bits of boiled carrots.
She goes to poo a few times in a day.
I tried feeding her carrots again as well as brown rice.
Please ask me if you don't understand something about my situation.
I need help. I'm worried about her runny stool with blood. I don't want to lose her.
We kept her because we thought she will be safer with us.
Someone told me my cat might die if i don't seek help soon.
At around the time we switched her food, we also switched her cat litter. We used to switch from sand or clumping clay but i discovered wood pellets and switched to that instead.
And since we switched 2 things at once, i thought it was either the new food or the new litter was causing her to have diarrhea because the diarrhea started at around the same time.
I switched back to meowmix and she still had diarrhea.
And just today i switched her back to the old sand litter she used before. And. I hope that helps.
She is very close to her due date and for the past 4-5 days, she's been having smelly and runny stools. And sometimes with blood. The colour would be different at times. Sometimes light brown and now its just brown with blood and mucus. While she poos as well, her body makes a growling sound too.
I'm not entirely sure if her runny stools are due to her being close to labor but that's what my family tells me.
My mom finally agreed to take her to the vet in a few days, maybe Thursday or friday(because that's when money comes in) but our budget is only $100. She's afraid that they would want to charge her more since she's pregnant and all when we don't really have the budget.
She has not been dewormed yet and i thought that might also be the problem. But im not sure if she can be dewormed since shes close to due date. Ive also called a vet and they said deworming is around $38 for adult cats but they need to check her which will cost us $74.
Right now she's mostly sleeping, she eats well and plays.
She had diarrhea before but it stopped when we gave her bits of boiled carrots.
She goes to poo a few times in a day.
I tried feeding her carrots again as well as brown rice.
Please ask me if you don't understand something about my situation.
I need help. I'm worried about her runny stool with blood. I don't want to lose her.
We kept her because we thought she will be safer with us.
Someone told me my cat might die if i don't seek help soon.