Bengal kitten with diahrrea from wet food

My bengal kitten muse is 11 weeks old, and when I got her the breeder had been feeding her friskies wet and a high quality dry. She fed her 2 times a day a small amount of wet and left out the dry. To my knowledge she had not had any diahrrea at the time. I got her, took her to the vet, she got a clean bill of health from the vet. Shes a very healthy, playful kitten. However, since I've gotten her she constantly howls for more wet food. I try to give it to her 2 times a day in small portions but she acts like shes starving even when the dry food is left out for her. The problem with feeding her more wet is that she has diahrrea. I'm a vet tech and due to her symptoms am almost positive shes not ill, just that it has to do with her wet food intake. Any opinions on what to do to solve this issue?

maybe try giving the wet version of the dry your feeding .. cause wet food switches arent like dry .... you can cold turkey ...

what dry are you feeding??

feeding chicken soup dry, don't know much about their canned foods, but I know they aren't sold around here, though I'm sure I could order offline. I have also been considering switching her completely to raw instinct.

Natures variety makes good canned ( raw insticts maker) they are spendy but are simple food s///

try a chn based canned

alright ill do that! heres hoping.. i feel like her poor belly is being torn apart lately.. i worry so much for her.

If you haven't done this already.........

Do yourself a favor, have her checked for Coccidia, Giardia and Tri-Trichamonas Feotus first. Tri-trich can be hard to spot unless your Vet knows what to look for. The Pouch Test works well for confirming infection or not.

If all clear, feed her a good quality pre-packaged raw food as her source of wet food, along with continuing the dry.

Bengal kittens sometimes have sensitive digestive tracts and there are some ingredients in commercial foods that just don't seem to agree with them.

Shes been tested for those, but I am definitely considering raw.. I just have issues that exist in my own paranoid mind about it that I can't seem to get over even after knowing the facts of it.

Kai - What is your take on vaccinating Bengals? The breeder I got her from advised me against vaccinating because her litter mate had a bad reaction to multiple vaccine's, I read that there are some I should steer away from but its getting to the point I need to make a decision, I'm terrified of her having a reaction but also scared not to vaccinate. The vet I am seeing basically said since she was indoors it wasn't too much of a concern but I don't fully trust her opinion since I just started going to her. The vet I work for is a moron and couldn't tell me either way as well.

She is strictly indoors and my other 2 cats have their vaccinations.

Originally Posted by artharitis

Shes been tested for those, but I am definitely considering raw.. I just have issues that exist in my own paranoid mind about it that I can't seem to get over even after knowing the facts of it.

Kai - What is your take on vaccinating Bengals? The breeder I got her from advised me against vaccinating because her litter mate had a bad reaction to multiple vaccine's, I read that there are some I should steer away from but its getting to the point I need to make a decision, I'm terrified of her having a reaction but also scared not to vaccinate. The vet I am seeing basically said since she was indoors it wasn't too much of a concern but I don't fully trust her opinion since I just started going to her. The vet I work for is a moron and couldn't tell me either way as well.

She is strictly indoors and my other 2 cats have their vaccinations.

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I think it's extremely important to vaccinate for the four major contagious diseases. These can be brought into your home on your clothing and shoes just from being around an infected animal shedding the virus.

My Vax protocol is as follows:

7-8 weeks: SQ injection of 4-way killed virus: Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calici, Panleukopenia & Chlamydia Psittaci

11-12 weeks: Intranasal of 3-way modified live virus: Feline Rhinotracheitis, Calici & Panleukopenia.

4 months: Rabies

1 year: Intranasal booster

I don't Vax for FeLV, FIP or FIV. I'm still not confident these vaccines don't sometimes cause disease in healthy cats. My cats are not in high risk exposure situations so I don't Vax them for these.

There is a vaccine out now for Giardia, that I am looking into starting to use as a precaution. I'm still researching it though.

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I thinks it because even though breeders say they are domestic a bangal will NEVER be 100% domestic they are part Asian leopard it might be 00,1% but its still there. Therefore they need different foods. You could try Innova evo, might be too rich, or a raw diet gradully over time. Whatever you do, do it gradully over time.

Originally Posted by Panther pride

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I thinks it because even though breeders say they are domestic a bangal will NEVER be 100% domestic they are part Asian leopard it might be 00,1% but its still there. Therefore they need different foods. You could try Innova evo, might be too rich, or a raw diet gradully over time. Whatever you do, do it gradully over time.

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This is completely off topic, but make no mistake, bengals are 100% domesticated cats and recognized so by TICA, ACFA, UFO, GCCF and other cat associations.
Although I am an outspoken advocate for putting bengals on a raw diet, the only difference in their nutritional needs from other breed of cats, is that they require a higher protein level in their foods.

This is due to the fact that physically, they are more muscular than most other breeds and they are very active cats. It really has absolutely nothing to do with the infinitesimal amount of wild blood still existing in the breed.

In my experience as a breeder, I have noticed that some bengal kittens have issues with some commercial foods where their guts just can't handle "some ingredient" in the food and the result is loose stools and possibly vomiting.
My guess is that it is corn and or grain.

On a side note, I truly believe all breeds of cats can benefit from a raw diet and I don't only recommend it for bengals. Cats teeth are designed to rend flesh from bones and their intestinal tract is designed to handle and process raw meat much better than commercial foods.

We are talking about Carnivores after all.