Monty comes in the morning!!!

So cute!!!!! He looks right at home already!!! How are the other kitties with him? All going well with the newcomer?

Yes, things are going pretty well with the other cats. The picture of the siamese with him is Murray, he's the most passive cat, and he was hanging out with Monty in the spare bedroom.

We have a learning curve to go through as he is scared of going down stairs. Since we live in a two story split, he's gonna have to get used to it LOL.

He slept with me under the covers all last night...he's such a love bug. He's sitting on my shoulder as I type this.

I love the one with the Siamese - looks like he's thinking "what happened to your fur????"

We will keep your hubby on as a photographer! Great pics!

We will be able to get more in a couple of days when the exploration of my house is over. Right now, he's a busy body LOL.

He loves to snuggle with me in bed and I love that so much. I am so lucky to share my life with cats--all 7 of 'em!! Truly a blessing.

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He's sitting on my shoulder as I type this.

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My naked cat does this all the time! Yours is sooo cute

Ok, so I have a question pertaining to Monty. I could post in health but I know others in the breeders forum and know he is a newbie to the house.

He seems to have very stinky soft poops. I took him for his vet check yesterday and she said he is perfectly healthy in every way but is a tad bit bloated with gas. She said it could just be from the shipping as well as food and water changes. I have already cut the soft food out of his diet but he still has this stinky poop issue.

How long do I wait before I fast him? I don't think fasting a kitten is a great idea either though. What do you guys think?

Are you feeding the same as the breeder was?

You can give boiled chicken with rice to settle his tummy, just boil it up for 10 minutes or so. For some cats you then need to blend to make it smooth before they will eat it.

Why are you fasting him and not wanting to feed canned foods?

I am not fasting him GK, but sometimes the vets tell you to do that when they have tummy troubles like this. I just cut his wet food out for now until he gets his poops more solid.

missy, I don't think he was on a very good wet food (think it was called Sophisticat). He didn't come with any food, but I am sure this will go away at some point in the next few days. But I let him have a little bit at lunch. He is eating Science Diet for kittens now as that is what I feed my two sphynx girls and Oreo.

I just wanted to know if there was something I could do to alleviate the gasiness from him. I haven't had this problem before so I feel like a complete idiot LOL

This is just a personal opinion so no one get offended but I don't care for the ingredients in Science Diet to feed a cat, and especially not a growing kitten. SD is owned by a huge conglomerate that buys in bulk for the best deal and has many ingredients cats don't need for their whole complete diet, like a bunch of by-products (which means the meat was not fit for consumption by us so it is used in pet food) and corn in the top three ingredients. Why would someone make a food to feed a cat a diet of mainly corn just all corn I wonder when I read the bag. Soybean, rice, more corn in the form of corn gluten, that is just not an ideal diet IMO for a carnivore such as a cat.
I suggest comparing the ingredients in cat foods and feeding a better diet. It could be that your new kitty doesn't digest grains and SD has a very high corn grain content.
Search here:
http://www.naturapet.com/tools/comparison.asp
This site is for dogs, but you can still get a lot out of it for cats
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

2 more links
http://www.naturapet.com/images/choosing_a_food.pdf
http://www.naturesvariety.com/raw_QandA

Monty's a handsome boy, congratulations!

Oh ok, thought that was a little weird. I usually give them chicken and rice if they have an upset stomach. Boil up chicken breasts and shred it and mix in a little rice.

He seems to have very stinky soft poops. I took him for his vet check yesterday and she said he is perfectly healthy in every way but is a tad bit bloated with gas. She said it could just be from the shipping as well as food and water changes. I have already cut the soft food out of his diet but he still has this stinky poop issue.

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I am seeing this with Zee as well. The vet checked him over yesterday and could find nothing wrong. He thinks it may simply be Zee gulping his food and getting a lot of air at the same time. Any thoughts on that theory? He did not tell me to cut wet food though.

My vet didn't say to cut it out completely either, but you should see how this little guy wolfs it down!!! You'd think it was his last meal, and then when he's done, looks like a rhinoceros! I think there are several factors involved here, but I am going to just watch and see how this goes. My vet did say that sphynx have more sensitive stomachs so I may be going back to the kitty store to see what I can find that they might eat that's better than Science Diet. They all love the Science Diet and hate the Evo I bought. My cats won't eat the vet food that's for sensitive stomachs and it's chicken and rice. None of the cats like the pate kind of soft food, man they're picky!

Thanks Jacky for that link. I wish they'd sell it in North America. I am going to do a little more searching, maybe I can order it online and get some.

I hope this goes away soon...scooping so many times a day is gross, but a necessary task because Monty has a bad habit of stepping in it and then I must wash his feet off in the sink LOL.

Maybe he has a little bit of an icky tummy because of the stress. I would give him a little lactinex for the next 3 days with boiled chicken and see if that firms things up. Benebac would be helpful too. Maybe he just needs a little of the good bacteria back in his gut....?