I don't know if any of you will remember but back in October I posted about my kitty Kismet always having diarrhea problems. I got it to resolve mostly with pumpkin - but that didn't tackle the underlying issue so I decided to try and figure out what the cause was.
After 2 months of trial and error? I have discovered the cause of his tummy woes was WET FOOD! Yup! I tried SEVERAL different brands and every single one had the exact same results! The minute I removed all wet food from his diet? BLAMMO tummy problems gone!
Kismet and I were not happy to discover he could no longer eat wet food and to transition him over to 100% dry I cooked (sorry guys, I can't do raw) some chicken and pureed it so he would have something somewhat resembling wet food for the first 2 weeks.
He is now on dry - blue buffalo... and his tummy is awesome. He does now and then still have yucky tummy but that I am certain is because he has Pica and manages to sneak eat things when I am not looking.
I continue to have his little bum shaved - and he is much happier with the bum wiping now that it is "routine" In fact when he goes to the box and comes out I say "lets check yer bum!" and he trots over and lets me look if he needs a clean up
We found a woman at a local shop that loves him to pieces and she is WONDERFUL with clipping his bum for us. He takes it all like a gentleman.
We may try wet food again when he is a bit older and see if we can get it past that tummy but for now - it just makes him far too sick
After 2 months of trial and error? I have discovered the cause of his tummy woes was WET FOOD! Yup! I tried SEVERAL different brands and every single one had the exact same results! The minute I removed all wet food from his diet? BLAMMO tummy problems gone!
Kismet and I were not happy to discover he could no longer eat wet food and to transition him over to 100% dry I cooked (sorry guys, I can't do raw) some chicken and pureed it so he would have something somewhat resembling wet food for the first 2 weeks.
He is now on dry - blue buffalo... and his tummy is awesome. He does now and then still have yucky tummy but that I am certain is because he has Pica and manages to sneak eat things when I am not looking.
I continue to have his little bum shaved - and he is much happier with the bum wiping now that it is "routine" In fact when he goes to the box and comes out I say "lets check yer bum!" and he trots over and lets me look if he needs a clean up
We found a woman at a local shop that loves him to pieces and she is WONDERFUL with clipping his bum for us. He takes it all like a gentleman.
We may try wet food again when he is a bit older and see if we can get it past that tummy but for now - it just makes him far too sick
