Hi
I am in the UK where it is currently 6.45am. I would appreciate some help. Firstly just to say I have had rescue cats all my life, including 2 tiny kittens, but have never experienced what is happening now.
Sammy is now 10 months old, and we took him on from a rescue centre specialising in feral cats, two months ago. The lady fostering him had many other cats and kittens in her home, and told me he had been born in her home. She said that all the cats and kittens in her home had free run of the flat, but were locked in cages at night to keep them quiet!
Sammy looked in superb condition (and still does) - bright eyes, lovely silky coat (he is a domestic black and white cat). We did not visit her home to collect him, although we were sent photos of it, and saw Sammy etc. She brought him directly to us. My husband did most of the talking, but unfortunately the lady was rather excitable and had a thick German accent which was sometimes hard to understand, although it was clear that she adores cats in every easy.
Sammy came here to live with Timmy our old rescue cat, who is 15 years old. From day one, the two cats got on, and by day two, they were sleeping together, so there are no issues for us to worry about here. To make things better all round, we also installed Feliway.
From day one, I was aghast by the size and smell of Sammy's stools. To me, they seemed the size of a large dog! Also, he is very enthusiastic and active in covering his faeces, which is great, but these stank the whole house out and broke apart all over the place in the litter box.
My husband said Sammy had been given a bowl of Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble every night to eat. We have never been clear what else he has been fed; the lady gave us a bag of Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble and 2 pouches - one of Felix kitten food,and and one of Whiskas kitten food before she left. I told her that I fed Timmy on Sheba, and Sammy would be eating that, to which she agreed and said it was great food.
We started Sammy on Sheba and kept up with his Royal Canin Kitten 36 day kibble. After a couple of days he started diarrhoea with blood and mucus on the top of it. I researched this on the internet, and my first thought was worms. The medical history booklet given to us with Sammy's history on it, showed he had been treated with Stronghold flea treatment twice, and on contacting the lady, she said she had to check with the vet as to whether he had been treated for worms as she did not know. She has never come back to us on this. Also, she seems to have fed him an assortment of wet foods, rather than one - I suppose because she has so many cats of different ages.
We took Sammy off Sheba, and the Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble, and put both cats on Encore, which is a very pure complimentary adult cat food, and Hilife Tempt Me which is another pure adult cat food, but a complete one. We also feed plain boiled chicken to both cats.
Early this week, Timmy had a bout of diarrhoea, which just might have been coincidence. I took him off these foods, and put him on Felix in Jelly little trays, and it stopped overnight. I tried Sammy on the same, but it was of no use. I also tried him on Origin dry food, where I gave him just 6 biscuits - he ate them and had the most horrendous diarrhoea about 20 minutes later. Things went downhill from there.
Clearly, all round, everything has gone wrong for poor Sammy, and we aim to put it right. He has been to the vet, where the vet was told to test for everything in a fecal sample. This came back as negative. The vet gave pro kolin for 3 days, which did not help either. Recently Sammy has had continuous diarrhoea, dark brown to light brown, no blood, but farting lots. For the past 2 days, he has been in the litter box many times, usually a short time after eating. I am now fasting him for 24 hours, in the hope that this will give his system a rest. We have also bought some more Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble as he has eaten this in the past. As I have already said, I have had no trouble in the past with feeding kittens, I just fed them commercial pet food.
Apart from this aspect, he is a lively, bouncy boy and you would never know anything was amiss, although he is still a little nervous around us, and does not like visitors and hides away when anyone calls. Both our cats are strictly indoor cats.
With regards to how we got Sammy, I was looking at rescue centres on the internet (the one we got him from is a reputable one with well know patrons etc.) and saw a lovely little black and white female cat. She is the cat I wanted, however, the German lady said he had gone, and she had his brother - which was Sammy.
I am wondering now, if she knew he was "problematical"all along.
Sorry this is so long, but I would be grateful for some advice.
Many thanks.
Sammy is now 10 months old, and we took him on from a rescue centre specialising in feral cats, two months ago. The lady fostering him had many other cats and kittens in her home, and told me he had been born in her home. She said that all the cats and kittens in her home had free run of the flat, but were locked in cages at night to keep them quiet!
Sammy looked in superb condition (and still does) - bright eyes, lovely silky coat (he is a domestic black and white cat). We did not visit her home to collect him, although we were sent photos of it, and saw Sammy etc. She brought him directly to us. My husband did most of the talking, but unfortunately the lady was rather excitable and had a thick German accent which was sometimes hard to understand, although it was clear that she adores cats in every easy.
Sammy came here to live with Timmy our old rescue cat, who is 15 years old. From day one, the two cats got on, and by day two, they were sleeping together, so there are no issues for us to worry about here. To make things better all round, we also installed Feliway.
From day one, I was aghast by the size and smell of Sammy's stools. To me, they seemed the size of a large dog! Also, he is very enthusiastic and active in covering his faeces, which is great, but these stank the whole house out and broke apart all over the place in the litter box.
My husband said Sammy had been given a bowl of Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble every night to eat. We have never been clear what else he has been fed; the lady gave us a bag of Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble and 2 pouches - one of Felix kitten food,and and one of Whiskas kitten food before she left. I told her that I fed Timmy on Sheba, and Sammy would be eating that, to which she agreed and said it was great food.
We started Sammy on Sheba and kept up with his Royal Canin Kitten 36 day kibble. After a couple of days he started diarrhoea with blood and mucus on the top of it. I researched this on the internet, and my first thought was worms. The medical history booklet given to us with Sammy's history on it, showed he had been treated with Stronghold flea treatment twice, and on contacting the lady, she said she had to check with the vet as to whether he had been treated for worms as she did not know. She has never come back to us on this. Also, she seems to have fed him an assortment of wet foods, rather than one - I suppose because she has so many cats of different ages.
We took Sammy off Sheba, and the Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble, and put both cats on Encore, which is a very pure complimentary adult cat food, and Hilife Tempt Me which is another pure adult cat food, but a complete one. We also feed plain boiled chicken to both cats.
Early this week, Timmy had a bout of diarrhoea, which just might have been coincidence. I took him off these foods, and put him on Felix in Jelly little trays, and it stopped overnight. I tried Sammy on the same, but it was of no use. I also tried him on Origin dry food, where I gave him just 6 biscuits - he ate them and had the most horrendous diarrhoea about 20 minutes later. Things went downhill from there.
Clearly, all round, everything has gone wrong for poor Sammy, and we aim to put it right. He has been to the vet, where the vet was told to test for everything in a fecal sample. This came back as negative. The vet gave pro kolin for 3 days, which did not help either. Recently Sammy has had continuous diarrhoea, dark brown to light brown, no blood, but farting lots. For the past 2 days, he has been in the litter box many times, usually a short time after eating. I am now fasting him for 24 hours, in the hope that this will give his system a rest. We have also bought some more Royal Canin Kitten 36 kibble as he has eaten this in the past. As I have already said, I have had no trouble in the past with feeding kittens, I just fed them commercial pet food.
Apart from this aspect, he is a lively, bouncy boy and you would never know anything was amiss, although he is still a little nervous around us, and does not like visitors and hides away when anyone calls. Both our cats are strictly indoor cats.
With regards to how we got Sammy, I was looking at rescue centres on the internet (the one we got him from is a reputable one with well know patrons etc.) and saw a lovely little black and white female cat. She is the cat I wanted, however, the German lady said he had gone, and she had his brother - which was Sammy.
I am wondering now, if she knew he was "problematical"all along.
Sorry this is so long, but I would be grateful for some advice.
Many thanks.