After a few awkward months, vet help, and trial and error, it seems both if my new kittens are intolerant to chicken. Hopefully that is all but still experimenting.
After figuring that out, I put them on a limited ingredient Salmon and Pea. They did better in the litter box. Good news. But first ingredient is peas and only 30% protein and low fat. Older cats disliked it and their coats got dull. But it was only for transition anyway.
So slowly moved to Orjen 6 Fish dry mainly and tried some diiferent wet foods and settled on Performatrin Beef wet food once a day. One kitten kept having soft stools. They have been on Orjen for 3-4 weeks now, and beef wet for 1 week. Still noticing soft stools from 1 kitten but not other.
So how long is a fair trial of a particular food? When should I notice improvement?
If they were ok on dry and I gave new wet food for a week, how long should I give them to get used to it? (Wet is maybe 20% of their diet). 1 week? 2?
And after 3-4 weeks on Orjen should I assume they've adjusted? And so if I'm not happy then consider switching?
Again, my boy's stool is not awful but ranges from toothpaste to well... Sloppy toothpaste.
Thanks for advice on how long a fair trial of food is and when to expect results.
After figuring that out, I put them on a limited ingredient Salmon and Pea. They did better in the litter box. Good news. But first ingredient is peas and only 30% protein and low fat. Older cats disliked it and their coats got dull. But it was only for transition anyway.
So slowly moved to Orjen 6 Fish dry mainly and tried some diiferent wet foods and settled on Performatrin Beef wet food once a day. One kitten kept having soft stools. They have been on Orjen for 3-4 weeks now, and beef wet for 1 week. Still noticing soft stools from 1 kitten but not other.
So how long is a fair trial of a particular food? When should I notice improvement?
If they were ok on dry and I gave new wet food for a week, how long should I give them to get used to it? (Wet is maybe 20% of their diet). 1 week? 2?
And after 3-4 weeks on Orjen should I assume they've adjusted? And so if I'm not happy then consider switching?
Again, my boy's stool is not awful but ranges from toothpaste to well... Sloppy toothpaste.
Thanks for advice on how long a fair trial of food is and when to expect results.