Vet's Advice for Kitten. Less wet?

Foster family called the shelter vet too. Their kittens only want wet food and have runny poops. Vet said they shouldn't have much wet food at their age.
I don't trust vet advice too much. I've had many try to switch me back to crap like Science Diet. I also know that wet vs dry is a big debate, and many still stick by dry.

I think I will cut back a bit on his Soulistic chicken and try more with soaking the dry. (Now to 60% Wellness CORE kitten/40% Purina Kitten. Switched to CORE, if you're wondering.) Mostly for his poop and tummy's sake. I bought 2nd Step Weaning formula to mash in with the dry food.

Any suggestions? I want him at least to be eating 1/4 cup dry, since it does have more nutrients than Soulistic.

Try a good quality kitten pate. If the soulistic has pumpkin in it it will make him poo.

If all (or most) of the kittens are having GI issues, I would suspect parasites of some kind. As your kitten been dewormed? He is quite young, so may still need another round or two of dewormer. This is important because the shedding cycle is different of parasites. You won't always catch something in one fecal sample.

Kitten could also have coccidia, giardia, tritrichomomas, etc...the latter 2 require a more specialized test to detect. That test is sent to an outside lab.

Also, in my experience, if a cat is medically cleared and there is still GI issues (vomiting or diarrhea) the likely cause is an ingredient in the food (either the protein, a gum/thickener, etc.)

CatPack said:

If all (or most) of the kittens are having GI issues, I would suspect parasites of some kind. As your kitten been dewormed? He is quite young, so may still need another round or two of dewormer. This is important because the shedding cycle is different of parasites. You won't always catch something in one fecal sample.

Kitten could also have coccidia, giardia, tritrichomomas, etc...the latter 2 require a more specialized test to detect. That test is sent to an outside lab.

Also, in my experience, if a cat is medically cleared and there is still GI issues (vomiting or diarrhea) the likely cause is an ingredient in the food (either the protein, a gum/thickener, etc.)

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He went through one deworming and will be going back next Tuesday for his boosters.
I'll try to bring him a sample to see if the shelter vet will test it. If not, I'll have to find another vet.

I would see if probiotics would help before switching to dry food. May have to be careful since they're only kittens, though.

Murphy9 said:

He went through one deworming and will be going back next Tuesday for his boosters.
I'll try to bring him a sample to see if the shelter vet will test it. If not, I'll have to find another vet.

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My cat had no parasites found in stool but I found them in vomit so I insisted a deworming then applied revolution drops which covers worms

Has anyone used NaturaPetz supplements? They have kitten formulas in most of their pills. Here's a link to one that might be best:
http://naturapetz.com/products/shake-ur-groove-thing