My kitten turned 12 weeks old this week. He's on dry and wet food both (dry = free grazing and wet 3 times a day; usually, he doesn't have more than a tsp per feeding)
But yesterday before the vet visit he had 2 heaped tsps of wet food, then i took him to the vet (vet said he's perfectly normal and gave him his 2nd vaccine), then we came back and for the remaining 2 feedings he again had more than usual. For one of the feedings he almost ate half a can. This morning he again had half a can and then in the afternoon he had 2 heaped tsps.
I got him from a shelter, and although he loves wet food he was never able to eat more than a tsp per feeding until yesterday.
Today, after 2 feedings (1st feeding - half a can and 2nd feeding - 2 heaped tsps) he pooped like never before. It was all liquidy and he got it all over his back and toes (so i had to give him a bath. twice. first time was just plain water rinse and i thought i got it all off, but then i noticed it under his paws and on one of his legs, so i gave him a bath again but with (kitten) shampoo this time. He hated that and has been trying to attack/bite my legs/hands since then. He runs away as soon as i try to touch him. I feel so sorry for him...he's not acting normal today at all. He is extra hyper, more skittish, and diarrhea-ic).
I didn't give him his 3rd wet-food feeding today. I read somewhere that a pause in wet-food diet helps with treating diarrhea.....but how long should that pause be? Should i keep him on dry food until i notice fully formed poop again or should i withhold dry food too? When and what should i feed him next?
He pooped liquid-form again a few minutes back, and i had to wipe some off of his butt. It stinks extremely bad.
Too much wet food today and yesterday + stress because of the vet visit, long car ride in carrier, and 2 baths in a row = how do i treat his diarrhea asap? (I shouldn't have fed him so much all of a sudden despite knowing how much he usually ate. but everyone keeps saying kittens should be fed as much as they want to
i guess that doesn't work for wet food...?)
This is the second time he's got diarrhea since i got him from the shelter on 27th June. I think the last time he got diarrhea was also because he ate too much wet food but i am not sure...but that time his diarrhea was very very mild (with just 1 liquidy-poop, that too very very little).
I gave him a bath around 1st July, and then he got ^diarrhhea a week later so i had to give him another bath, and then today i had to give him a bath again because of another diarrhea. That's 3 kitten-shampoo baths in a month. I am worried about his fur/skin becoming dry and him becoming itchy. What do i do? Why does he get diarrhea so easily. Should i always give him 1 tsp because that's what he's used to even if he cries for more?
He got a fecal test done around 29th June and it came back normal, so there's no worms either. (and he was dewormed once at 8 weeks with milbemax)
Wet Food: Iam's Chicken Gourmet Pate (Kitten Proactive Health)
Dry Food: Simply Nourish Kitten Food Chicken and Rice
+ fresh water every 24 hours in an extra-large dog bowl
But yesterday before the vet visit he had 2 heaped tsps of wet food, then i took him to the vet (vet said he's perfectly normal and gave him his 2nd vaccine), then we came back and for the remaining 2 feedings he again had more than usual. For one of the feedings he almost ate half a can. This morning he again had half a can and then in the afternoon he had 2 heaped tsps.
I got him from a shelter, and although he loves wet food he was never able to eat more than a tsp per feeding until yesterday.
Today, after 2 feedings (1st feeding - half a can and 2nd feeding - 2 heaped tsps) he pooped like never before. It was all liquidy and he got it all over his back and toes (so i had to give him a bath. twice. first time was just plain water rinse and i thought i got it all off, but then i noticed it under his paws and on one of his legs, so i gave him a bath again but with (kitten) shampoo this time. He hated that and has been trying to attack/bite my legs/hands since then. He runs away as soon as i try to touch him. I feel so sorry for him...he's not acting normal today at all. He is extra hyper, more skittish, and diarrhea-ic).
I didn't give him his 3rd wet-food feeding today. I read somewhere that a pause in wet-food diet helps with treating diarrhea.....but how long should that pause be? Should i keep him on dry food until i notice fully formed poop again or should i withhold dry food too? When and what should i feed him next?
He pooped liquid-form again a few minutes back, and i had to wipe some off of his butt. It stinks extremely bad.
Too much wet food today and yesterday + stress because of the vet visit, long car ride in carrier, and 2 baths in a row = how do i treat his diarrhea asap? (I shouldn't have fed him so much all of a sudden despite knowing how much he usually ate. but everyone keeps saying kittens should be fed as much as they want to
i guess that doesn't work for wet food...?)This is the second time he's got diarrhea since i got him from the shelter on 27th June. I think the last time he got diarrhea was also because he ate too much wet food but i am not sure...but that time his diarrhea was very very mild (with just 1 liquidy-poop, that too very very little).
I gave him a bath around 1st July, and then he got ^diarrhhea a week later so i had to give him another bath, and then today i had to give him a bath again because of another diarrhea. That's 3 kitten-shampoo baths in a month. I am worried about his fur/skin becoming dry and him becoming itchy. What do i do? Why does he get diarrhea so easily. Should i always give him 1 tsp because that's what he's used to even if he cries for more?
He got a fecal test done around 29th June and it came back normal, so there's no worms either. (and he was dewormed once at 8 weeks with milbemax)
Wet Food: Iam's Chicken Gourmet Pate (Kitten Proactive Health)
Dry Food: Simply Nourish Kitten Food Chicken and Rice
+ fresh water every 24 hours in an extra-large dog bowl
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