7 month old Bengal with off and on diarrhea.

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I have 3 cats. One of them I purchased from a reputable bengal breeder a few weeks ago. I feed then 4health grain free dry. I have now added grain free 4health canned food at night and dry in morning. Everything was going g smooth. Then my Bengal kitten started having diarrhea all over my sons bed. Running through the house it leaks out. Lay with me on my bed and yes leaks out. Keep her on dry and take away the wet and she is much better. My other two cats do incredibly well on wet at night dry in morning. I'm hoping she stays good on the dry but I want to feed her wet like my others. What do you think? Keep her on dry or find another wet food?
 

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Your Bengal may be sensitive to any one of the ingredients in the 4health grain free canned food.  I have heard of a similar problem when a kitten who was used to just plain Friskies canned food was switched to a grain-free canned food.  Eventually the owner put him back on the Friskies and he was just fine.  The Friskies pate has very little grain anyhow, just avoid the ones that have shreds, chunks, morsels, bits etc. because those have wheat gluten.  It doesn't bother most cats but it does bother others.  I have been using Friskies Pate as a basic wet food for many cats for many years and have had no problems with it.  I avoid the fish (all of it has fish but not so much) and most of my cats live well into their later teens.

I would suggest checking with the Bengal's breeder, however, to see what he/she was feeding, because the Bengal did not have diarrhea when she came to you, so whatever she was eating before agreed with her.
 
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She was eating tonight and as she was eating she was leaking pinkish fluid from her butt. It was mixed with watery stool. So I made an appt for Monday to see the vet. She's still acting normal and crazy. Eating and drinking. So I guess we will see tomorrow what the vet says.
 

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Since you're going to the vet, I'd recommend you get the PCR Diarrhea panel done just to rule out some of the more rare parasites.
 
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Ok! Vet said stool is clean of all parasites. And most likely a stomach upset from change to wet food. She did a urinalysis which showed a little blood in the urine. So we are treating her just for a uti. But overall health is great she said!
 
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