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Hi,
I know there are about a million stool questions every day on this board. I apologise for this next one.
Luna is a new member to our family, we've had her about a month and a half now. Before we got her she was on Meow Mix. When we brought her home, her bowel was fine, she was in heat and we started to change her over to Natural Balance. She was fine with this transition. After about a week, we brought her into the vet to be spayed. After we brought her home, she had diarrehia. We waited a couple of days, thinking it might be a reaction to the meds, and then brought in a stool sample to the vet. They didn't find any worms. The vet gave us some antiboitics for the bowl, saying that sometimes an imbalance can happen. The pills are finished, and they helped a bit but now it's consistantly soft (formed) and sometimes a little loose. It's not a funny colour.
When Chester had a similar problem (only difference was his smelled really bad and were white) all it took was a change from kitten-cat food. We're wondering if this could be a diet thing and not a medical thing. Mom's thinking about picking up a bag of Performatrin Ultra tonight because it appears that Luna has stopped eating the Natural Balance.
What would be your next course of action?
 

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One she went through a lot lately with the spay/ meds and switching of foods - a lot for a little system to handle. might need some time to readjust itself again. Ok if you feel you want to switch foods again please do it very slowly and do not be surprised if the there are a few issues along the way.

good luck!
 

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How long has the kitty been on only the natural balence?? if longer than a month then try a simplier formula
 
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Originally Posted by sharky

How long has the kitty been on only the natural balence?? if longer than a month then try a simplier formula
It's been about a month, or just over it. Do you have a suggestion as to what a simpiler formula might be?
The vet doesn't know what it could be (went to see her tonight). She's worried about some recent vomitting and says that we'll do some blood work and x-rays tomorrow if it's not better. Something tells me its a food problem though.
 

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Are you on the bright pink bag?? if so try nutros natural choice , natural balences venison and green pea or California natural
 

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Where can I buy Natural Balance Venison and Green peas in Canada? Any Canadian have any luck? I'm thinking it might be the only food that my fragile kitties would tolerate...
 
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Originally Posted by Lilycurly

Where can I buy Natural Balance Venison and Green peas in Canada? Any Canadian have any luck? I'm thinking it might be the only food that my fragile kitties would tolerate...
I can get it from a place called "Pet Value". there's quite a few of them in Ontario, but I'm not sure about Qubec. You might also want to try "Global Pet Foods", because I know they carrry the wet, so you could get them to order in the dry. If all else fails, try to find a local holistic/healthfood for pets store and see if they'll order it in.
 
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Originally Posted by sharky

Are you on the bright pink bag?? if so try nutros natural choice , natural balences venison and green pea or California natural
Yes, it was the pink bag.
We're trying the Performatrin Ultra tonight and so far, so good. She was having vomitting problems the last two days, the vet didn't know why. At least now that that's stopped, we can experiment with food and see if we can firm up that stool. If the PU (
) doesn't work, I'll be sure to grab a bag of the Venison (although I'm not sure how she'll take to it. She generally only likes chicken).
Thanks for your help
 
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