Is he sick??

For the past week we have let my 3 month old kitten have free range of the house while we are at home. This morning I left to go to the store and came back to find there was a "line" of diarrhea looking mess and a bunch of patches of stuff that looked like vomit under the table....it was light colored and looked like it had little chunks of food in it (sorry for the description, lol). He has been acting 100% normal except that he didn't eat his canned food this morning. Should this warrant a trip to the vet or should I wait it out and see if it stops??

call the VET ... and ensure kitty stays hydrated... do you know how to check for hydration??

I checked to make sure he was hydrated and he is...I gave him an eye-dropper full of water just in case. I called the vet and they just told me to keep an eye on him and see if he's ok tonight. They also told me to keep him in one room of the house until he gets back to normal. Hopefully he will get better....

I know dogs can have random, unexplained spells of diarrhea and random vomiting, but is that the same for cats?

Can yes .. but they shouldnt as cats are less likely to put thing s in there mouths that dont belong

I would take him to the vet today.

So I just got back from the vet. He felt around and said that there wasn't a blockage and that he was very hydrated. Couldn't get a fecal b/c there wasn't anything inside of him. The vet said that he thinks he just ate something that upset his stomach, so he gave me some canned i/d to give him for a few days to see if it gets better. He is drinking and peeing just fine, but he is still lethargic and won't eat the canned food The vet said if it doesn't get better or he doesn't eat by tommorow to bring him back and they will do blood work, etc....I just feel so bad b/c he is obviously sick

I hope he gets better quickly, without a second vet trip.

If he doesn't improve by morning, take him back.

If he disimproves, take him to an ER vet tonight.

What would you consider a worsening condition that would require ab ER visit? Like if he throws up more or....?

If he stops drinking water, if he starts throwing up again, if the legathary seems to increase. If you think he's worsening, he probably is.

How long is it since he's eaten? If it's been a whole day, I would at least ring an ER vet.

He wouldn't eat his canned food this morning, but he ate some of the dogs canned....but he hasn't eaten since then. I just ran to the grocery store to get some baby food to see if he'll eat that....cross your fingers!

Well he just ate a few "licks" of baby food, but that was it....hopefully he will get more of an appetite

You know to make sure there is no onion or garlic in the baby food right?

Yeah...it's just chicken baby food (ground chicken, water and corn starch)

I wouldn't blame the cat for not eating ID :| That stuff breaks plastic utensils (at least the dog version does).

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Yeah...it's just chicken baby food (ground chicken, water and corn starch)

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Just keep offering it to him, and keep an eye on him.

ETA: my vet sometimes, if a kitty is not eating just opens their mouth wide and pops some in like a pill (with her finger of course). It has sorted out at least two kitties I know who didn't thinkt they were hungry, but then realised they actually were.

I've seen the dog I/D and the cat one is definately "more appetizing" if possible, lol.

I tried putting some of the baby food in his mouth after he stopped eating it and he just looks at it...almost like he's thinking about it, btu doesn't really want to.....

Try again in a while. If he keeps it down, that's more important than how it got there.

Can you get ahold of Hills a/d?

Yes, I can get some a/d. I am going to get some dry I/D tommorow (even though I'm not an SD fan) just to have out in case he gets the munchies, so when (and hopefully if) he eats, it won't upset him. I will get some canned a/d while I am there. Grr this is so stressful! I hate not knowing what's wrong!

btw--he hasn't thrown up since before we took him to the vet, so I guess that's progress

a/d might do the trick.

We have a rescue cat in that refused to eat (and she was still nursing her 3 kittens) probably because of the stress. A little over a day of forcefeeding nutrical and allowing her to drink some cat milk (bought at petsmart, forget the brand) and she started eating again.