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Hello, brand new here. My roommate has adopted a 4 week old Maine coon, out of impulse and as more of an accessory/convenience, so I have ended up taking care of it and getting it what it needs. Now to make a long story short: kitten was taken from his momma at 4 weeks, and was supposedly being fed dry food. The second day he was with us, my roommate left for the day so I did some research, and with some help from a friend got the little guy some KMR, GNC calorie supplement, and Royal Canin baby cat canned food. I started mixing some KMR with mashed up canned food for him, feeding him 3-4 times a day. He developed diarrhea late the next evening, and I Read that liquid KMR especially can be a culprit. I tried him on just the canned food and he gobbles it up. So for the past 2 days he has been strictly on canned food with a pea-sized dab of the calorie supplement. But the diarrhea has not subsided. It's not super liquidy, more of a sludge. I can see no trace of blood in it, and it's a uniform dark brown color.
I worry about him getting dehydrated, but he always drinks water and pees as much as he poops. And he is extremely active and playful and always has a big appetite. Is this something that I should take him to the vet immediately for? Or should i wait it out a little while longer?
I worry about him getting dehydrated, but he always drinks water and pees as much as he poops. And he is extremely active and playful and always has a big appetite. Is this something that I should take him to the vet immediately for? Or should i wait it out a little while longer?