So, a little background on my cats first.
-all himalayan
-all about 4 years old
-two girls, one boy
-they live in secret in my town house basement (it's a fair size)
and let out as much as I can (which isn't too often >>) to play in the back yard.
-recently had them moved in with me at my own place from my mom's place (she only had them for about a month) and before that was with me and my dad in the house they grew up in.
-I just changed their food to Healthwise from a rich in grains purina food (they've been on purina for most of their lives)
-they were all extremely sick when we got them at 8 and 9 weeks
-all sensitive
The problem is, my two girls have really bad diarrhea (started yesterday)....it hasn't been this bad since I first got them....so bad they can't even hold it in sometimes!
Could it be the food? I started them on the new food about two weeks and slowly converted them to it. For the past couple of days now I give them only the new food. I freaked out a little today, so I mixed some of their old food back in with the new stuff >>;
I'm thinking about returning the new food now and getting a simpler dry food (california natural maybe?)
As for the peeing, I think it's the male (even though I haven't caught any of them doing it)....maybe he gets frustrated because I can't spend as much with him as I used to (he's the most attached to me out of the three) and because he can't go upstairs anytime he wants (my roommate has a cat that doesn't get along with mine). I know it's not a medical problem because whoever is doing it often does it in the same spots or on our belongings.
I'm going to be setting times and days where my cats are free to roam the house and outside for a few hours while the other cat is put away in the bedroom, but I'm just afraid that this will continue to the point that it's on furniture! D:
any thoughts on either on these problems?
what can I do to stop it all?
-all himalayan
-all about 4 years old
-two girls, one boy
-they live in secret in my town house basement (it's a fair size)
and let out as much as I can (which isn't too often >>) to play in the back yard.
-recently had them moved in with me at my own place from my mom's place (she only had them for about a month) and before that was with me and my dad in the house they grew up in.
-I just changed their food to Healthwise from a rich in grains purina food (they've been on purina for most of their lives)
-they were all extremely sick when we got them at 8 and 9 weeks
-all sensitive
The problem is, my two girls have really bad diarrhea (started yesterday)....it hasn't been this bad since I first got them....so bad they can't even hold it in sometimes!
Could it be the food? I started them on the new food about two weeks and slowly converted them to it. For the past couple of days now I give them only the new food. I freaked out a little today, so I mixed some of their old food back in with the new stuff >>;
I'm thinking about returning the new food now and getting a simpler dry food (california natural maybe?)
As for the peeing, I think it's the male (even though I haven't caught any of them doing it)....maybe he gets frustrated because I can't spend as much with him as I used to (he's the most attached to me out of the three) and because he can't go upstairs anytime he wants (my roommate has a cat that doesn't get along with mine). I know it's not a medical problem because whoever is doing it often does it in the same spots or on our belongings.
I'm going to be setting times and days where my cats are free to roam the house and outside for a few hours while the other cat is put away in the bedroom, but I'm just afraid that this will continue to the point that it's on furniture! D:
any thoughts on either on these problems?
what can I do to stop it all?