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We have a 3.5 month old kitten who we adopted about a month ago. Ever since we brought him home, he's had loose stools. For the first couple weeks, he also had some blood in his stool, though that part has thankfully cleared up.
We've had him checked for both parasites and bacteria, all of which came back negative. He's finished a course of Flagyl and FortiFlora. We've tried adding a bit of pumpkin puree to his meals. He currently is also getting topical Nystatin cream for ringworm, if that matters. Other than the diarrhea and a couple missing patches of hair from the ringworm, he's acting very normally. Very energetic/playful, affectionate, BIG appetite, drinks plenty of water and pees normally.
When we adopted him, the shelter sent us home with just one can of food he had been eating, but we couldn't find it at stores near us, so we had to quickly switch him over to Purina Pro Plan kitten food (a variety pack of seafood and chicken/liver). At his first check up, our vet said that even the Pro Plan line of Purina is bad quality, so we decided to switch him onto Tiki Cat Chicken & Egg, which has very good reviews. We thought that the Pro Plan may have been contributing to his diarrhea and that the better food might help. Unfortunately, we didn't time the switch very well (he went through his Purina faster than we imagined), so we could only transition him over the course of 4 days (25% new food /50%/75%/100%). In the midst of the transition, his poops were starting to firm up -- not fully, but dramatically better than they'd been.
Unfortunately, ever since he's been eating 100% Tiki Cat, he's right back to having diarrhea consistently. We're wondering how long we give him on this new food before deciding it doesn't agree with his stomach and try something else? Should we go back to the Pro Plan (a combination or fully)? Should we try another brand? I've read that Chicken & Egg are some of the easiest proteins to digest, but is it possible they just won't work for him?
We're just very concerned because a month seems like a long time to go without having a good stool. We also just lost a kitten to FIP in February, so we're definitely a little hyper-sensitive about any of his ailments as well.
We'd greatly appreciate any recommendations you have!
We've had him checked for both parasites and bacteria, all of which came back negative. He's finished a course of Flagyl and FortiFlora. We've tried adding a bit of pumpkin puree to his meals. He currently is also getting topical Nystatin cream for ringworm, if that matters. Other than the diarrhea and a couple missing patches of hair from the ringworm, he's acting very normally. Very energetic/playful, affectionate, BIG appetite, drinks plenty of water and pees normally.
When we adopted him, the shelter sent us home with just one can of food he had been eating, but we couldn't find it at stores near us, so we had to quickly switch him over to Purina Pro Plan kitten food (a variety pack of seafood and chicken/liver). At his first check up, our vet said that even the Pro Plan line of Purina is bad quality, so we decided to switch him onto Tiki Cat Chicken & Egg, which has very good reviews. We thought that the Pro Plan may have been contributing to his diarrhea and that the better food might help. Unfortunately, we didn't time the switch very well (he went through his Purina faster than we imagined), so we could only transition him over the course of 4 days (25% new food /50%/75%/100%). In the midst of the transition, his poops were starting to firm up -- not fully, but dramatically better than they'd been.
Unfortunately, ever since he's been eating 100% Tiki Cat, he's right back to having diarrhea consistently. We're wondering how long we give him on this new food before deciding it doesn't agree with his stomach and try something else? Should we go back to the Pro Plan (a combination or fully)? Should we try another brand? I've read that Chicken & Egg are some of the easiest proteins to digest, but is it possible they just won't work for him?
We're just very concerned because a month seems like a long time to go without having a good stool. We also just lost a kitten to FIP in February, so we're definitely a little hyper-sensitive about any of his ailments as well.
We'd greatly appreciate any recommendations you have!