Hi everyone, I'm new here.
I just started fostering a 3.5/4 week old stray kitten on Friday. He got tested and came up negative for all the bad stuff at the shelter, and they dewormed him before I took him home.
He's eating well, mostly dry kitten food I'm adding warm water to so it's soft. He's had a little plain chicken baby food and a little liver flavored wet cat food to keep him interested. He's drinking a decent amount and going to the bathroom regularly. He's thrown up about a teaspoon twice, but he's eaten, drank, and pottied since then so I'm not worried.
My question is about the poop. (Isn't it always here?) He's pooping normally, but it was soft when I brought him home. Now it is not quite, but almost, liquid. It's a light brown, almost yellow color. I've looked (more than I wish I have) and have seen no worms or anything so that's a good sign, but it still doesn't seem quite right to me. Could it be some intestinal parasite? I bought the baby food and the wet food, but the dry food I've been watering down is the same stuff they gave him at the shelter.
Also, I know it's silly but I have this fear I'll somehow get some kind of gross thing from him. I try to keep a little distance, but he's a ball of cute and keeps wanting to rub noses with me and be really cuddly. Is it possible he could share his germs with me? Any help would be appreciated!
I just started fostering a 3.5/4 week old stray kitten on Friday. He got tested and came up negative for all the bad stuff at the shelter, and they dewormed him before I took him home.
He's eating well, mostly dry kitten food I'm adding warm water to so it's soft. He's had a little plain chicken baby food and a little liver flavored wet cat food to keep him interested. He's drinking a decent amount and going to the bathroom regularly. He's thrown up about a teaspoon twice, but he's eaten, drank, and pottied since then so I'm not worried.
My question is about the poop. (Isn't it always here?) He's pooping normally, but it was soft when I brought him home. Now it is not quite, but almost, liquid. It's a light brown, almost yellow color. I've looked (more than I wish I have) and have seen no worms or anything so that's a good sign, but it still doesn't seem quite right to me. Could it be some intestinal parasite? I bought the baby food and the wet food, but the dry food I've been watering down is the same stuff they gave him at the shelter.
Also, I know it's silly but I have this fear I'll somehow get some kind of gross thing from him. I try to keep a little distance, but he's a ball of cute and keeps wanting to rub noses with me and be really cuddly. Is it possible he could share his germs with me? Any help would be appreciated!