I've fostered a number of kittens for the Humane Society where I volunteer. The shelter provides free canned and dry kitty food for foster families to give their cats. The kitten food is Purina Proplan and it worked well for some kittens, but in two instances now it apparently seemed to cause vomiting and diarrhea, loss of appetite, and lethargy for days on end. In one case the food had been bought on-line and shipped to us for our foster-fail cat who then got sick. We returned it and switched her to another diet that hasn't caused a problem.
Now I have some new kittens and for seemingly no reason my strongest, healthiest and largest kitten, Zeke, started having water diarrhea, vomiting and getting dangerously weak and thin. He also had fleas, so we treated him for that, but he had already been dewormed and was healthy. We got some EN dry food, started him on antibiotics, and gave him some Performatrin wet kitten food and in less than a day he improved. He has solid poop, no vomit, lots of energy and a HUGE appetite. He is apparently eating both wet and dry food and his stomach is round and full.
Was it the Proplan that caused the problem?
Thanks!
Now I have some new kittens and for seemingly no reason my strongest, healthiest and largest kitten, Zeke, started having water diarrhea, vomiting and getting dangerously weak and thin. He also had fleas, so we treated him for that, but he had already been dewormed and was healthy. We got some EN dry food, started him on antibiotics, and gave him some Performatrin wet kitten food and in less than a day he improved. He has solid poop, no vomit, lots of energy and a HUGE appetite. He is apparently eating both wet and dry food and his stomach is round and full.
Was it the Proplan that caused the problem?
Thanks!