Okay, I have a 14-15 week old kitten. For the last couple of weeks his poop has been super soft/borderline diarrhea, light tan in color--like diarrhea and smelly--like diarrhea. He also re-positions himself several times in the litter box and I've been finding marble-sized clumps of urine. I've tried to get him to pee on paper towels to check for blood but he just eats the paper towels so that hasn't worked. He's been treated for parasites in his first vet visit and a gram stain was done when he was neutered due to the continued soft, smelly poop and gas. He was dragging his butt across the floor and cried when he hopped in the litter box so I took him back in and one of his anal glands was impacted. That was last Thursday, about four days ago.
I thought the gas and smelly poop might be lactose related as the kitten food I was feeding him was made with milk and the smelly poop didn't start until a few days after I started him on it. I took him off of that 7 days ago and the gas has stopped but the smelly poop hasn't and it fluctuates between normal, semi-solid and diarrhea. He's not dragging his butt or grooming that area a lot anymore and he's not running a fever. He's also still leaving marble-sized clumps of urine. He's eating fine and drinking water normally and he's played here and there with my ten and a half month old kitten.
My question is this, for the past two days he's been doing a lot of kneading and he started suckling me whenever he's on my lap or I'm holding him. He's done some meowing but not in the litter box again. I found him on September 1 and yesterday and today are the first times he's exhibited the kneading and suckling behavior. I know those are self-soothing behaviors and I'm glad he feels safe enough with me to suckle like that, but I'm worried that he doesn't feel good and I'm just not seeing it. He has a vet appointment on the 28th for his booster vaccinations so I'll definitely bring it up then, but that's 10 days away. As long as he's eating and eliminating and playing, should I just continue to play litter box monitor and wait for more definitive symptoms? What should I look for?
He doesn't react when I press on his belly. My niece's grain-intolerant cat just went home so I can leave dry food out and he's now got access to Blue Buffalo Kitten Formula dry food in addition to wet food morning and night (I've tried different wet food brands, balancing what he'll eat with healthy content, now I'm going to see if Sheba Perfect Portions has any effect).
I thought the gas and smelly poop might be lactose related as the kitten food I was feeding him was made with milk and the smelly poop didn't start until a few days after I started him on it. I took him off of that 7 days ago and the gas has stopped but the smelly poop hasn't and it fluctuates between normal, semi-solid and diarrhea. He's not dragging his butt or grooming that area a lot anymore and he's not running a fever. He's also still leaving marble-sized clumps of urine. He's eating fine and drinking water normally and he's played here and there with my ten and a half month old kitten.
My question is this, for the past two days he's been doing a lot of kneading and he started suckling me whenever he's on my lap or I'm holding him. He's done some meowing but not in the litter box again. I found him on September 1 and yesterday and today are the first times he's exhibited the kneading and suckling behavior. I know those are self-soothing behaviors and I'm glad he feels safe enough with me to suckle like that, but I'm worried that he doesn't feel good and I'm just not seeing it. He has a vet appointment on the 28th for his booster vaccinations so I'll definitely bring it up then, but that's 10 days away. As long as he's eating and eliminating and playing, should I just continue to play litter box monitor and wait for more definitive symptoms? What should I look for?
He doesn't react when I press on his belly. My niece's grain-intolerant cat just went home so I can leave dry food out and he's now got access to Blue Buffalo Kitten Formula dry food in addition to wet food morning and night (I've tried different wet food brands, balancing what he'll eat with healthy content, now I'm going to see if Sheba Perfect Portions has any effect).