Hello everyone - let me start from the beginning so we're all on the same page.
We had been feeding our two cats Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet in the Turkey flavor since we adopted our newest last January. So well over a year. About 2-3 months ago, PetCo stopped selling our brand in the 7lb bags and would no longer do the price per pound matching so instead of getting 7lb for $22 we were paying $32 for two 4lb bags. I didn't want to do this forever, so we switched to Blue Buffalo Multi-cat in the Turkey flavor. Long story short we switched a little quicker than planned because we didn't have much of the old food left to transition, and one of our cats (Bean) got diarrhea. That same week, PetCo started selling our old brand in 7lbs again of course
so we called the vet and they suggested just giving her the old food since her stomach is already used to it so we put it back out and she REFUSED to eat it. So after a day or so, I ended up having to mix a tiny amount of Blue Buffalo with the old food to encourage her to eat it. That went on for awhile and we slowly, slowly transitioned her back to the Blue. Everything was fine, poop was solid, problem solved. Must have swtiched too fast. Fast forward a couple weeks and I decided to try the Iams perfect portions wet food (I feed them about a tablespoon of wet food for treats and hydration) and she and ONLY she had diarrhea again .I assumed it was because she didn't like that food so I withheld all wet food for two days trying to get her stomach to settle. It stopped for about a day and then came back, so we called the vet and they suggested a bland diet which I'm familiar with, my first cat had to be on it when she had tummy problems so we bought a little bag of the Hills Prescription Diet I/D. And a couple of the cans for wet food. We fed it to them for about 3-4 days, Bean's poop was solid again for about a day or two. Now she's back to the runny poop. Nothing has changed, she was fine and this is a BLAND diet and I'm not sure what to do. I know a lot of you are going to suggest taking her to the vet but I was wondering if there was anything else I could try. Should I fast for 12 hours to reset her tummy? Has anyone else had this problem with diarrhea or the hills diet? I've read about trying canned pumpkin. I've read about adding benefiber to the food. Is there anything I should be worried about? She's about 1 year and 7 months. She's eating, shes drinking, she's playing .Nothing seems wrong, she doesn't look sick. I've tried the whole grabbing their scruff to see if they're dehydrated and she seems fine. Please help if you have any suggestions??! Thanks!!
We had been feeding our two cats Merrick Limited Ingredient Diet in the Turkey flavor since we adopted our newest last January. So well over a year. About 2-3 months ago, PetCo stopped selling our brand in the 7lb bags and would no longer do the price per pound matching so instead of getting 7lb for $22 we were paying $32 for two 4lb bags. I didn't want to do this forever, so we switched to Blue Buffalo Multi-cat in the Turkey flavor. Long story short we switched a little quicker than planned because we didn't have much of the old food left to transition, and one of our cats (Bean) got diarrhea. That same week, PetCo started selling our old brand in 7lbs again of course
so we called the vet and they suggested just giving her the old food since her stomach is already used to it so we put it back out and she REFUSED to eat it. So after a day or so, I ended up having to mix a tiny amount of Blue Buffalo with the old food to encourage her to eat it. That went on for awhile and we slowly, slowly transitioned her back to the Blue. Everything was fine, poop was solid, problem solved. Must have swtiched too fast. Fast forward a couple weeks and I decided to try the Iams perfect portions wet food (I feed them about a tablespoon of wet food for treats and hydration) and she and ONLY she had diarrhea again .I assumed it was because she didn't like that food so I withheld all wet food for two days trying to get her stomach to settle. It stopped for about a day and then came back, so we called the vet and they suggested a bland diet which I'm familiar with, my first cat had to be on it when she had tummy problems so we bought a little bag of the Hills Prescription Diet I/D. And a couple of the cans for wet food. We fed it to them for about 3-4 days, Bean's poop was solid again for about a day or two. Now she's back to the runny poop. Nothing has changed, she was fine and this is a BLAND diet and I'm not sure what to do. I know a lot of you are going to suggest taking her to the vet but I was wondering if there was anything else I could try. Should I fast for 12 hours to reset her tummy? Has anyone else had this problem with diarrhea or the hills diet? I've read about trying canned pumpkin. I've read about adding benefiber to the food. Is there anything I should be worried about? She's about 1 year and 7 months. She's eating, shes drinking, she's playing .Nothing seems wrong, she doesn't look sick. I've tried the whole grabbing their scruff to see if they're dehydrated and she seems fine. Please help if you have any suggestions??! Thanks!!
