My cat keeps having chronic diarrhoea once she eats some other kind of food other than her regular food. I'm currently giving her I-AM's but when i give her a snack or i get wet food for her, then her litter box looks like a scene from Saw III with poop all over. What do i do?
2007-07-20 06:11:28 · 15 answers · asked by Krys 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Hi
You have gotten some seriously bad answers here! Canned foods are much better for your cat then dry foods. Dry foods are loaded with carbs, fillers and have had most of the water that cat's need zapped out in the processing. Many cats have trouble processing carbs and dry foods are the number 1 cause of diabetes in cats as well as having a hand in kidney disease, obesity, crystals ect. Cats are not normally big drinkers and won't be able to drink enough water to make up for the lack of moisture in dry foods Please look at your loabel and read the ingrediants! Is the first 1 a muscle meat ? is there corn or meal or other crap listed in the first 3 ingrediants? is it animal or vegetable based protein?
Now to answer your question. First food needs to be transitioned slowly, maybe over a week's time. You can get some acidoupolous from a health food store and sprinkle a little bit in the food which should help.
Please read and learn about feline nutrition
http://www.catinfo.org/
2007-07-20 06:37:34 · answer #1 · answered by Ken 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋
The obvious answer is to not give her snacks and keep her on just the one food.
Switching foods involves putting a little of the new food in with most of the old food, and gradually over a week, shift it to more of the new and less of the old.
Get her back on the old food and don't give her different ones unless you have a good reason to switch. Her digestive system can't handle it.
2007-07-20 15:09:03 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop giving her the wet food and cat snacks. Her body apprently does not like them. And just an FYI, canned food is mostly made of water anyhow, and is bad for their teeth. The cat snacks can also cause her to put on weight.
If the diahrrhea still continues, take her to the vet. I don't know how old your cat is, but if she is older, there might be something else going on.
Good Luck
2007-07-20 06:15:51 · answer #3 · answered by Ashlie 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Um, I think it should be obvious...stop giving her the wrong kind of food!
A neutered/spayed house cat needs a consisitent diet of low ash dry cat food only. No snack. No wet food. You've see the results. Just don't give her that food anymore.
2007-07-20 06:16:08 · answer #4 · answered by lilykdesign 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Take her to the vet to rule out any serious problems.
If all is well, switch from Iams dry which is not a great cat food. But stick to dry food. I like California Natural as a brand - no fillers, human grade ingredients and all U.S. sourced in ingredients so no recall worries.
Avoid the wet food and kitty treats - they do not agree with her.
2007-07-20 06:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
just stick to the regular food, don't give her wet food or snacks, it sounds like her system just doesn't take to it very well. a lot of cats get gastrointestinal problems when food is changed on them.
2007-07-20 07:12:39 · answer #6 · answered by macleod709 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-09 23:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure sounds like she is unable to digest the treats and wet food properly. Stop giving it to her! No matter how good it tastes to her, diarrhea like that can cause dehydration and a slew of other problems. You should also discuss this with your vet to make sure that this is not a symptom of a larger problem.
2007-07-20 06:18:48 · answer #8 · answered by JLea 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't give her anything else than her wet food. Sometime animals are very sensitive to a change in diet. You should also take her to the vet just to make sure she's not sick.
2007-07-20 06:43:00 · answer #9 · answered by Misoblond 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
You should give her Imodium this should stop the diarrhoea. Also stick to dry food, when you give a cat food other then there usually, they tend to become sick.
2007-07-20 06:18:01 · answer #10 · answered by Karen R 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋