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My 4 month old kitten has had a bad health history since I found him at 3 weeks, but I'll address more on this after I state his current problem. About a week or so ago, I had switched my kittens food from blue kitten kibble to a different brand(wrllness core) too suddenly, and he had eaten it for about 2 days, but then he just stopped eating it, and when I switched it back to his regular brand altogether, he wouldn't eat regularly anymore. This was unusual for him because he would usually eat anything you put in front of him, although he's always been thin, and it made me panic because after this whole ordeal, he throws up clear fluids (stomach acid?) and his stool is so runny, it looks like chocolate milk. I took him to the vet the other day, and they said it's either something stuck in his digestive tract, or it's an overproduction of bacteria in that area. Surprised they couldn't give me a definite answer, which is complete bs, I just took home the medication they gave me, and since then, I've noticed when he rarely tries to munch on his kibble, he'll put it in his mouth and try to swallow it whole, but will drop several pieces out of his mouth. He'll only do this for a little bit while stopping to look at me, and then he'll quit trying, although he will continue to drink water. It makes me cry because I know he's telling me something is wrong. At first, I thought his behavior was because I switched his kibble, and it may partially be the cause(I looked up the reviews for wellness core kibble and they seem to have bad internal and external reactions to cats), but now I think there was a larger concern underlying it all. Now I'll go into my kittens previous history, if it helps:
I found him as at 3weeks on the street, with his sister, who died the next day of a severe roundworm infection. He turned out to have roundworms, as well, and he's since been treated for the infection. He's never had problems eating- an adventurous eater, which I love, and he's always been friendly, and social, I believe because I regularly took him to the pet store to see the other animals, and always invited friends over to play with him. He's an indoor cat, although I do take him out for walks on his leash when the weather is nice. The only time I saw problems in health was when he was reinfected with roundworms from my mothers adult cat. He had diahrrea really bad, and so I took him to the vet to get his first shot series, as well as dewormer and revolution for Kitties. When I had put the revolution on his back, he started drinking his water really strangely; tilting his head back and making this clicking noise. I thought he was choking, but he got through it - although my mom says she's caught him on several occasions doing it again. I had even mentioned it to the vet, and they said they wouldn't be able to do anything unless they saw a video of it happening. Never been able to catch him on camera, so this will never happen. I looked up dysphagia in cats, which means difficulty swallowing, I think, and these passed couple of days, he sounds like he's been having symptoms of cricopharyngeal dysphagia, but I'm not sure. I'm going to return to the vet, but being a college student on a part time job, I don't have a an endless supply of cash, and this makes me furious because I want to do everything I can for my baby.
Does anyone have any similar instances that their cat went through? Is this normal behavior when making drastic food changes in a usually adventurous eater? I need advice, or any kind of help I can get because I'm getting desperate, and if he doesn't make it, I don't think I'll be able to live with myself anymore. He is my happiness.
I found him as at 3weeks on the street, with his sister, who died the next day of a severe roundworm infection. He turned out to have roundworms, as well, and he's since been treated for the infection. He's never had problems eating- an adventurous eater, which I love, and he's always been friendly, and social, I believe because I regularly took him to the pet store to see the other animals, and always invited friends over to play with him. He's an indoor cat, although I do take him out for walks on his leash when the weather is nice. The only time I saw problems in health was when he was reinfected with roundworms from my mothers adult cat. He had diahrrea really bad, and so I took him to the vet to get his first shot series, as well as dewormer and revolution for Kitties. When I had put the revolution on his back, he started drinking his water really strangely; tilting his head back and making this clicking noise. I thought he was choking, but he got through it - although my mom says she's caught him on several occasions doing it again. I had even mentioned it to the vet, and they said they wouldn't be able to do anything unless they saw a video of it happening. Never been able to catch him on camera, so this will never happen. I looked up dysphagia in cats, which means difficulty swallowing, I think, and these passed couple of days, he sounds like he's been having symptoms of cricopharyngeal dysphagia, but I'm not sure. I'm going to return to the vet, but being a college student on a part time job, I don't have a an endless supply of cash, and this makes me furious because I want to do everything I can for my baby.
Does anyone have any similar instances that their cat went through? Is this normal behavior when making drastic food changes in a usually adventurous eater? I need advice, or any kind of help I can get because I'm getting desperate, and if he doesn't make it, I don't think I'll be able to live with myself anymore. He is my happiness.