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Hi guys. I'm new but I absolutely LOVE this site and wish I had found it sooner!
So we adopted two kittens recently (Someone dumped them in our backyard and we decided to keep them.) And they did great with using a litter box from day one of bringing them in. At the time we found them, the vet told us they were about 8-9 weeks and that they were healthy kittens, and it'd be safe to introduce them to our other cats.
We've had them on strictly dry food along with our other cats, but I've been doing a lot of research on urinary problems and dry food, so I decided to start setting out canned food alongside the dry and letting them eat what they want of each.
(Of course, they all want the canned.)
Yesterday and today I found Diarrhea on our carpet upstairs, and a little puddle of pee on my daughters bed! I'm sure it is one of the kittens as the spots are too small to be my adult cats.
I admit I didn't introduce the wet food slowly like I should have, I emptied 4-5 cans and simply let them scarf it down two days in a row. I'm fairly certain that this is what's causing the potty problems, but wanted some input from others. I've taken away the wet food once again until I find a better way to slowly introduce it into their diets, and I'm going to see if that solves the problem. Anyone have a similar experience introducing their kitties to canned food? Any suggestions on how I can introduce the food slowly to avoid this happening again? Thanks!
So we adopted two kittens recently (Someone dumped them in our backyard and we decided to keep them.) And they did great with using a litter box from day one of bringing them in. At the time we found them, the vet told us they were about 8-9 weeks and that they were healthy kittens, and it'd be safe to introduce them to our other cats.
We've had them on strictly dry food along with our other cats, but I've been doing a lot of research on urinary problems and dry food, so I decided to start setting out canned food alongside the dry and letting them eat what they want of each.
(Of course, they all want the canned.)
Yesterday and today I found Diarrhea on our carpet upstairs, and a little puddle of pee on my daughters bed! I'm sure it is one of the kittens as the spots are too small to be my adult cats.
I admit I didn't introduce the wet food slowly like I should have, I emptied 4-5 cans and simply let them scarf it down two days in a row. I'm fairly certain that this is what's causing the potty problems, but wanted some input from others. I've taken away the wet food once again until I find a better way to slowly introduce it into their diets, and I'm going to see if that solves the problem. Anyone have a similar experience introducing their kitties to canned food? Any suggestions on how I can introduce the food slowly to avoid this happening again? Thanks!
going to keep her in quarantine for the weekend and if she's still having diarrhea or symptoms get worse I'll be taking her in on Monday. She isn't acting sick at all, still. Maybe a bit lethargic but I imagine the diarrhea is taking a lot out of her. I hope and pray nothing too serious is going on. My nerves are so bad right now. I keep thinking of FIP and how horrible I would feel if I took her in and exposed my other cats to a potentially life threatening illness. I need to stay away from Google until I take her in.
