Hello, all. My wife and I recently adopted two kittens (Mitsy and Bernadette) from the lgeneral mane society. We picked them up today.growing up, I had always had cats, and my parents just fed them dry Friskies. Most of the cats lived to be 15+Years old. Now, being grown and having the ability to buy these 2 little cuties the "best", I grabbed a bag of Blue Buffalo kitten chow after reading the seemingly impressive list of ingredients. This bag of food was stupid expensive (like 25 bucks). Anyway, got them home, let them get acquainted, showed them their box, both used it when I put them in there. Played a bit, and filled a water dish and a bowl of the Blue Buffalo. They snacked a little, and the wife and I went and grabbed some groceries. Gone for maybe an hour. Get home and there is diarrhea in our bathtub. Ugh. Ok, new environment, they may be a little stressed, yada yada. Took the hood off the box because I thought maybe they weren't understanding that they had to go through the little door. Cleaned up, watched a movie. Mitsy slept on my wife's chest, bernadette slept on mine. Bedtime rolls around, I decide to show them the box one more time. When I put Mitsy in, she played with the litter a bit and peed-but only the tiniest amount. Ok, small kitty, small pee. Makes sense. Then she went poop and it got messy. Very loose stool, loud farting noise (sorry to be crude), sounded like a human. Stuck to her fur, she stepped in it. Poor thing was a mess. She smeared it all over the floor, and I went into full red alert. Cleaned her up the best I could, she freaked the whole time. Now Bernadette goes in the box completely normal. WTH?
Been doing some checking, apparently Blue Buffalo is NOT what it seems as there are literally thousands of horror stories ranging from sickly bathroom sessions to death. Ok, no more of that. Glad I spen 25 dollars on that.
I guess here come the questions:
They were previously feeding them science diet at the humane society. Would giving them something different cause this? Its odd that only one kitten seems to have an issue.
Is the blue buffalo food just junk in general? That seems to be the concensus.
What should I feed them? How should I switch them?
Thanks in advance, and sorry about the long post. Figured the more info, the better.
Been doing some checking, apparently Blue Buffalo is NOT what it seems as there are literally thousands of horror stories ranging from sickly bathroom sessions to death. Ok, no more of that. Glad I spen 25 dollars on that.
I guess here come the questions:
They were previously feeding them science diet at the humane society. Would giving them something different cause this? Its odd that only one kitten seems to have an issue.
Is the blue buffalo food just junk in general? That seems to be the concensus.
What should I feed them? How should I switch them?
Thanks in advance, and sorry about the long post. Figured the more info, the better.