Hello to all and please allow me to explain the situation first. My city is currently under lockdown due to COVID-19, there is no public transport, and I don’t have a car. There is no way for me to get to the very few vet clinics that have decided to continue operations during the quarantine period and home visits are also not possible. I’ve been trying to get a hold of several vets to see about a possible phone consultation but the lines are down 
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That having been said, my neutered male cat of one year and eight months old had diarrhea today. It wasn’t liquid yet, more like soft, thick blobs that were yellowish-brown in color; definitely lacking shape and paler than his usual output. He went in his litter box (I try to sneak a peek at his fresh poop whenever I can— cat mom life lol) and he didn’t seem to be in any pain during. He is also being his usual active self and drinking water, there are no changes to his behavior other than the diarrhea.
I suspect that it is his food. I usually feed him three 80g cans of wet food a day and one cup of dry food to munch on every 24 hours, but the only pet food supplier that still does deliveries is also short on stock (no word yet on when they’ll resupply). They don’t have much of a selection of wet food left that I trust and they also ran out of Acana Wild Prairie. So I ordered Halo Holistic Healthy Weight Chicken and Chicken Liver.
I was unable to slowly transition him to the Halo because I didn’t realize we were almost out of Acana (this pandemic has got me so anxious and scatterbrained). I fed him one cup of the Halo today and a few hours later— boom, diarrhea.
My questions (in the event that I really cannot get a hold of any vets on the phone):
1) I still have roughly three week’s supply of wet food left, but the future is very unpredictable at this point and I really would like to stretch out his rations by supplementing with dry. Is there any way I can still reintroduce the Halo or should I just forget it altogether?
2) He has only had diarrhea once today. Is there anything I should be doing for him now?
3) What can I do at home if his diarrhea gets worse?
4) Is it possible that it’s not the food that’s the problem? He is a fully indoor cat and updated on his vaccines, but not his deworming— we had an appointment for that but it was cancelled when the lockdown took effect. I did try to look closely at the poop and I didn’t see any worms.
5) If it’s worms or parasites that’s the problem, is there any way to be able to tell without a vet? And what should I do if that’s the case?
Sorry for the very long post and so many questions. Thank you for reading and I hope that everyone and their loved ones are staying safe and healthy!
(That having been said, my neutered male cat of one year and eight months old had diarrhea today. It wasn’t liquid yet, more like soft, thick blobs that were yellowish-brown in color; definitely lacking shape and paler than his usual output. He went in his litter box (I try to sneak a peek at his fresh poop whenever I can— cat mom life lol) and he didn’t seem to be in any pain during. He is also being his usual active self and drinking water, there are no changes to his behavior other than the diarrhea.
I suspect that it is his food. I usually feed him three 80g cans of wet food a day and one cup of dry food to munch on every 24 hours, but the only pet food supplier that still does deliveries is also short on stock (no word yet on when they’ll resupply). They don’t have much of a selection of wet food left that I trust and they also ran out of Acana Wild Prairie. So I ordered Halo Holistic Healthy Weight Chicken and Chicken Liver.
I was unable to slowly transition him to the Halo because I didn’t realize we were almost out of Acana (this pandemic has got me so anxious and scatterbrained). I fed him one cup of the Halo today and a few hours later— boom, diarrhea.
My questions (in the event that I really cannot get a hold of any vets on the phone):
1) I still have roughly three week’s supply of wet food left, but the future is very unpredictable at this point and I really would like to stretch out his rations by supplementing with dry. Is there any way I can still reintroduce the Halo or should I just forget it altogether?
2) He has only had diarrhea once today. Is there anything I should be doing for him now?
3) What can I do at home if his diarrhea gets worse?
4) Is it possible that it’s not the food that’s the problem? He is a fully indoor cat and updated on his vaccines, but not his deworming— we had an appointment for that but it was cancelled when the lockdown took effect. I did try to look closely at the poop and I didn’t see any worms.
5) If it’s worms or parasites that’s the problem, is there any way to be able to tell without a vet? And what should I do if that’s the case?
Sorry for the very long post and so many questions. Thank you for reading and I hope that everyone and their loved ones are staying safe and healthy!
