Hi!
I need some advice! I tried a lot of food brands for my cat (Acana, Orijen, Nutrience, Petcurean Go!), and they all give her diarrhea or soft stool... I figured it might be the legumes (there's a lot of peas, chickpeas, lentils, etc in these grain free foods). Every time I try a new food, I end up feeding her Royal Canin gastro to help her...
Lately, I decided to try Farmina Prime Chicken Adult. There's pea starch in the formula but it is quite far in the list of ingredients. I gradually switched her food from RC to Farmina in at least 2-3 weeks. It was all good, her feces were firm until I was at 100% Farmina. She is a white persian, so sometimes I see that her stools aren't that firm. It is not that bad, no diarrhea, but I have to shave her sometimes because she has poop in her fur, and I can see that she's not really clean........ It's been about 2 weeks since she's 100% Farmina. I think it got a little better when I started giving her less food (she was eating 1/2 cup of the Royal Canin, so 150kcal/day. I gave her also 1/2 cup of Farmina but it's 200kcal/day, and the feeding recommandation for a 4kg cat is 1/3-2/3 cup/day). Now I give her about 3/8 cup.
Is it normal to experience that kind of soft stool when switching food? Can it go away with time? Or at that point, is the food really a problem?
(And I know some may say I should go to the vet, but I happened in the past and I went but she's healthy! (And also she was ok on Royal Canin Kitten when I got her, so when there's grains she's ok...))
Thank you!!
I need some advice! I tried a lot of food brands for my cat (Acana, Orijen, Nutrience, Petcurean Go!), and they all give her diarrhea or soft stool... I figured it might be the legumes (there's a lot of peas, chickpeas, lentils, etc in these grain free foods). Every time I try a new food, I end up feeding her Royal Canin gastro to help her...
Lately, I decided to try Farmina Prime Chicken Adult. There's pea starch in the formula but it is quite far in the list of ingredients. I gradually switched her food from RC to Farmina in at least 2-3 weeks. It was all good, her feces were firm until I was at 100% Farmina. She is a white persian, so sometimes I see that her stools aren't that firm. It is not that bad, no diarrhea, but I have to shave her sometimes because she has poop in her fur, and I can see that she's not really clean........ It's been about 2 weeks since she's 100% Farmina. I think it got a little better when I started giving her less food (she was eating 1/2 cup of the Royal Canin, so 150kcal/day. I gave her also 1/2 cup of Farmina but it's 200kcal/day, and the feeding recommandation for a 4kg cat is 1/3-2/3 cup/day). Now I give her about 3/8 cup.
Is it normal to experience that kind of soft stool when switching food? Can it go away with time? Or at that point, is the food really a problem?
(And I know some may say I should go to the vet, but I happened in the past and I went but she's healthy! (And also she was ok on Royal Canin Kitten when I got her, so when there's grains she's ok...))
Thank you!!