Thread: Stupid question about frequent diarrhea

We've been having similar issues with Schrodinger to the point that every time he's off to the loo we've been checking his tail and legs when he comes out incase he's got dirty pants and feet. It doesn't seem to be diarrhea but just very soggy stools :(

We've changed his diet over the past couple of days from a mainly Bozita (wet) and Feline Finest (dry) both of which have very high meat content to RC Kitten 36 (dry) and a little Porta 21 Chicken Breast in gravy and its looking better, though time will tell.

Other than that he's VERY energetic at the moment, his mad half hour was a good 3 hours the other night and playing pawball with paper balls kept him well entertained until the early morning (cat running on wooden floorboards at speed is rather noisy unfortunately) and he's put on a shed load of weight (from 2.9kg to 3.4kg) though im gonna check that again tonight before feeding him incase it was an anomaly.

Anyhoo, I wonder if its just a kitten thing and that they grow out of it, i do hope so as the thought of chasing pooey paws for the next 2 decades fills me with woe

Originally Posted by ayeizajedi

We've been having similar issues with Schrodinger to the point that every time he's off to the loo we've been checking his tail and legs when he comes out incase he's got dirty pants and feet. It doesn't seem to be diarrhea but just very soggy stools :(

We've changed his diet over the past couple of days from a mainly Bozita (wet) and Feline Finest (dry) both of which have very high meat content to RC Kitten 36 (dry) and a little Porta 21 Chicken Breast in gravy and its looking better, though time will tell.

Other than that he's VERY energetic at the moment, his mad half hour was a good 3 hours the other night and playing pawball with paper balls kept him well entertained until the early morning (cat running on wooden floorboards at speed is rather noisy unfortunately) and he's put on a shed load of weight (from 2.9kg to 3.4kg) though im gonna check that again tonight before feeding him incase it was an anomaly.

Anyhoo, I wonder if its just a kitten thing and that they grow out of it, i do hope so as the thought of chasing pooey paws for the next 2 decades fills me with woe

Blimey - he's the same weight at 4+ months that Freyja was when she just turned 6 months!!

And I'm sooo with you on the pooey paw front. Mind you, the rate Schrodinger's growing he'll start getting to heavy to catch, pick up, flip over and wipe down unless there's two of you! I hope they grow out of it, but I can't help thinking that Freyja didn't seem to have the same problem when she was on Whiskas.

Where do you get your Bozita from?

I know, we were starting to get worried about his weight as he'd hardly put on any since we got him

We get the Bozita from Zooplus though the local petstore owner seems to be able to order anything so I may ask him if he can get it for me so we can get that and the chickfeed delivered to our home. We get the Porta 21 from there aswell and tbh i'd probably eat that myself if i heated it up it looks that good

Originally Posted by ayeizajedi

We get the Porta 21 from there aswell and tbh i'd probably eat that myself if i heated it up it looks that good

Note to self: politely decline dinner invites to Schrodinger's house...

Applaws and Cat Deli sounds like Porta 21 - a breeder told me that a human could eat Applaws if they wanted to. Although I'd have to have exhausted beans on toast and (possibly) pot noodle before I'd resort to it! Well, maybe I'm exaggerating with the pot noodle.

[QUOTE=FreyjaRoMaine;6865]a breeder told me that a human could eat Applaws if they wanted to. It is made from human grade products and yes I have seen a pack eaten by a human! It was after the rep had been in and we had agreed to stock it at work, the guy on our team who buys food decided to give it a try and said it was really good and tasty! I declined his kind offer of a taste as did the rest of us. Thankfully my remit does not involve trying anything food related the closest I get to trying anything only goes as far as smelling stuff or trying out hand stuff soaps and hand gel mostly.

I agree that the applaws does look and smell like a yummy tin of tuna...can;t say I have ever been tempted though and I just take my cats empty bowls as proof that they like it!!

One of our girls has always tended toward the "soft side" and used to occasionally have brief bouts of diarrhea. I think you have gotten some good suggestions. Canned food has a very high water content so too much unbalanced by dry could be an issue (our girl will eat almost exclusively wet if allowed to). Our experience has always been that the more dry the cats eat, the stiffer their stools are (as long as they do not have an issue with the dry). We also found that there are particular foods that cause her problems and we have learned to stay away from them (e.g., Fancy Feast florentine flavors). However, when our youngest brought something in that gave everyone diarrhea, the vet gave us Purina Fortiflora, and this actually almost totally eliminated Allie's issues. So I definitely agree that probiotics are worth a shot, as it was unbelievable how much of a change it made. She has had almost no issues now for a year (and had more Fortiflora only once or twice more).

Welly has diarrhoea if he catches a bluebottle,I always reckon its because somebody has sprayed the b****y thing somewhere & its got away from them & decides to just pass by my cats for its final flight,crunch,crunch,yum,yum....& as he is the sharpest cat on this block he mostly gets them !
They all tended to get slightly upset tums & a couple of them very upset tums if they were on what I class the "Rich"type of foods for more than a couple of days,hence good old Felix tins, has to be jelly,gravy causes even more problems,sachets still upset them if they have for more than one day & only the few biscuits because once again can cause too many upsets for some of them as well as cause weight problem with one of the boys.
Like everyone else don't want to be cleaning bums & trousers unless its for a genuine upset tum & have found the good old basic works well for mine,no growth problems either.Daughters female cat has had lots of problems with her tum over past few years & we always put it down to food changes,we have now found out it was stress related,not the cat being stressed but daughter.We have one of the biggest breed of cats & you would presume the strongest,but not so,they are very,very sensitive,bless them.

Originally Posted by jckkerrison

Welly has diarrhoea if he catches a bluebottle,I always reckon its because somebody has sprayed the b****y thing somewhere & its got away from them & decides to just pass by my cats for its final flight,crunch,crunch,yum,yum....& as he is the sharpest cat on this block he mostly gets them !
They all tended to get slightly upset tums & a couple of them very upset tums if they were on what I class the "Rich"type of foods for more than a couple of days,hence good old Felix tins, has to be jelly,gravy causes even more problems,sachets still upset them if they have for more than one day & only the few biscuits because once again can cause too many upsets for some of them as well as cause weight problem with one of the boys.
Like everyone else don't want to be cleaning bums & trousers unless its for a genuine upset tum & have found the good old basic works well for mine,no growth problems either.Daughters female cat has had lots of problems with her tum over past few years & we always put it down to food changes,we have now found out it was stress related,not the cat being stressed but daughter.We have one of the biggest breed of cats & you would presume the strongest,but not so,they are very,very sensitive,bless them.

I can't even think about her eating a blue bottle, or a spider - I'm all or for encouraging a cat's natural instincts but that's just not nice...

I'm leaning heavily towards going back to the original diet, especially after reading this. We're your typical DINKY's (Dual Income, No Kids Yet) couple so we've been able to get Freyja the 'best quality' food that we could find, so the high meat content recipes seemed the right way to go. But perhaps it's just too rich for MC tums (or at least my MC).

Our Monty has had similar problems for months. Ever since we first got him he had gas in his belly and soft poo. Then it suddenly turned really squishy and smelly so we took him to the vet. First his poo was checked for parasites such as Giardia… thankfully nothing like that turned up!

We conferred with the vet and started changing his food and the feeding schedule.
After some experimenting we found out what works best for Monty (and the girls as well):

• Their main food is kibble. The vet told us not to leave a full bowl standing around during the day. They get fed a certain amount twice a day, so they have time to digest the food between meals.
• We changed the dry food from Sanabelle Kitten to Hill’s Kitten.
• Wet food they only get on special occasions. (Although I consider every Saturday a special occasion. )
• For wet food it’s usually freshly cooked fish, chicken or turkey. Whenever I have to resort to packaged food, it’s either Whiskas or Cosma. Definitely no Bozita … it immediately upsets Monty’s tummy.
• Treats: a couple of Hill’s t/d a day (they love them and it’s good for their teeth), and of course the daily bed-time prawn. We do give them tidbits from our own meals (such as cheese, ham, egg, fish) but really, really microscopic scraps.

This may sound like a Spartan diet, but it got rid of Monty’s diarrhoea problem. And both he and the girls are thriving.