Hi! My kitten is currently awaiting the results of blood tests and stool samples due to a prolonged bout of diarrhoea, but whilst she's waiting the vet gave me some Royal Canin sensitive wet food to feed her in case it's a dietry problem. The trouble is, she doesn't really like the new food and will only eat about half a pouch (50g) a day without begining to starve herself and get upset from being so hungry, and even this is hard work (the vet says that she only needs to eat about three quarters of the pouch per day, but this seems like a huge drop for her from previously eating 50g wet in a morning, 50g dry at teatime, and 34g of wet for supper)! Personally, I don't like the idea of feeding her so much of the sensitive wet food, either, as it's adult food and since eating it she's been much more sleepy. Surely she should be having some sort of kitten food for the extra vitamins, or whatever, to keep her strength up?

I don't know what to do for best. Giving her 50g of the sensitive wet food in the morning, 50g of RC Kitten 36 dry at teatime, and something bland at supper (chicken or cod) seems to have helped the diarrhoea, but the vet said this isn't good enough; she should have all her meals replaced by the sensitive pouches. What can I do? She's very stubborn, and won't eat the same thing all day every day.

Are there any sensitive foods on the market that are specifically designed for kittens? Are there any sensitive foods that are more popular with fussy kitties?

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

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My Ragdoll kitten Alfie has a really sensitive tummy and the only dry food he can eat with getting runny poo is the Hill's Science Plan dry kibble for kittens (it's not the best food in the world quality wise but it's the only dry one that works for Alfie)

I also give him Natures Menu Pouches and the odd raw chicken wing/thigh

3 of mine are on the Hills Science I/D food because they had prolonged diarrhoea. It hasn't cured them completely but it is the best they have been in months. The wet food goes through them like anything though so they are on dry for now.

All mine love the RC sensitive though so I think I have been quite lucky. You have to check with your vet before changing to the Hills Science I/D food, just to make sure. We had the same with stool and blood samples and everything else!

Louise
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Hi! Thanks for all the advice. I'm going to boil her some chicken with a bit of honey tonight to see how she does. I've just ordered some of the Nurish Um online, and I'm going to get some lean mince beef early in the week, so hopefully she'll find all this more appertising and better for her tummy (by the way, does the Nurish Um get mixed into their food or water, or do you give it to them as it is? I couldn't find any information on how to administer it...it just says that it's some kind of paste?).

I do actually have some Nature's Menu Kitten Chicken pouches that I bought before she had her diarrhoea problems, but I never got around to trying any of them out. Maybe I could mix a little of it in her RC sensitive in morning to see how she handles it??

Yeh you could try mixing a little but in with her normal food..

Okay, thanks! I'll give that a go in a day or two, then.

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Just got a phone call from the vets to say her results. Apparently, she has/had a bacteria that causes enterities (not sure what the name of the bacteria is now ), so hopefully, he says that she'll only need the sensitive food for a couple more weeks. I'm glad that she should soon be able to get back to her regular food, as this sensitive stuff is making her miserable, but I don't know how she's meant to have got the bacteria?...she's had her enerities jab.

Surely if it's a bacterial infection she should be on antibiotics? Otherwise how is it going to be eliminated?
Soemtimes I have to wonder how vets' minds work

enteritis is just a general name for inflammation of the gut - it doesn't have to mean feline infectious enteritis which is a specific very serious disease. (that can be vaccinated for)

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