Hi everyone,

I'm brand new to this site so apologies if I use the wrong netiquette here or there and bare in mind I don't know all the little acronyms used on here lol!

Here's my question..
I have a very large 10 yr old male moggy (Polo) who was bored silly while I was at work.. so 2 weeks ago I adopted a 4 month old female (named her Cleo). When she arrived, she was used to a very expensive food (and only on dry food) so over the first week, I gradually introduced a new food. She eats everything I give her (dry biscuits and plain chicken breast) and drinks plenty of water. It's possible that she's eaten some of big boy's tuna. But compared to when I first got her, her stools are quite soft on the new food (not runny, but soft) and this morning I woke up to find one of them has been sick. It was watery and was all digested food.

I can't guarantee that it was her vomit, but I've been generally wondering what to do about her stools anyway.. so should I keep them both off their food today? Normally they free feed on dry food and get given 1 or 2 meals of wet food every other day. On non meat days, they get a little cat milk morning and evening along with their dry food. She's not had any irritability with the cat milk.

So yea should I keep them off food? Then introduce something simple? She was only eating chicken breast anyway but at the shelter she didn't have any meat, only dry food. I'm willing to go back to the expensive food if I need to (just hope that's not forever!!) lol.

Many many thanks in advance cat lovers,

Nissa x

Soft might be just a reaction to dietary change, but if you're worried, try some boiled chicken breast for a day or so. They should both be on a high quality wet food (it seems more expensive, but it's more filling, so it's not so terrible), and dry can be left down for nibbling when you're not around.

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Hi Nissa and welcome to the forum.The majority of forum members are in agreement that high meat content wet food is the best way to feed our furbabes.This may look expensive at first but because it is so full of nutrrient cats will need less of this food than the cheaper lower quality brands.If you are willing to order on line Zoo Plus is where most of the best foods come from.Animonda Carny,Grau,Smilla are some of the brands that spring to mind.. Canned Cat Food: Bargain Prices by zooplus If you feel you must feed some "dry"then grain free is the best way to go Orijen or Applaws being the two most popular.Have you read this thread...Feeding cats for beginners (and more seasoned cat owners alike) it is full of useful info on feeding.If you use the high meat content foods then both your kitten and adult can eat the same food as kitten food is a bit of a marketing ploy.When you say your "big boys tuna" do you mean tuna cat food or Tuna for humans as this should only be fed very occasionally as a treat and preferably in spring water not brine.It may be an idea to give her plain boiled chicken and rice for a few days,no dry food,to see if this helps to firm her stools up,then you can try slowly to introduce some wet food .Hope this helps you a bit and makes sense cos when I read it back I've managed to confuse myself

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