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My kitten is only fed dry food and water but she has diarrhea four times a day. I've also have wormed her so why is she doing this and is she really sick?
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∙ 14y ago
It sounds like your kitten is completely rejecting its food because it cannot digest it. A kitten with diarrhoea can get very dehydrated very quickly and that can easily become fatal. Try and get as much moisture into your kitten as you can! I strongly recommend try feeding her a bit of wet food just to help her hydrate herself. You can even try putting a little chicken broth in her water to entice her to drink. For her stomach try feeding her a little cooked plain chicken which helps settle an upset stomach.
Many brands of dry food are packed with corns and grains. This is cheap carbohydrate filler that the food manufacturers use as its a cheaper source of protein than meat is. Cats are strict carnivores, so can only get their nutrients from meat-based protein, not plant-based protein.
Sadly, it is all this carbohydrate filler is probably the reason your kitten has diarrhoea. Cats, much less kittens, cannot digest such a high level carbohydrate at all; the stomach usually ends up working far harder than it should just to try and break the kibble down (a cat's stomach has evolved to break down raw meat quickly - not to store grain).
It might be advisable to take her to the vets to make sure there is no underlying problem, and to switch her to a grain-free food. There are many wet foods that are high in meat and grain free, but there are also some dry foods out there with no grain such as Orijen. Look at the Ingredients and stay away from labels such as "grain, corn, wheat gluten, grain/corn by product, by product meal" etc.
Other high-quality foods: EVO, Blue Buffalo, Wellness, Applaws, Bozita, HiLife, etc.
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