Diarrhea and Peeing issues

[Rafiki]

Vets, like human doctors, tend to only take 1 class in nutrition. Worse yet, it tends to be sponsored by the pet food industry. Pre-packaged food is easier. You will need to do a bit of homework if you want to give him homemade food, raw or cooked, to make sure you are supplementing it properly. And of course you will have to take your kitty's food preference into consideration!

 

[John Campbell]

Vets, like human doctors, tend to only take 1 class in nutrition. Worse yet, it tends to be sponsored by the pet food industry. Pre-packaged food is easier. You will need to do a bit of homework if you want to give him homemade food, raw or cooked, to make sure you are supplementing it properly. And of course you will have to take your kitty's food preference into consideration!

I hate to say it.. But that is the American way.

 

[Kristin]

Working in a vet for the last 5 years has me so jaded...especially with Zeddie's recent health problems. We have 4 vets in our clinic, one of which majored in nutrition, and they all promote the same old kibble. They even wanted to keep Zeddie there for a weekend because "she wasn't eating", when in fact, she wasn't eating their icky food. I bought some food from the store and she ate without a problem.

I have been told many times that raw is unhealthy, I am giving my pets salmonella, blah blah blah.

Always do your research and stick to your guns if you aren't comfortable with something.

 

[Aaron]

Good news had first solid poo this morning... bad news is he's still peeing outside of litter box (in addition to in his litter box)... I have 2 litter boxes now, one has pee and one has poo (now solid). I thought ev was getting better and then he peed on my daughters bed (again). Ordered anti icky poo online but wont be getting here until the first of august. I still haven't got the cat attract litter, I'll try locating that... this is getting so frustrating. I just want to enjoy my kitty already. Never had these problems before with cats.

 

[Carykd7kau]

At least the poo is solid....

 

[Aaron]

ya I know can't figure out the pee problem though esp considering he had a solid poo... causing resentment with the wifey now too. I'm stressed as hell... don't know what to do

 

[Carykd7kau]

I understand. Maybe the ladies here will have some good advise.

 

[Aaron]

Hope so. Just did it again while my daughter was sleeping in her bed...

 

[Carykd7kau]

He is trying to tell you something... I dunno what...

 

[Brigitte Cowell]

If your kitten peed on your daughter's bedding before, it is possible that it hasn't been properly eradicated so was attracted there again.

There are other possibilities: for example, some laundry detergents are perfumed and have been reported to attract cats to pee, and some laundry preparations contain bleach and bleach is notorious for attracting some cats to pee. So check that this is not the case. Additionally, keep the covers on beds smooth, even consider putting a sheet over the top and tucking it in...rumpled soft bedding can feel right to a cat as a place to pee. And so keeping it smooth can help with this. Of course that is hard if the kitten pees there when someone is sleeping in the bed. You might need to keep the kitten out of your child's room for a few weeks until the kitten is more faithful with the litterbox.

For a kitten, consider things like how far a litterbox is from where they have peed. In a larger house, it can be too big and confusing for a kitten so you might need to consider multiple locations for the first few months.

Was this kitten raised in a house or in a caged cattery situation....? It just may be very confused about things if not raised in a home...