Please Help, Kitten has sloppy poo!

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Not asking you to come round and help clean up, but would appreciate any advice as to what is causing her diarrhoea. She has an appointment at the vets booked for Tuesday (the soonest they could see her), she is 9weeks old and we have had her for 6days.

At first the stools were formed but became sloppy 3days ago. We are feeding her whiska's kitten food in gravy but she drinks nothing at all. In all other respects she seems perfectly healthy and happy.

Any advice much appreciated.

Our kitten was initially like that when we got her at 8wks old. She had sloppy (not totally liquid) poos for the first week or so until she she settled in. we kept her diet the same as what she'd been weaned onto (tesco kitten food) and its now resolved totally - she's 11 weeks old on monday.

re the drinking, our kitten doesnt drink at all and i queried it with our family vet (i've got 2 dogs as well). the advise was the not all cats drink much as they obtain most of the water they need from their food esp if its in gravy or a watery jelly. We also offer fresh water but it goes untouched as far as i can tell. I've also tried to offer kitten milk but she turns her nose up at this too.

HTH

Yes, that's reassurring FledtoScotland, vet's didn't sound too concerned either.
Perhap's she's just stressed with the move and missing her brothers/sisters.

I'm not sure how you'll take this, but it might be a condition she'll have for life. We had a cat with it. Apparently cats are prone to a condition (and I can't remember what it's called - how helpful) that causes runny poo. It's common, and it has no real affect on their health. It's just 'one of those things'. A lot of cats have it, but because cats often go to the toilet outside owners are never aware of it. So it's a problem for the owner, not the cat.

The cat we had with it was a huge beastie who ate half his own body weight daily.

It can be lots of things - stress, over feeding, parasites.

The vet should be able to give you lots of pointers.

I would switch her to a good quality dry food if it were me.

Good luck!