Sensitive food recommendations and was this a good price for a vet visit?

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Hi everyone. We recently adopted these two gorgeous girls, the ginger and black is Tiggy and the white and ginger/black is princess. There around 7 years old. We adopted them around a week ago. Princess had started to be sick and had diarrhea. They were eating Sheba and gourmet wet food, with just the diarrhea initially, I was wondering if it was a bit rich for her tummy. I swapped to royal cannin sensitive. It seemed to make her and her sister sick, her sister was fine as soon as I stopped the food, Princess wasn’t. I usually feed hi life to my other cats, she didn’t seem keen. Does anyone have any recommendations for a food that won’t upset her tummy, I was really annoyed about the Royal Canin- I’ve since read it’s not that great, no offense at all to people who feed it. Her vet visit today for a B12 injection, anti nausea injection, wormer, pro kolin advanced probiotic was £65 I thought was really reasonable, I’ve happily paid a lot more in the past for similar treatments. Would you say it’s reasonable? I’m very happy with my vet regardless, I was just wondering what others pay. I’m in the midlands. Thanks in advance for your help- Ali x

I was told by the rescue that Cheddar didn't tolerate RC Persian, but was ok with exigent aromatic. Turns out she wasn't ok with that either. I had no idea that such a small cat could produce so much sick. Tried RC sensitive and a few of the higher end foods. But the only one that suits her and she will eat is Iams vitality. Sainsbury's complete food suited her but they both went off it and the same for scrumbles. Ive also found a bit of wet food occasionally seems to make her poo smell less. On the Iams she's sick a couple of times a month rather than a couple of times a day.

£65 is definitely reasonable. I got charged £ 36 just for a bottle of ear mite treatment!

Ps they are lovely cats!

Lovely cats. I think the price sounds reasonable. I've just called our vet and it's £30.16 for a visit.

My vet charges around £30 plus VAT for an appointment, so with all the extras it's probably about right.

Did you keep them on the same food they were eating previously? If not, put them back on their original diet for a week or so, and slowly trying introducing small amounts of new food. If you don't know they're orginal diet, it might be worth giving cooke chicken for a couple of days and slowly introduced a new product at a time.

As I introduced new foods, I noticed one of my boys was prone to loose stools. I can't be 100% sure, but all the foods which affected him contained vegetable protein extract so I've stopped feeding foods with that ingredient and he's been fine for six months. I think this may be in Gourmet and Sheba. Felix AGAIL contains it, but original Felix doesn't and he's fine with that.