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Kitten being sick - food advice

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Runoutofthether · 18/11/2022 08:02

Hi

We rescued two beautiful boys (approx 6mo now) from a vets recently. One of them started being sick about four days ago. Each time just a small amount of food (small enough to pick up in a piece of kitchen roll), he is otherwise well. He does wolf his food down, and will eat any left over by his brother (who is much more restrained!) I took them both to the vets for their vaccines and health check the day after it started so he has been checked over. The vets advice was basically to stop wet food, and that the flea/worming treatment may also stop the vomiting (although not sure why).

So, we've stopped putting down wet food. But they're now looking so forlorn all the time, it's making me so sad! And the kitten is still being sick - which makes me think it's not worth stopping??

They are on Whiskas dry kitten food, and were having Sainsbury's own brand wet kitten food. They were having a pouch each morning and night, which we had changed to half each at more regular intervals.

So my questions are...
Are there any brands for both wet and dry food that help sensitive stomachs?
Any other tips in general to help prevent vomiting?
Is this a 'thing' with some cats - I don't want to be withholding their wet food if he's just a sicky cat?

Thanks!

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Runoutofthether · 20/11/2022 18:28

We're starting to wonder if their original owners knew that he had a health issue and maybe that's why they abandoned them - couldn't cope with it/didn't have insurance or something. As we simply couldn't understand why they'd have been dumped, they seemed so well looked after. Having said that, we've had them over a month and there's been no signs of anything the matter until this week. Thankfully we took out very comprehensive insurance when they came to us. We just want our snuggly, playful kitty back 😿

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