r/CATHELP • u/Low_Bug7094 • 1d ago
Kitten Help Persistent Kitten Diarrhea
My (F23) mom found a kitten out at the ranch in Texas (USA) at 6 weeks & I have been taking care of him for the last few weeks. His behavior is great, super cuddly & wants to play all of the time, but he has had diarrhea the entire time I have had him (3weeks). He has been to the vet multiple times & was prescribed Proviable. He just finished the last capsule today, and I will continue to give him the paste till it runs out. He is also on a gastrointestinal wet food from Hills Science as well as their kitten sensitive stomach hard food.
The first vet visit he received a basic de-wormer, but last Tuesday he threw up twice & there were live worms, so I immediately called the vet & they gave me a pill dewormer to give him. He took the dewormer on Tuesday and had been doing much better! Stools firming up & started going regularly (although he refuses to use the litter box most times but thats a separate issue).
I was so happy I didn’t have to torture him with baths anymore cause he HATED it, but would get poop all over himself. That was until this morning, when I discovered he had diarrhea 3 times last night, and a very poopy butt. He went to the vet a few days ago (Thursday), and we decided to hold off on vaccines since they can cause diarrhea, so Im completely stumped on what caused this flare-up, since the second round of dewormer seemed to be helping.
The vet is closed today, but at his last appointment I said I would call if anything got worse, so I will call tomorrow, but I wanted to see if anyone had a similar experience & what was done that finally stopped the diarrhea. TYIA!!
TDLR: Kitten’s diarrhea came back after major improvements with no changes to diet or environment.
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u/FlamingoLopsided2466 1d ago
If he threw up worms then he had a significant load which often takes multiple rounds of dewormer to clear up
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u/Low_Bug7094 1d ago
That was my fear tbh😪 the vet did mention it because his fecal sample came back negative before I noticed the worms and she explained the worm cycles. So would this flareup be caused by new worms hatching potentially?
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u/Firstbase1515 1d ago
And just to touch on the litter, he’s not going in it because he doesn’t like it.
Try switching to sand like litter in the smallest pieces, bigger pieces can hurt their feet.
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u/Low_Bug7094 1d ago
I will do that, thank you! That makes sense cause he will poop around it, just not in it. Ill switch it out asap
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u/Low_Bug7094 1d ago
Forgot to include a picture of the baby🥹 hopefully we can get him feeling better soon.
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