Help With My Cat Please? He Has Diarrhea.is This Because Of The Food? Help Please Easy 10 Points Read Please?

I am 13 and my family adopted my 10 month old cat from the shelter last month. Last week he got diarrhea, but he doesnt use the litter box that much, he goes in the neigbours garden hehe (dont worry that neigbout doesnt even go in the garden, and he is a really rude and mean old man)
Anyways both my parents work full time, and my mum stocks up on the cat food i think twice a month. I leave out dry food for him, and i feed him whiskas in gravy twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening.
My old cat, i had her since she was 7 years old, and she died from cancer at 11 years old, last year. She used to also eat whiskas cat food in gravy too, and like 2 years after i got her she started getting diarrhea on and off. In the end they found out she had cancer and they had to put her to sleep :(
I live in the uk, and i think whiskas food isnt that good anymore, because people on here said their cats wont eat it. It says real meat, but today i read on the back and it said at least 28% real meat and i was like wtf?? He eats go cat cat food.
Is there a really good affordable cat food on the market in the uk? My parents think whiskas is like the only reasonably priced one lol.
I want to ask about:
Iams wet food
Felix wet food
Classic cat food
Gourmet gold cat food
and any others you reccomend what is your experiences using these cat foods? please help me
My dad said we can try the change in food, and if it doesnt help we will take him to the vets, the thing is he just went 2 weeks ago and the bill was £120 (he sprained his leg when he was playing) and that isnt good with the economy and all that rubbish going on that i dont even understand lol

6 Comments

  1. pet smudge (uk)
    Posted February 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    the problem with most cheap wet cat foods there is no guarantee what the meat is it could be anything, add in the extra rubbish they put in it to make it tasty for your cat it could be any part of the wet foods, that are causing the problems
    good quality wet cat foods:http://www.almonature.co.uk/index.php?ln…http://www.mpmproducts.co.uk/
    also which dry food are you using? same can go with the cheap dry foods quality wise
    good dry foodshttp://www.ardengrange.com/http://www.wellbeloved.com/
    i have the dry food down all the time and twice a day they get a tin of the almo nature
    fresh water is down all the time

  2. ?
    Posted February 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Okay. Feed him dry food. Plenty of water and change his litter more often. Poor thing!

  3. tampahit
    Posted February 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Simple, change from wet to dry, get small bites.

  4. Coco
    Posted February 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    Try feeding your cat a premium food such as ( Nutro, Iams, Science Diet, Wellness), and there are also others that are good quality. The Nutro food is fairly cost effective. When you change kitty’s food be sure to do it gradually to avoid stomach or intestinal upset which could lead to more diarrhea. Start with 3/4 Whiskas mixed with 1/4 of the new food. do this for several days, Then mix 1/2 Whiskas, and 1/2 new food for several days. Then 1/4 Whiskas, and 3/4 new food, do this for several days. Now you feed only the new food, the change over is complete.

  5. Posted February 20, 2010 at 12:59 pm | Permalink

    1.First off, in order to stop the diarrhea now, feed him boiled chicken breast for a few days. Boneless and skinless.
    2. Don’t let him poop in the old man’s garden, because especially if he is mean, he may harm the cat if he realises he is doing that. aare you sure he didn’t poison him or sth.?
    3. Indeed these supermarket foods are crappy. I buy Royal Canin dry food, I buy the big 15 kilo bags, and that is very reasonable, almost half price than buying the small bags or cans. And it is good quality. But you need to feed him wet food as well, because dry is not so good for his urinary system.

  6. Savannah S
    Posted February 20, 2010 at 1:00 pm | Permalink

    well im sorry to hear of your old cat. but if you change the food that is what is going to happen, i feed my cats the heathy cat or whatever it is called and it works great. but it sounds like your cat is doing the same things that your old cat did with cancer i would take him to the vet to be safe. good luck

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