New cat owner health query

[Clowey]

Hi,

I'm new, so bear with me!! Looking for some advice about my cat. Sky is about 18months old (being a rescue cat we aren't 100%sure) and she is generally very well. However on the odd occasion she uses her litter tray and I see her use it her stools are quite loose (not watery but like a puddle) the kind that is tricky to get out of the tray in one bit!! I wouldn't say it's frequent and she hasn't had an accident but obviously she must do some outside because I don't clear the tray out every day. So, how do I know if it's a problem? I've kept her on the same wet food she had at the rescue centre and give her biscuits to graze on. Looking for any advice on what to do, if anything?!

[lilynmitz]

I suspect it's her diet, even though she's on the same as before. My Elsie is a similar age and we've had her from rescue for about 7 months now, and she occasionally has a bout of the squits. I usually put it down to poor quality control by Felix. On the rare occasions it happens, I put her on boiled white fish for a couple of days and that usually settles her instantly. I let her have some dried to fill up on as well. You might want to look into Hills dried for sensitive stomachs too.

[Clowey]

Thanks for the reply. I've kept her on just biscuits today, but unless she uses the litter tray it's tricky to know if it's settled down!! I might keep an eye on it for the next week and see if it settles, or might see what the vet says I guess.

[MarkB]

Funny you say that Anna. I have a 'blown' pouch of Felix in the kitchen to phone Purina about later. I seem to get one every couple of years. I guess there is a chance that some don't get sealed properly but unless the pouch has blown up like a balloon, we wouldn't know. The last time I phoned them about it, the woman said I had called several times in the past - I said that was down to their quality control. She gave me some spiel about it being fresh meat (LOL) and with them producing such large amounts, once in a while, some air might get in one - I assume it is bacteria?

Admittedy I buy a lot more Felix than Whiskas, but it has never happened with Whiskas.

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[lilynmitz]

I had a couple of blown ones once, they smelt vile! But with others, I do sometimes notice the cats just won't eat one flavour from a particular batch, whereas they'd been happy to eat it previously. Given the ghastly medley of offcuts and low grade meat etc that go into pet food, I suspect the quality control gets a bit dodgy sometimes. However, I don't get too precious about it containing rubbish, because let's face it, the cat would eat an entire bird/mouse/rat without a second thought, other than carefully excising the gall bladder and leaving it on the carpet for me to tread on!