12 Week Old Kitten With Diarrhea

Now the same one was sick 3 times yesterday but he was fine in himself still playing as normal.

12 week old kitten with diarrhea. They have both eaten the same. If you are regularly providing different foods treats etc. Always deworm a kitten with diarrhea.

Pyrantel given at two and four weeks of age usually prevents roundworm and hookworm issues. He is acting fine playing jumping meowing but ive noticed hes got diarrhea though only has had it for a day. Then diarrhea may also.

He is on both a wet and dry food diet we didnt change the dry food at all but we did give him a different brand wet food. The cause may be a congenital defect infection maternal neglect blood type incompatibility environmental conditions too hot too cold. Any change in food whether it is the main diet treats a medication nutritional supplement or edible toy can cause a kitten to get diarrhea but it is usually only temporary once its body adjusts to the new item diarrhea typically stops after a couple of days of eating the new food item.

However diarrhea does still show up at times and there are several different causes. 2 weeks ago i brought home a 12 week old persian kitten named rusty. Kittens at 12 weeks old will most likely have grown a great deal of confidence and some personality.

The other one is fine even. Today he s been fine until this evening he s been sick and has diarrhea and is just sleepy but still purring. We took him to the vet who said the loose stools could be due to the change in his diet i was told to give rusty his medication some type of syrup for diarrhea prednisolone anti inflammatory and antibiotics twice a day 1cc each time for 10 days in addition to 1cc pyrantel pamoate.

Your kitten still needs good quality kitten food to fuel his growth and also he needs access to veterinary checkups and vaccinations that ll protect him from disease as he develops. I have 2 adorable 12 week old male kittens. I had a problem with diarrhea with one of them bout 4 weeks ago but that cleared up.