sick cat

Hi Savypat, well for starters I would have him wormed and I would also put on dry food with plenty of water. If that doesn't help a trip to the vets really to check out what is wrong. If he was a stray and has been scavenging a rich food diet has probably been too much too soon and a change in diet can quite often result in diahrea or vomitting. Goodluck. Huggles. Ellie :D

Give him canned A/D food and slippery elm. The slippery elm is a powder you get in a health food store. It will sooth his tummy. Good luck with him Give him a snurgle for me.

There is a nutritional yeast called Turitella (sp) that I have used on many animals. There was a dog with no immune system that came onto the rescue facility that I volunteered for. It made all the difference. I have also given it to a friend whom had a horse that had been sick and wasn't fattening back up with good results. I do agree that you should get the cat checked for worms as well as to check for health issues such as feline leukemia. It wouldn't hurt to add some electrolytes to the water, like a little gatorade. But definately get the kitty checked out. Good luck.

We took in kittens one time and they had diarrhea at first. We called the vet and he told us to feed them raw hamburger and rice water (water from boiled rice). I believe it helped after a couple of days. It is also highly likely that your cat has worms. I'm not sure if over the counter wormer is any good, but maybe you could call a vet's office to see. You could explain that it is a stray and that you are not necessarily wanting to bring it in to see him. He may give you advice over the phone to try.