What is the best food for my kitten with diarrhea?

My 16-week old kitten has been checked for worms 3 times within 2 weeks and all tests have been negative. She was on flagyl and probiotic and is done with that. Her food consisted of Merrick wet food and Wellness Dry food. I keep a water fountain clean and full at all times. She does not eat table scraps or get milk. She is not dehydrated and is gaining weight at a healthy pace. The only symptom is very loose stool or diarrhea. And until today, she was only pooping two or three times a day. Today she pooped twice between 6:30 and 7:00 am.

Assuming it is her diet, which seems the most logical at this point, what are your thoughts on foods that claim to be nutritionally balanced for all life stages? What are your suggestions for brands of foods that do not have by-products, wheat or corn? I understand the Wellness may be contributing since it is an adult food, but I didn't realize that until yesterday. I thought it was for all life stages. I want her to have the best food available.

youre feeding her good brands! Good job!. maybe stay away from the wet food. And get her a kitten dry. Innova is good or natura pet (same thing) Im not sure they have a kitten food.

You can go to their website http://www.naturapet.com/ and find a store in your area that carries their brand. And if that pet store carries this brand, then they typically only deal with the best food products and they might also have some suggestions for you.

I checked the website they have evo kitten dry which is good, but youre using a great food although Im not fan of wellness because i found a piece of plastic embedded in my dogs wellness ddry, i stopped buying them and went to innova evo

Science diet was on the bad food list, Innova was not. That guy is WRONG

I have heard chicken and rice works. http://answers.yahoo.com/question/accuse_write?qid=20070430122651AAkG3lE&kid=Isd3Xm_rGEMyhyQ6dG_X&s=comm&date=2008-06-25+16%3A23%3A11&.crumb=

i worked for Nutro/ Natural Choice dog/cat food, and i honestly do think that that is the best brand of pet food for your animal. They dont use chicken by-products(they use chicken meal, which is the part of the chicken that you or i would eat with all the moisture taken out), or Corn (they use corn meal so its easily digestible, and its uses more of the protein so theres less watse) , they also have Chicory Extract, Cranberry Powder which helps with teeths and bad breath. if you do switch them over by splitting their food up by doin 25% of their usual food and 75% of old for 2-3 days then do 50-50 for 2 or 3 days and then 75% new 25% old for 2 or 3 days, and fianlly you can use just the new food, that will make their transition to their new food, easier on their insides and for you. :) If you have any questions let me know : )

is she a female? because if she is there is allways a time when female kittins to have it. the best food to give her is what usually give ur kittin, and give her/him kittin biscits. if u want u can take ur kittin to the vet.

Anything with chicken and rice. Maybe Iams?

Here, check this out:

http://www.catinfo.org

The vet who developed this site got started in her research when she was looking for a solution for one of her kitty's chronic diarrhea, and she tells what she learned.

You'll also find a lot of information about specific foods. On the sidebar menu check out Commercial Caned Food Choices.

If this condition has gone on for two to three days, your cat is at risk for dehydration and needs to be veterinarian checked.

Home first aid would be to give her a couple of tablespoons of cottage cheese daily for three days and get off the Yuppie Cat foods please as even some of their top brands are on the poison list. Take her off the wet foods for awhile as they may be contributing to stool liquidity. Try Science Diet Growth for kittens if they have it in dry for the next couiple of months. You get major points for daily if not twice daily water change and be very wary of wet food for a couple of months. Three times a week should be your max on that after she delivers more "solid" reports.

I asked my vet what food I should feed my cat. She said she feeds her pets Innova. All human quality ingredients. I was feeding my cat Blue Buffalo, as they were supposed to be like that, but they found out their manufacturer was lying to them and putting rice protein (instead of whole rice) in their canned foods, and it turned out it was one of the brands recalled :(

I'm going to try to find Innova for my cat. If it's good enough for my vet it's good enough for me :) My vet is excellent.

As to the diarrhea... Are you giving your kitten milk? Most cats can't digest milk. They're extremely lactose intolerant.

your kitten sounds like its getting the best of care food wise,the loose stool an diarea is just her system doing a little fine tuning your vet probably said just to watch her stools an it may be a slight reaction to the medications (just a healthy guess) hope she gets a clean bill of health good luck to you an kitty

Hi

You can try a bit of acidouphoulous which is available at health stores.

Note. Wellness is a good quality food but their dry is not good and cats are much better off on a low carb canned food diet