Weaning Kittens Vomiting

An often overlooked cause of vomiting is a change in a cat s diet.

Weaning kittens vomiting. Pyrantel given at two and four weeks of age usually prevents roundworm and hookworm issues. Many people use a blender to mix their cat food with the milk replacer. If you ve recently changed your cat s food added new foods or even started a course of feline medication nausea and or indigestion may result. Blood in stool fever loss of appetite dehydration lethargy vomiting pain frothy foul smelling stool.

Always deworm a kitten with diarrhea. The kitten may lack appetite and have also diarrhea. If this is the root cause the vomiting should eventually subside. Dip your fingertip or the syringe or bottle the kitten is used.

In some cases there may be blood in the vomit which is an alarming sign. Other symptoms will vary depending on the underlying cause but may include. Kitten vomiting will cause excessive salivation. You can introduce your kitten to this gruel and other moist foods around five to six weeks.

How you can help a vomiting cat. After weaning give fenbendazole for three days to control giardia and remove any resistant round and hookworms that were missed. Parasites are the number one cause of loose stools in kittens of any age. The kitten may throw up undigested food or transparent liquid.

You may begin by just introducing a small teaspoon of wet food mixed with the formula which allows the kitten to acclimate to the new proteins and flavors. Serve kitten milk replacer in a shallow bowl. The initial consistency should be similar to oatmeal. To make a gruel mix a ground high quality kitten food with the milk replacer.

Lethargy loss of appetite anorexia diarrhea pot bellied appearance roundworms crying fever drooling abdominal pain wobbly gait drunken appearance poisoning pale or yellow mucous membranes jaundice. Do not use cow s milk as this will cause stomach upset and diarrhea in some kittens. If you ve recently started to wean kittens and you see diarrhea for more than 2 bowel movements scale back and put them on a simple diet of formula to see if the body just needs more time to adjust. Dry gums dehydration or seizures may also be accompanying symptoms of vomiting.

In cases where diarrhea is combined with any of the symptoms listed below you should seek immediate veterinary care. If the kitten is vomiting blood or if vomiting persists for several hiurs or is accompanied by other symptoms such as diarrhea appetite loss a distended abdomen or if the cat is listless then it could be due to several conditions which require immediate attention from a veterinarian.