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My young kitten has diarrhea after eating canned food. What's wrong?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1lb

What could you reccommend for a kitten with diarrhea? she is only about 5 weeks old her mother who was a stray had two kittens (at least thats all we found) under our porch and didnt come back for over a week so I took them in and bottle fed them. The one is having issues litter training and has been having diarrhea since we started feeding her canned food.

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Answered By Laura Johnson VMD

Veterinarian

Published on August 5th, 2018

Hi, thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! Since this all started when you changed to canned food I would change brands and also start adding in dry food. I would also get the kitten dewormed and add in a probiotic like Purina Fortiflora. Be sure to get her off all kitten formula as well. I wish you the best!

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