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My cat has diarrhea after eating cardboard. What can I do at home?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Cat | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 1 year and 3 months old

Cat has had diarrhea for the past 24 hours. It stopped for a few hours but has come back. I know she had been chewing and may have swallowed a few small pieces of cardboard, she is acting fine besides this. Very poor but willing to go into debt if I have to for my cat but would prefer not to...anything I can do at home?

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Answered By Dr. Melanie, BVSc MS

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Published on April 17th, 2020

Poor Lilith! I can give you a home remedy to try to see if that helps her. Feed her a bland diet of boiled white meat chicken (no bones) in small amounts several times a day for a couple of days. Then slowly add back in her normal diet. If the diarrhea continues on the bland diet, she vomits the bland diet, she refuses to eat the bland diet, stops drinking water, starts vomiting water, or becomes very lethargic, she will need to see a vet right away. I hope this helps!

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