Kitten Health

my kitten will not eat the healthier food ?
my kitten is almost 6 months old ... we started to go for the healthier food for him instead of the mass market food ... & as the vet reccommended we were mixing the old food with the new food so that he'd gradually go to the newer one .. but he would just pick his old one & live the new ones in the plate ... we experimented with Wellness's Kitten Health & Blue Buffalo's Spa Select ... but he refused to eat both ... my questions are ... 1.if he continues to eat his fave brand .. that is Purina Kitten Chow ... will that be harmful to him healthwise ? 2. i'd like to hear from ppl whose cats/kittens live on supermarket's non specialty brands only & how these food are for the feline ultimately ...

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6 month kitten health concern :(?
I think something may be wrong with my 6 month old kitten. I woke up this morning and he wasn't walking straight, his nose is dry, then I looked at his eyes and they are partially closed, I'm still trying to figure out how much water intake he's having, if any at all. What worries me the most is his body is cold and he hasn't been running around, like he usually does, so I'm not sure if he's cold because something's wrong or if it's because he's been inactive all day. The part I'm also unsure about is lately I have been feeding him just dry cat food and not our wet/dry mix. He's been eating the dry cat food, but I wondered if it wasn't really feeding him, so I gave him some wet food and he scarfed it down in less than 3 minutes. So now I'm at a waiting point to see if maybe he just needed some real food or if maybe he ate something bad he found around the house. Any ideas? :(

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New kitten health issues?
Hello, my gf and I just picked up a 8 week old kitten today. The living condition of the house we got her from was less than clean, all the kittens were in a large enclosed dog crate and 5 adult cats living there too. When we first saw her she had some discharge from her eyes, and was breathing kinda fast. After we got her home we relized that she had fleas, not that bad, but enough to scare me. So we got the only shampoo that was ok for any age cat. She still has most of the fleas. Anyways, she was sprinting around the house and being a kitten all night so I kinda think that she isnt as bad health wise than I thought. But when she slept for about an hour next to me she had so much gunk in her right (our left) eye she couldn't open it. It was green and slimey. So I read that I can use saline solution as temp help. Is this ok till monday or so? Also, her breathing seems normal, but how fast should it really be? Shes very active but hasn't really eaten, drank, or went to the bathroom in 7 or so hours. Any advice would be great. Thanks

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I think my cat may have a tumor?
My cat is pregnant, only with a couple weeks left. There is something by her spine, let me try to explain this. Her spine is horizontal, and it is verticle touching her spine like a T. It's oval, about the length of my pointer finger and maybe an inch in diameter. I'm not sure if this is a kitten or what... it doesn't feel like a kitten. It feels like a tight little gland. And it's also a bit too high to be a kitten. When I touch it my cat acts as if she is in pain, and cries out. I just noticed it, it can't have been there longer than a week. I've been messing with her constantly and I just noticed it today. I'm quite worried. I am giving her to a new owner soon. I have notified the new owner of what I have found, and he has agreed to take her to the vet. I was just worried about her and wondering if this may be a tumor. Will it affect the kittens health? Will she be alright? Thank you, I appreciate any help.

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Changing cat's diet ...?
Hello. I am a first time cat owner and have 2 cats for about 2 months now. One is 7-month male and the other is 8-month female. I have been feeding them different brands of dry cat foods until just recently realizing that it's a very bad thing to do. But they didn't seem to have any problem before when they were on Nutro, Nature's Best, and then Purina One. (Only once the girl threw up but I suspected it was just eating too fast.) Then couple of weeks ago I started feeding them with IAMS dry food for kittens and the stuff sucked big time. I have read some bad reviews about it but didn't mind trying it but I seriously regret now. The cats started having really really smelly soft poos and for the past week, one of them (or both) has thrown up twice. (I am not home during the day so it's a little hard to tell who threw up.) I knew the little girl is picky on her food, she would stop after a few bites and crouched on the floor for a bit before going back to her plate, but the poo/puke problem didn't happen with the other brands. There was also crazy shedding recently. So I decided that I must change again. Couple days ago, I starting feeding them Wellness Kitten Health dry food mixed with tiny portion of IAMS, with occasional Fancy Feast wet food. They both loved the new diet, especially the girl. But one threw up again today and not much improvement on the poos. I am gonna stop giving food for a day and then start slow with only Wellness to see if that's gonna improve. My question is how long would it take for the cats to adapt to their new diet? The Wellness may be too nutritious and hard for them, but I really do not want to give them the IAMS again. They are active, drink, eat and play just like normal. Just the diet change concerns me a little. Could the IAMS give them any allergies or other illness I should be aware of? Any help greatly appreciated! Thanks!

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