u/JoeFS1

Hey!

Firstly I’d like to thank this community for being so helpful and responding to previous posts I have made. You’ve provided a lot of reassurances and calmed the majority of my nerves.

I just have a couple of more queries and would be grateful for any further insight from anybody with knowledge or similar experiences 🙂

For context I rescued this little girl (she is 4 in August) at the beginning of March, she wasn’t very well cared for or living the best of lives. Has settled in with me fantastically, regained the weight she was missing and we seemed to have put an end to her soft/sloppy stool. She’s been on a strict dry food only diet (no wet foods or treats) for the past 17/18 days (Hills Science Plan, Adult 1-6, Supports immune system, digestion and beautiful coat).

So (1) I noticed that a few weeks ago she stopped interacting with her feather toys, which she used to go bananas for during the first few months of living with me. She’d hide behind things and dive a foot or two in to the air to catch them and race around the floor spaces. I have been changing the attachments every so often so that she has a new ‘prey’ to catch and to keep things interesting for her.

I’m wondering if the diet she is on is maybe causing her a little depression or she is just content with her setup and life now?

I’m going to call my vet next week to ask about this some more and see when I can add change to her diet so that she has some kind of variety.

Although she sleeps a lot she seems to be satisfied and well when she is awake. I’m constantly giving her attention, strokes and bum pats, she always has access to her food and water and appears to be in good spirits.

Maybe I am overthinking this but but her loss of excitement makes me ponder and a little bit sad so I want to bring her joy back, if that is what she is missing. I’m stuck between “is she bored” and “is she content/fulfilled”. Perhaps she is just a little overstimulated and tired?

I’m doubting that this will be due to her lion cut as she was still playful following her trim. Although my flat gets super hot, I’m going to see how she fares next year and leave her coat on unless she seems irritable and uncomfortable.

And (2) I’ve attached photos of our current living arrangement and I’d like to ask for any criticism or ways of improvement.

There’s an Alexa Dot speaker next to the living room door that I leave classical music on during longer days when I am at work, otherwise it is off when I am home.

There’s access to both windowsills and usually a lot of activity going on outside although I rarely find her up there looking out.

There are plenty of places to lie around and hide but I’ll find her on the floor 9 times out of 10. The sofa and my bedroom furniture are not appealing to her.

With the heatwave going on I have a vertical fan that spins and blows air throughout the living room and my bedroom. Her water bowls are two large pasta bowls that I dump 12 ice cubes in each of when changing her water of a morning and evening. Understandably so I don’t expect her to be ecstatic during this time, it is exhausting to be awake.

I always have my flat door on a door stop when I am home so that she can venture out in to the hallway for a change of scenery and strokes from my neighbours. 3/4 of them have pets, some small dogs and a couple of cats so she sniffs around and sits outside their doors.

I purchased a harness for her a few weeks ago and so we have been exploring the outside world. Only of an evening though when the sun is going down and we can stay in the shade. We have a large back garden to chill in or she’ll take me around the neighbourhood. Sometimes we’re out for 1-2 hours. Other times we sit outside the front door and come in after half an hour. I do as she likes.

Thanks for reading if you got this far. Her change of behaviours makes me a little suspicious and I want her to be ok so if I need to make any changes I will.

Ps - If any of your kitties are struggling with the heat at the moment too, I’d recommend putting down some large and thin, gel freezer packs, throw a kitchen towel over them and they may lie on them like mine is doing. Fans, ice cubes and frozen water bottles haven’t been a hit.

Hey you guys!

I rescued a Persian at the beginning of March and ever since, her poops have been very soft, without shape or solidity and liquidy (scroll for images, NSFW for this reason).

She is nearly 4 years old and as of last week I have put her on a Hills dry food diet, the ‘Adult 1-6’ chicken flavour that’s supposed to support immunity and healthy digestion. I’ve taken wet food out of her diet as she was alternating between brands, textures and flavours and I want to settle her stomach as much as possible. She has taken a liking to this new dry food and drinks plenty of water.

I have been giving her a lick-e yoghurt to help with hydration in the heat we have here or a few treats as and when she has let me groom her as a reward.

Vet’s have advised to leave it at this for the next 4-6 weeks and see if anything improves before I bring her back for further analysis.

They’ve advised that she is very healthy otherwise and this is the first thing to do before any stool samples are taken or further investigation is done.

I have no medical history, I found her in the street and after locating the owner, they said I could have her as they had too much going on in their lives to care for her properly. According to them she was a scavenger that ate anything but she was 25% underweight when I first had her checked by the vet and probably left without proper nourishment, forcing her to pick at dog food they had out or whatever human trash was around. I’ve no idea what she was living on.

Her stomach does seem to make some rumbling noises from time to time but not aggressively, frequently or in a way that is worrying.

I want to help her as much as I can. I’m hoping the change of diet will suffice and in a few weeks she has adjusted but I’m asking if anybody has experience with their kittys poop being similar to this, what was your experience and what the outcome was? If you have any other advice I’d like to hear it please!

Thank you everybody.

- EDIT: Thank you all for your advice! I have my girl on a strict dry food only diet for the next 14 days and have been instructed by my vet this morning to call back on day 15 to report stool quality before we arrange for any tests to be done. Should her health worsen for any reason in the meantime I’ll be contacting them again immediately :)

So I took in this little madam at the beginning of March and up until a week or two ago she was eating I’d say 80% of any flavoured wet food I put out.

Her previous owner declared that she was a bit of a scavenger and would eat anything put in front of her, which appeared to be true as she bites at almost anything.

I started off by giving her Purina pouches until I noticed she was eating little of it and so I tried Felix selections in jelly which seemed to be a success, until now.

I’ve tried both fish and meat flavours and she doesn’t seem interested in either anymore but will devour her dry food. She is drinking a lot of water and staying hydrated though.

I assumed it was the texture of the wet foods that I was given her so I altered between gravy, jelly and shredded/chunky pieces which I’ve been mashing and chopping up the best I can with a fork.

I’ve been writing down the flavour names of what I have been giving to her to see if she prefers some more to others but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

We’ve been to the vets recently and she’s very healthy.

I’m wondering what is going on and would like her to eat a pouch or two of wet per day if I can encourage it for health purposes.

She will take dry treats and lick-e yoghurt snacks when ever given to her as well.

Anybody have any experience or ideas?

I have the APX Volt V3 and I’m currently ordering the bubbler attachment and a new quartz atomizer for the device from PulsarShop.com

I’m in the UK and have to spend another $20 for free shipping so figured I’d pick up a dab rig whilst I’m here since I’ve heard good things regarding their efficiency.

I have 0 knowledge about rigs and I don’t know what I should be looking for.

I’ll be heading out soon and wondered if anybody has any advice or suggestions from the Pulsar site that I can add to my basket?

I’ll do a good bit of research later but thought I’d ask you guys in the meantime.