Hello, everyone! So, I have a motan who is 1 year old, I adopted him when he was 6 months. The last 3-4 days were really hard for us, because he ate some cream cheese without me or my boyfriend noticing. We know that cats are lactose intolerant so we are careful about that. But he ate some and the next day he had some issues with his tummy. Everytime he went to the litter box to do the big deal, he ran afraidly from it while p*oping everywhere. His big deal is kinda soft, sometimes diar**ea and we thought: 'Okay, maybe he got scared because it is his first time dealing with a diar**ea', but after that, he slowly recovered and started to p*op on the carpet or even on the bed. His big deal now is really close to being soft, like it is almost like a regular one for a healthy motan. He doesn't approach the litter box. We do not know what to do. I do not know if this is something serious or something that I should worry about. P.S. I should mention that he does not seem ill or anything, he is still full of life, he wants to play, he still tries to get some food that is not for him from us and also eats his own food. And two or three weeks ago we changed his diet from food for kittens to food for adult cats (we also took in consideration changing his food again because maybe that is the cause). I am so sorry if anyone gets triggered by my post, but I just need some advice and please be patient and do not throw bad words at me (it is our first pet too and we are learning). I will also be adding a picture of him, he is so cute and we love him so much! Thank you so much!
Make sure he's hydrated. Lots of water. A light chicken soup(just the unseasoned soup from boiled chicken) Place various plates around the room. Get baby electrolytes, and give him 10, 20 milliliters with a syringe. (per day) see below link how to syringe feed a cat.
You can use pumpkin and make pumpkin pure pure, unsweetened. https://pets.thenest.com/long-pumpkin-stop-diarrhea-cats-11070.html
You can also try boiled chicken and rice. Get some of that rice water (make sure you have while cooking. Basically you get the water that's left from the boiled rice. ) and add rice water to his food. Or feed him rice water with syringe (no needle of course) just directly in his throat. If you don't know how to position the cat when inserting the liquid (also you need to squirt a bit by bit of the water not to choke the cat) please watch this https://youtu.be/Y3meUkY2e4Y
Also, if the stool is soft, try medicine carbon pills( just that ingredient from the pharmacy, make sure it doesn't have extra ingredients, such as propolis or whatever) and dissolve one pill and feed that to the cat via syringe on portions.
However make sure if he has other medications not to mix those, bc the carbon has a negating effect on any pill. (means if you drink aspirin and carbon, the aspirin won't work bc of the carbon) Carbon hardens/regulates the stool and its very safe to give.
What worked the best for me in the past was rice, kibble, boiled chicken & rice water. (i haven't used pumpkin yet) i noticed significant changes immediately after using rice water.
What is important is the cat not to be dehydrated - that's a main cause of cats dying from diarrhea. It can be deadly if left untreated for a longer time.
That's why I said at the beginning go to the vet. They will keep him hydrated with fluid therapy and give him medication. In the worst case, just call and ask for instructions/advise on what to do, I hope those are free there.
Also, is he treated for worm infestation? Worms may cause this, hence it must be treated.
Last but not least, isolate him when feeding (if you have other pets) to minimize stress and actually for him to get inspired to eat.
