Diarrhea but no other symptoms???

Hey everyone,

I’ve got a question I just can’t seem to find the answer to myself and I was hoping one of the more knowledgeable members might be able to help me out 🙂

So after losing our Luke, we adopted a pair of kittens (Bo & Tony) who are the moooost adorable sweety pies ever. Unfortunately, as soon as we got home we noticed Tony had a bit of diarrhea. At first we thought it was the stress. We doubt very much that he got infected we something Luke may or may not have had (the vet’s pretty sure he simply died of overall weakness from being out on the streets too long, having lost an eye, flees, being underfed, etc.), since it started right away and I suppose there’s some kind of incubation period? Anyway …

Tony’s been hospitalized now for two days as his diarrhea unfortunately got worse (felt more like he was constipated, as very little came out, he strained quite a bit to do it, once pooped on the carpet – poor thing – and, also, the diarrhea was a bit yellow-ish, although that’s just a side info, not a proof of being constipated :)). The night before, Bo had relatively normal poop. So I took both of them to the vet with a couple of stool samples. They gave us some medicine (felidiarix) to administer once daily & asked to bring them back in if the situation got worse. For Tony it did, so that night we brought him back in. She started having diarrhea again too, although not straining like he did, no yellowish color, just normal brown & loose (not watery, more .. idk .. pudding? sorry for the gory details lol), sometimes a bit of mucus. I found the mucus usually indicates something’s up with the large intestines. I passed the info onto the vet & he confirmed this.

But, but, but … she’s still having diarrhea now (so 2 days later), still the same consistency and everything, but she plays a lot, she eats extremely well, she’s just like a normal kitten really except for the diarrhea. I suspect she may have whatever he has, but I find it weird that while he got quite lethargic & seemed to be in pain, she’s not like that at all. She’s really quite normal, except for the poop. I tried starting her on another kind of food (the vet gave us RC sensitivity, but it’s for adult cats & I feel she was still always hungry & needed some kitten food). So I give her a spoonful of the RC, mixed with a grain-free wet food that’s primarily made up of meat & supposedly has probiotics in it (or probiotic qualities??? I don’t know)…

I don’t know, does anyone have an idea why she still has loose stools? Could it simply be the stress from going to the vet (it stresses her out a lot to sit in the car), and from not understanding where her brother disappeared to? Or do you think it’s really worrying? And if it is, why is she otherwise doing so well? She’s gaining weight as far as I can tell, she’s not lethargic, not in pain either….

I’m lost 🙁

I hope the stool sample results come back quickly because it’s driving me nuts … and I just want to help them and keep these two alive. And I’m so worried about him being all alone there, not knowing what’s going on .. Ah sorry for rambling.

Please help me 🙁