Your momacat "Pixie" should be eating kitten food as it has more protein and fat in it than regular cat food, and that's what she needs now to produce enough milk for her kittens....she has another month to go before weaning. Let her eat as much as she wants.

 

Really? the vet told me before she gave birth that she should just stick to regular cat food when the kittens eat kitten food. Thank you for the information!

 

Pixie has been really stubborn with food. She won't touch anything expensive. I've tried Iams, Science Diet, Max Cat. She wouldn't touch any of it. The only dry cat food she'll eat is Purina, so for the kittens I got Purina Kitten Chow.

Are there any kitten/cat foods that are better? The vet said its probably the kitten food making her bleed a little and to monitor her stool and if it gets worse to bring her in.

 

Science Diet, Iams, and so on are actually not very good cat foods (Iams for dogs is a bit better, but the cat food is just bad). Max Cat is pretty good for it's price, in fact I have it on the menu for my Ariel to help balance costs. Definitely better than the others you listed. Of course, this is talking about wet food. Dry is worse in general, and I didn't check Max Cat dry so I am not sure what the menu is on that. If it has corn in it, it is best to cut it.

Brands I would try for both dry and wet would be: Wellness, Blue Buffalo, Orijen, Chicken Soup for the Cat Lovers Soul (a great one for its' cheap price when compared to the others' costs), Innova, and a couple others that I am forgetting...

Someone showed me this link earlier, and it is infinitely helpful- Cat Food Glossary

I would check to see if switching to wet might help. As for what might be causing the blood in the stool, I have no idea. But it can't hurt to switch to healthier foods! (A quick run down; meat should be listed first and be named, aka chicken instead of just 'meat', avoid by-products and corn, avoid rice if possible but some otherwise great mid-range cat foods have this so just balance it, and so on.)

 

My neighbor had a very finicky cat that had kittens. Her vet told her to put the cat and kittens on EVO Turkey & Chicken dry food. Her cat who would normally walk away from new foods went nuts over it. It is a great food for both cats and kittens. High in protein and no grains.

She gave me some to try for our two cats one is 3 years old the other almost 7 months. They also loved the dry food. They also make a cat & kitten canned food. I am going to pick both up next time I go to town.