Cat food for Norwegian Forest Cat sensitive stomach

Norwegian Forest Cats have a dense double coat that makes hairballs a genuine recurring issue, and when you combine that with soft stools it usually points to a food that isn't quite right for the digestive system — often an ingredient intolerance rather than a true allergy. Limited-ingredient or breed-specific diets tend to work best here. To point you in the right direction: are the soft stools happening daily or just now and then, how long has this been going on, and what food are they on currently?

Four months of daily soft stools is long enough that a food change is clearly warranted — that's not just a passing upset. A hairball once a week is also on the high side and suggests the coat isn't moving through the gut efficiently. Before I suggest anything, is she eating the dry food only, or is there any wet food or treats in the mix as well?

That mix is fine and probably not the culprit on its own — standard supermarket dry food is where I'd look first. These tend to have a high cereal content and multiple protein sources, which is a common trigger for loose stools in cats with any digestive sensitivity. For a Norwegian Forest Cat specifically, the combination of gut support and hairball control in the same formula makes a real difference. My recommendation is Royal Canin Norwegian Forest Cat Adult dry food. It's formulated specifically for the breed with an adapted fibre blend that helps move ingested hair through naturally, and it's designed to support a healthy intestinal environment — which should firm up her stools within a few weeks of switching. The protein profile is more controlled than most supermarket foods, which removes a lot of the common irritants.

Even with ongoing issues, a gradual switch over seven to ten days is still the right approach — switching too fast can actually make loose stools worse before they improve. Start with about 25% new food mixed into the old for the first three days, then 50/50 for another three, then 75% new for two or three days, then fully across. It feels slow but it gives the gut microbiome time to adjust. If her stools haven't started firming up within two to three weeks of being fully on the new food, that's worth flagging with a vet to rule out anything else going on.

Good move. It's well stocked on Amazon UK so you should have it quickly. Give it a full month before judging results — hairball frequency in particular can take a little longer to reduce than the stool improvement. Most owners see a noticeable difference in both within four to six weeks.