Cat food for Cornish Rex sensitive stomach

Cornish Rex cats are genuinely prone to GI sensitivity — it's one of the more consistent breed-specific traits, so you're not imagining it. Digestive issues in cats more broadly tend to come down to food intolerance rather than true allergy, and limited-ingredient or novel-protein diets are usually where the real improvement happens. To point you in the right direction: are you seeing loose stools consistently or only sometimes, how long has this been going on, and what are you currently feeding?

A year of daily loose stools on a variety pack is a really clear signal — those mixed flavour pouches rotate proteins and additives constantly, which is exactly the kind of ongoing low-level irritation that keeps sensitive cats' guts unsettled. The variety itself is likely part of the problem. Has she ever been on a single-protein or digestive-specific food, or has it always been mixed variety?

That's a very common assumption and it's not your fault — variety packs are heavily marketed, but for a sensitive cat they're genuinely counterproductive. Cats don't need rotation the way we might think; they actually do better on consistency, especially when their digestive system is already reactive. The Cornish Rex tendency toward a sensitive gut means she needs the opposite of variety right now. What I'd recommend is Royal Canin Sensitivity Control dry food — it uses a single hydrolysed protein source (duck) which is broken down small enough that the immune system is far less likely to react to it, and it's specifically formulated to firm up stools and support gut barrier function. It's available on Amazon UK and it's what I'd start with here. Switch gradually over about ten days mixing it in with her current food, and most cats with this profile show noticeable stool improvement within two to three weeks.

It's a fair concern. Dry food does have lower moisture content, so if she doesn't drink much independently, you can either add a cat water fountain to encourage drinking, or use the Royal Canin Sensitivity Control wet pouches alongside the dry — they make both formats and they use the same hydrolysed protein approach. Some owners do half and half. The key thing is keeping the protein source consistent, not mixing in other pouches from different brands while you're trying to establish whether the diet change is working.

Give it a full four weeks once she's fully transitioned onto the new food before you judge it. The first week or two can actually look a bit unsettled just from the change itself, which is normal. By weeks three and four you should be seeing noticeably firmer stools if this diet is the right fit for her. If there's still no improvement after a month on the hydrolysed diet, that's when it's worth a vet visit to rule out anything structural — but in a six-year-old Cornish Rex with no other symptoms, diet is almost always the answer.