Cat food for Chartreux sensitive stomach

Chartreux are genuinely prone to soft stools when their diet is too rich or varied — it's one of the more consistent GI quirks in the breed, so you're not imagining it. Digestive sensitivity in cats is usually food intolerance rather than a true allergy, and limited-ingredient diets with a single, modest protein source tend to sort things out far better than prescription foods. To point you in the right direction: what are the symptoms you're seeing — mostly soft stools, or vomiting too — how long has this been going on, and what are you currently feeding?

That combination is quite likely the problem. Sheba and Felix both use mixed protein sources — chicken, beef, tuna, all in the same pouch or across different ones — and for a Chartreux that's a lot of different proteins to process. Four months of soft stools tells me his gut isn't inflamed or acutely ill, just continuously irritated. How old is he, and is he otherwise well in himself — good energy, eating happily, normal weight?

Good — that rules out anything sinister and confirms this is dietary. The plan for a Chartreux in this situation is straightforward: strip the diet back to a single protein source, ideally one he hasn't been eating heavily, and keep it simple for six to eight weeks. I'd move him to Applaws Tuna in Broth pouches as his main wet food. It's single-ingredient — literally just tuna and water — no thickeners, no mixed proteins, no additives. It's quite low in fat too, which matters for this breed's tendency to struggle with rich food. Pair it with a small amount of a plain tuna or white fish dry food if you want to keep some dry in the rotation, but honestly many Chartreux do best on wet-only when they're having GI issues.

Transition gradually over five to seven days — start with roughly 25% new food mixed into the old, and shift the ratio every couple of days. With soft stools already present, a sudden switch can make things temporarily worse before they improve, even if the new food is better. You should start seeing firmer stools within two to three weeks once he's fully on the Applaws. If you're not seeing improvement by week four, it's worth trialling a novel protein he's never had — duck or rabbit — but tuna is a sensible first step given he's been on a high-chicken rotation.

Good plan. Stick with it consistently for the full six to eight weeks — the temptation is to reintroduce variety too soon, which resets the whole process. If he's doing well after that, you can very slowly trial a second protein, one at a time, to see what he tolerates. But Chartreux often do best long-term on a short, fixed rotation rather than variety packs. Hope his digestion settles quickly.