Dry sensitive stomach cat food for Abyssinians

Switching from wet to dry food for dental reasons is a sensible move, but with a sensitive-stomach cat you want to make sure the new dry formula doesn't trigger the digestive issues wet food often helps mask. Digestive sensitivity in cats is usually down to food intolerance rather than a true allergy, and limited-ingredient or novel-protein diets tend to work best. Before I point you toward something specific — what symptoms has your Abyssinian been showing (vomiting, loose stools, or something else), how long has it been going on, and what wet food are they on at the moment?

That's a helpful picture. A year of soft stools that haven't escalated suggests a manageable intolerance rather than anything serious, and salmon is a reasonably common trigger in sensitive cats. Moving to dry is a reasonable call for dental support, but I'd suggest avoiding salmon-based dry foods to keep variables consistent. How old is she and is she otherwise healthy — any kidney or weight concerns I should factor in?

Good — at 3.8kg with healthy kidneys she's in solid shape for her age. I'd go with Royal Canin Digestive Care Adult dry cat food. It's built specifically for cats with sensitive digestion, uses highly digestible proteins, and the kibble size and texture genuinely do provide some mechanical cleaning action on teeth. Crucially, it uses poultry rather than fish as the primary protein, which sidesteps the salmon issue. It's not a novel-protein diet, but for a cat with mild, long-standing soft stools rather than acute flare-ups, it's usually enough to stabilise things. Transition slowly — about 10 days, mixing increasing amounts of the dry in with her current wet before going fully dry.

For the dental benefit to be meaningful, dry should make up the majority of her diet — ideally 80–100% once she's transitioned. If you want to keep a small wet meal once a day for hydration (older cats can under-drink on all-dry diets), that's fine, but choose a simple, low-fish wet alongside. Watch her stools over the first three to four weeks on the new dry. If they firm up, you've found your answer. If they stay loose or worsen, that points toward the dry formula itself not agreeing with her, and you'd want to revisit with a more restricted-ingredient option.

Perfect. Go slowly with the switch and you should be fine. If her stools haven't settled within four weeks, come back and we can look at a hydrolysed or novel-protein dry as a next step. Good luck with her.