Hi Brit and welcome to TDK. I’ve just been through this with my 10 week old kitten sumi (see the ‘purrs’ thread titled ‘sumi vomiting with diarrhea’ – there may be some helpful hints in my posts and others’. It’s not great that your kitten has diarrhea, and she should be getting fluids because tiny kittens, and yours is so tiny, get dehydrated very quickly and this is very dangerous. The vet should advise, so you should really bring her back. I wonder what medication he gave you – if it is something to stop the diahrrea, that could stop all bowel activity, which wouldn’t be too great either. Maybe he gave you some antibiotics? She needs some food pureed in lukewarm water, with some dioralyte or pedialyte in it too – you can syringe it in, but will need a tiny syringe. Gently syringe about 0.5 or less in small dribbles into her mouth. She will probably swallow, but if not, you need to squirt it further back towards her throat. Be careful that there is no lumpy food or bits that could choke her. As for the diarrhea sticking to her, I know all about that too – the vet should have cut away any little furry bits around her anus, then it’s easier for her, poor little mite. He also should have put some antibiotic cream on her anus, and maybe given you some to take home. Then you must make sure she doesn’t lick until the cream has had a chance to soothe her poor sore little bottom. The question is always, what is causing the diarrhea. In my sumi’s case, we’re not out of the woods, but it seems she got a bug, a parasite (the vet sent away a sample for analysis, but we won’t know for weeks – just so we know, in case it comes back) and her system is just taking a long time to work it through. Hopefully your kitty will get over this quickly, but she needs to be kept hydrated, and she also needs all her electrolytes, which only an IV line, or sub-q injections can do well. I assume you don’t give her milk. If so, stop immediately, because that is causing the diarrhea, but the vet would have said that. Pinch her skin at the back of her neck – if it stays up for a bit, she is dehydrated. If it quickly falls right back, she’s probably not too bad. Also you can check her gums with your little finger – if they feel tacky and a bit sticky, she is dehydrated – if they’re smooth and moist, she’s ok. Good luck – I am a firm believer in staying under the care of the vet in cases where you are worried at all, and she is very young and therefore very vulnerable. It’s great that you are caring for her.