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Hello all,
I recently adopted 2 siamese DSH kittens of the same litter, one (named Minko) about 1.5x the size of the other. The smaller one, Guava, is a very peculiar case. She has female reproductive organs, yet from the outside appears to be a boy. Guava was diagnosed with liver shunts: she had discharge from eyes, nose, dilated pupils, "wobbly cat" syndrome, quickened breathing and general lack of energy. I took her into emergency care yesterday and they were certain she was going to pass away, however they put her on a low protein/kidney diet and gave her antibiotics and lactulose to allow stools to pass easy and prevent bodily absorption of ammonia. She came back in much better shape than when we adopted her (a week ago) and has finally been eating and playing. In a 9 days, she will be heading to UC Davis for surgery because I can't let a 2 month old kitten be euthanized in good conscience
Here's what's making me nervous. She was rough-housing with her brother for about 45 minutes straight and finally tired herself out. I understand cats, just like any other animal, can become winded from excercise, however, she's been breathing semi-hard for the past 15 or so minutes. Should I be worried? I've been considering the possibility that she's horribly out of shape because according to the adoption center, she was never very playful or active (most likely due to her conditon).
I recently adopted 2 siamese DSH kittens of the same litter, one (named Minko) about 1.5x the size of the other. The smaller one, Guava, is a very peculiar case. She has female reproductive organs, yet from the outside appears to be a boy. Guava was diagnosed with liver shunts: she had discharge from eyes, nose, dilated pupils, "wobbly cat" syndrome, quickened breathing and general lack of energy. I took her into emergency care yesterday and they were certain she was going to pass away, however they put her on a low protein/kidney diet and gave her antibiotics and lactulose to allow stools to pass easy and prevent bodily absorption of ammonia. She came back in much better shape than when we adopted her (a week ago) and has finally been eating and playing. In a 9 days, she will be heading to UC Davis for surgery because I can't let a 2 month old kitten be euthanized in good conscience
Here's what's making me nervous. She was rough-housing with her brother for about 45 minutes straight and finally tired herself out. I understand cats, just like any other animal, can become winded from excercise, however, she's been breathing semi-hard for the past 15 or so minutes. Should I be worried? I've been considering the possibility that she's horribly out of shape because according to the adoption center, she was never very playful or active (most likely due to her conditon).