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Well, with all your prayers, little Gus is in the clear and an official survivor of panleukopenia! He is now 7 weeks, eating and playing like normal, and will be going on to the adoption floor with mom once they are both vaccinated and ready! some tricks I used in case another reader finds this...

Well, Gus has panleukopenia. Confirmed via snap parvo test this morning at the shelter. We’re continuing what we’ve been doing and just praying he makes it through. Any and all advice regarding panleuk is appreciated. I’ve fostered for 12 years and haven’t dealt with it (not that I know of, at...

Thank you so much for all the wonderful advice. I’ve named the little guy “Gus” and he’s still fighting to this day. He looks fair on the outside, he’s not dehydrated thanks to the fluids and rebound but we’re still fighting yellow diarrhea and very slow weight gain. He’s really just...

I am tube feeding powdered goats milk right now. I do have powdered kmr on hand but I initially thought that may be contributing to the upset tummy.

Thank you all for your kind words and wisdom! I am so appreciative. Yes the mom has been dewormed just as the kittens have. The 5th kitten died early this morning. The remaining 6th kitten is still with us. He’s still curious and following mom around. Still suckling, still tube feeding, and...

Ugh, I’m back for more of your wisdom for my poor foster kittens. I’m doing everything I can, but I’m ultimately looking for opinions on what may be making my group so sick. I picked up a new group from the shelter last week - a mom and six 10 day old babies. They were healthy and nursing well...

Ugh. I think “Amos” the kitten is fading on me again. I honestly think the only thing keeping him here is tube feeding at this point. His eyes began to weep and were swollen shut yesterday. Today, whenever I put the terramycin gel I’m able to see his eyes a little better and they are very dry...

I learned on my own but I’m sure it helps that I’ve done it on people as well (I’m a human nurse 😄). I’ve been fostering for 12 years now and I agree with you that not enough vets know how to care for tiny kittens

No, the shelter vet is only in on tuesdays unfortunately. I’d have to wait until next week to get him seen. The shelter manager manages everything in between then. He’s been on a dilution of 1:10 Afrin:water drop for 3 days. I don’t plan on using it more than 3 days total. We started the...

Look who’s still hanging in there! We’ve had to begin tube feeding because he wasn’t swallowing anything by syringe. He was also started on Clavamox to cover all our bases. He’s gaining nicely now that I’m tube feeding him but his nose congestion is so bad. He has a lot of mucus in the back of...

that’s a very great point. I’ve sent my husband to get some KMR for the little guy. Thank you so much.

Im familiar with the raw goats milk and honey remedy and definitely agree with you! Iprefer goats milk over KMR any day. He was meowing loudly and moving about earlier so he’s definitely still fighting. I will fight right along with him. Thanks again

I will definitely ask the shelter vet about these tomorrow. We are very limited on what we can do as it’s just a county shelter but they are really good people and fight really hard to do as much as they can to save these little ones. Keep fingers crossed for us!

thank you for the advice. I’ll try some Karo today. He was meowing very loudly and moving around the nest, I’m still fighting as long as he is!

Hi friends, I took in a mom and 3 one week old babies last week from our county shelter. I am only one of two kitten fosters and the county has extremely limited resources. We had to euthanize one kitten last week. She was losing weight and gasping despite my intensive care attempts. Her urine...