Well, I have been working with Kittytom all week. He is definitely better than early week. He has a little appetite and is eating friskies liver wet food and some kibble. Using the potty and drinking water. I spoke with a vet and she asked about fleas. I dont see alot of fleas on him but he...
Thank you everyone so much. I worked with him all day Monday. He seemed to feel not quite as bad Tuesday but still very weak so I kept him in a kennel in the barn for safety. Let him out this morning and he ate a pretty big breakfast. Did want alot this afternoon. He is drinking well and...
Thank you so much. I will continue to bother him every couple hours till bedtime. If he doesnt hide LOL. I have a nice kennel that I put him in out in the barn but he really hates it and I was afraid the stress was too much.
I sure wish I knew some vet tecs. I am afraid to bring him in. I have a 1 yr old cat that I rescued from a kill shelter last year. I stopped at Ingles on the way home and got some tuna in canned water and a can of smelly friskies chickens and liver.
He would not eat but using a syringe I...
A kitten has come to my home (6 -8 mos old). Very friendly boy, skinny. I made a vow of NO MORE outside cats. However, we have a barn, with hay and mice. My husband wants to let the kitty be a barn cat. I said ok, if he hangs around for a couple of weeks I will take him to the clinic for...
Thank you both. I too wondered if the injury, high stress shelter environment and antibiotics could have started this. I may have not said so in my narrative but we did do 3 different fecals . The first one was clear. The second one showed round worms and the third one was clear.
No...
Introducing Grayce Popcorn (its a long story). Grayce is 5 mos old. I adopted her from a high kill shelter in my area when she was about 9 weeks old.
Background:
Grayce had spent 3-4 weeks at the high stress shelter environment. Her intake papers said "friendly but very nervous". She came...
UPDATE
Thank you for the reply. We have done several fecals (but just in dr office) I asked about giardia but doc said he didn't see any signs.
Thursday
I decided it was too close to the weekend to wait. So here I go back to vet. He examines her and says her intestines feel thick. We...
Adopted from large shelter at 9 weeks old - Grayce had come into the shelter with a small dermal neck wound. They treated with antibiotics.
When I brought her home she had loose stools. I was feeding dry ad kitten because that was her current food. She started having bouts of vomiting...