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thanks a lot for your response, it's very reassuring. we plan to name her ginkgo, after our last kitten :D my husband was really attached to the name, as well as the kitten, and i think he finds the idea of giving a new kitten the same name soothing somehow. we both still break down thinking...

by the way, here is the new kitten for anyone interested:

i lost a 4 month old kitten to secondary infection from panleuk in july of last year. my husband and i have since adopted a healthy 1.5 year old cat who was appropriately vaccinated before we brought him home, and we also bleached the floors and cat items repeatedly before doing so as our...

so we've just adopted a new cat and he's super sweet but still VERY kittenlike in demeanor. he sleeps most of the day and runs all over our living room overnight. we have quite a large shelf full of all sorts of knick knacks separating our living room from the study, and each night after we go...

just wanted to update in case anyone else ever sees this thread - it's been a week since we brought kitty home and he's perfectly fine! it looks like the vaccine is a very reliable method of preventing distemper even in super contaminated areas. 

i am so, so sorry for your loss. that collage is beautiful. what a gorgeous girl. you did everything you could have, sometimes life just doesn't turn out the way that we hope it will but things happen and we have to suffer through them even when it isn't fair or doesn't make sense to us. she is...

oh my gosh, how on earth could you possibly blame yourself? i second what Les26 said - i definitely think your grief is distorting your ability to process everything clearly. you did exactly what you should have done for your baby. i've grown up with cats all my life and back when i lived with...

gosh, I am tearing up. I adopted a 3mo kitten myself about two months ago and lost her within two weeks to suspected panleuk/parvo (and then later peritonitis). it is incredible how painful the loss of an animal can be even when you've only known them for a short period of time. i am so sorry...

congrats on the new baby! as far as litter goes, are you sure there's enough litter for him? might be worth trying to fill the box up a bit more if you can. we got a new kitty the other day who would paw at the floor of his box and refuse to do anything else in it till we put more litter in...

depending on how old, she may be going deaf! i've read that deaf cats can sometimes vocalize quite loudly as they can't (or struggle to) hear the sound of their own meow (i know my one-year-old does). if she only does it in her sleep though I'd say she's just quirky, unless she seems to be in...

sorry I can't offer anything better but if it were me I might try wrapping her up in some kitty clothes that restrict her access to the area. she might be uncomfortable but maybe she can be trained out of the habit? while wrapped up I'd also apply some kitty-safe ointment to help heal the area...

thanks very much for the quick and thorough response - i have no way of knowing if he was vaccinated before being picked up off the street unfortunately, but i do know he was given one immunization for panleukopenia almost a month ago, and a second one almost two weeks ago, and we will be...

hi all, so as a scant few may remember, i came here about a month ago asking for advice on our situation with our kitten. we live in china and she was diagnosed with panleukopenia, and lamentably ended up succumbing to secondary infection after a week-long battle with the illness. i am kicking...

hey guys, so the worst has happened. kitten was diagnosed with peritonitis today (almost invariably fatal for those unfamiliar with the disease) and we made the decision to end her suffering this afternoon. i am absolutely crushed. she was such a sweet little kitten and our time with her was far...

hi foxxycat - sorry for the late response, i went to bed shortly before you replied and our internet's been out all morning. i appreciate the vibes and will pass them along to kitty during my visit today  we're now halfway through day 6. we did get a call from the hospital this morning. she's...

i've been assuming, since the only secondary infections i've seen/heard of so far are the parasites + the respiratory issues, but fiance says the hospital hasn't mentioned antibiotics. i'll be sure to check that in the morning provided they don't call us before then. definitely important. do...

hi friends, this is my first post to TCS and i hope for it to be the first of many. i've spent a lot of time researching feline panleukopenia/feline distemper over the past several days and have stumbled across a few threads here, and the community seems very sensitive and welcoming. i hope i'm...