Unfortunately, the little guy didn't make it.
He became lethargic about an hour after I first posted, so I took him to the Animal ER. After a night's intensive nursing the vet recommended euthanasia. She said that the parasitic load was too great, his condition so weakened that there was no...
Thanks for the reply. 9.5 oz is about .6 lb. I haven't tried a bottle yet, but he's taking medicine from a syringe pretty well so I think I'll use one to give him water.
Thanks again.
My vet asked me to take in a kitten that had been abandoned , along with his littermates, in a parking lot. My new boy was the only one not euthanized.
The vet estimates that he is about 4 - 5 weeks old, but he only weighs 9.5oz! The vet fed him Iams canned food mixed with water, and told me...