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The sickly kitten passed on today :( The one I asked about is weaker than yesterday, but not as much blood in his stools today. I'm going to try Kitten Glop instead of KMR to see if that helps. Already gave benebac and some kitten vitamin supplement. Nothing the vet can really do with a kitten...

It's been almost a year since I started this thread, and since I see it still gets views I thought I'd update: Lupin, the kitten I was worried about, did very well on the Kitten Glop. Both kittens grew, though Lupin more slowly. Both have been spayed (Lupin surprised us by being a girl!), and...

I foster cats & kittens for a local rescue, and today I got 3 orphan kittens. There was a litter of 6, but 3 have already crossed the Rainbow Bridge. Of the three, two looked healthy and one appears sickly. All three have been eating ok for me on KMR, I've had them almost 12 hours and am...

I'm a foster parent for a local cat rescue, and my bit of advice is to be completely honest with people. Tell your foster families everything you know- especially the bad stuff! Also be honest with adopters. I stopped fostering for a dog rescue because they neglected to tell me about a dog's...

The rescue is leaning towards herpes causing the URI. Right now Gabby is on amoxicillin and some eye drops. Until their vet tech came to see her, I was treating her with terramycin since her first symptom was goopy eyes. I'm getting the L'lysine next week, was going to start her on that once she...

I've got a foster kitten who is having a reccurrance of an upper respiratory infection. She had it when I got her, just got over it when she went to the vet to get spayed, then a week and a half later started showing symptoms again. She is getting treatment again, but I am wondering if she could...

The vet thought it was caused by parasites or possibly coccidia. She said sometimes a rare strain of coccidia can cause bloating and would eventually prove fatal. She instructed me to watch him carefully and if the bloating gets worse to bring him back. At his last feeding tonight the bloat was...

StefanZ- Goats milk isn't available in my town, but the kittens are eating much better on this kitten glop. Thanks! jbsmomto1- Once I finally got through to the rescue they offered to reimburse the vet bill. This past week has been unusual because I just started working with them and the person...

I was too worried- Lupin (boy) got really bloated and the diarrhea continued. I took them both to the vet. She said I'm doing everything right, but they may not make it They got a dewormer and she said their eye infections would pass, just to clean their eyes every time I feed. The diarrhea...

Thanks . The vet isn't an option- the rescue got back to me and they're not authorizing a vet visit. Yesterday the diarrhea was better, today the same guy is having it again . Hoping it's just a food issue- I'm working on getting them on wet food.

Today I started fostering for a local cat rescue- they brought me two 3 week old kittens (not litter mates). The female is smaller, but otherwise appears healthy. She doesn't suck well on the bottle but between that and lapping up some milk she got enough. She was rescued 2 days ago. The male's...

Thank you all- I do plan on taking him to the vet. He has gained weight since coming to stay with us- just isn't growing as he should. I always get wormer from the vet as I don't think over-the-counter ones are effective and safe. All the animals got their Frontline Plus tonight- I gave the tiny...

About a month ago I rescued a kitten from outside- there are a number of strays in my area. This one was usually with a cat that I assumed to be the mother- no other kittens in sight though. The kitten was so small that I waited a few days, watching both the kitten and mother, to be sure it was...

In searching out a good price for Frontline Plus for my 2 cats, I came across a listing on Amazon. This is what they say about it: This kit for cats comes with 1 extra large pipette of Frontline Plus originally manufactured for dogs. Frontline Plus for dogs and cats is almost exactly the same...

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Thank you for your help! I will check out all the resources you mentioned.

We have 2 wonderful cats and have decided after much consideration to add to our family. I am going tomorrow to look at 2 female rats that I will likely bring home with me! Does anyone else have pet rats? I'm wondering how the cats get along with them. Right now I'm thinking it best to keep...

Over the years I have visited the forum here, and enjoyed it very much. It has been a long time though since my last visit, and have no clue what my user name once was. I'm glad to be back! I have 2 cats, Eve and her baby Hagrid. I rescued Eve when she was pregnant last winter. She was a...

I live in a townhome and have 2 cats of my own- the max allowed by the management. I am a cat rescuer by nature but am in a bit of a bind. There are 2 male feral cats living in my neighborhood. One has decided I am his person and my daughter named him Sunny. I give him food each day and have a...