I'm fostering a litter of 6 week old foster kittens for the animal shelter.
They were brought to me a few days ago recovering from URI's and looked okay at first but three of them are getting congested and their eyes are getting gloppy again (yellow goo)
I have a humidifier running in their room and have been wiping eyes and noses several times a day.
I'm also bringing them into a steamy bathroom twice a day (for 15 minutes at a time) and have started treating the three sickest kittens eyes with teramycin.
The three sickest are also starting to show signs of dehydration..their skin isn't bouncing back as quickly as it should and they are getting more lethargic. Should I syringe water into them? I'm feeding them wet food warmed up with some salmon oil added to help them to smell it..I'm also giving Nutrical twice a day.
The shelter cannot afford to take them to the Vet and neither can I..
I'm going to let the shelter know that a few of the kittens are doing worse but they'll most likely put them to sleep if I bring them back in their condition..
Any advice on anything else that I could do how to help them out?
They were brought to me a few days ago recovering from URI's and looked okay at first but three of them are getting congested and their eyes are getting gloppy again (yellow goo)
I have a humidifier running in their room and have been wiping eyes and noses several times a day.
I'm also bringing them into a steamy bathroom twice a day (for 15 minutes at a time) and have started treating the three sickest kittens eyes with teramycin.
The three sickest are also starting to show signs of dehydration..their skin isn't bouncing back as quickly as it should and they are getting more lethargic. Should I syringe water into them? I'm feeding them wet food warmed up with some salmon oil added to help them to smell it..I'm also giving Nutrical twice a day.
The shelter cannot afford to take them to the Vet and neither can I..
I'm going to let the shelter know that a few of the kittens are doing worse but they'll most likely put them to sleep if I bring them back in their condition..
Any advice on anything else that I could do how to help them out?