Good evening,
My girlfriend and I have adopted a little kitten from a local petshop, and are getting a little worried about his health and/or general behaviour.
The kitten is said to be approximately 2 1/2 months, and from what the petshop owner told us, was eating quite alot for such a young age. He was waiting to be adopted, along with his little sister, who lived in the same cage as him.
My girlfriend brought the kitten home, 4 days ago (on Wednesday), for the first time, and his eating habits, and energy level seem to fluctuate very much.
The day after, seeing that our little man was getting more and more tired, and had vomited quite a few time, (and that he didn't seem to have any much interest in food) my girlfriend decided to bring him to the vet.
He proceeded with the regular, routine, health check; ears, mouth, temperature and heart beat. He didn't notice anything unusual with our little baby... For the lack of food interest, he gave (er... sold at a very high-price!) us some canned food, which is supposed to help out this situation, but doesn't seem to do much. He also treated the cat for worms, with a so called Profender product, which is basically a liquid gel that he applied to the cat's skin... And finally, to finish everything all off, he told us that he had flees, and sold us another product that is to be applied, like the Profender, but for fleas (I would have opted for the traditionnal worm-pill instead...but my girlfriend fell for the thing - I guess!). We applied the product about an hour ago, reading online that the worm treatment he was given would be worthless, if the cat had fleas... (?)
Now, 2 days later, he doesn't seem to get any better. He barely eats, and still vomits whatever he manages to eat. We tried changing the food, and gave him a little buffet, of 3 types of food, but still didn't fed much at all (that is if he actually did eat some...). We even added water to some food, to make is softer - but no results! We bought a little "Cat-Milk" product, which is sold as a liquid-meal, he drank a little, but nothing to go crazy about.
BUT, for some reason, we dropped a piece of cooked ham to the ground, and he immediately ate it, afterwards roaring as a king, which kinda made it look like he was never fed in the first place! (Oh, and he also did the same for a Popcorn... !?!).
From what my girlfriend told me, he rarely uses the litterbox at all. He did once or twice, which one time, a little 1" worm, came out of his body. Even 40 minutes ago, he vomited again, all the food that his little belly had managed to try and digest. His fur/coating doesn't look very soft, like it did the first day. It looks a little greassy, yet very dry. His noze is pretty dry too, but he doesn't have any signs of "rice" worms in the rectum...
As I am writing this, at 6:44 Eastern time, the kitten still looks very tired, and is sleeping right beside my computer. As soon as we try and wake him up to play with him, he almost immediately goes back to his snoozing position, and goes back to sleep.
We are getting a little worried here, since his health/behaviour doesn't seem to improve. He is so cute, and we love him so much, that we need some advice on what to do!
Please, if you would know anything that could help us, or so, please respond to this thread, and let us know what you would do...
Thank you all in advance, it is very much appreciated.
Karl
My girlfriend and I have adopted a little kitten from a local petshop, and are getting a little worried about his health and/or general behaviour.
The kitten is said to be approximately 2 1/2 months, and from what the petshop owner told us, was eating quite alot for such a young age. He was waiting to be adopted, along with his little sister, who lived in the same cage as him.
My girlfriend brought the kitten home, 4 days ago (on Wednesday), for the first time, and his eating habits, and energy level seem to fluctuate very much.
The day after, seeing that our little man was getting more and more tired, and had vomited quite a few time, (and that he didn't seem to have any much interest in food) my girlfriend decided to bring him to the vet.
He proceeded with the regular, routine, health check; ears, mouth, temperature and heart beat. He didn't notice anything unusual with our little baby... For the lack of food interest, he gave (er... sold at a very high-price!) us some canned food, which is supposed to help out this situation, but doesn't seem to do much. He also treated the cat for worms, with a so called Profender product, which is basically a liquid gel that he applied to the cat's skin... And finally, to finish everything all off, he told us that he had flees, and sold us another product that is to be applied, like the Profender, but for fleas (I would have opted for the traditionnal worm-pill instead...but my girlfriend fell for the thing - I guess!). We applied the product about an hour ago, reading online that the worm treatment he was given would be worthless, if the cat had fleas... (?)
Now, 2 days later, he doesn't seem to get any better. He barely eats, and still vomits whatever he manages to eat. We tried changing the food, and gave him a little buffet, of 3 types of food, but still didn't fed much at all (that is if he actually did eat some...). We even added water to some food, to make is softer - but no results! We bought a little "Cat-Milk" product, which is sold as a liquid-meal, he drank a little, but nothing to go crazy about.
BUT, for some reason, we dropped a piece of cooked ham to the ground, and he immediately ate it, afterwards roaring as a king, which kinda made it look like he was never fed in the first place! (Oh, and he also did the same for a Popcorn... !?!).
From what my girlfriend told me, he rarely uses the litterbox at all. He did once or twice, which one time, a little 1" worm, came out of his body. Even 40 minutes ago, he vomited again, all the food that his little belly had managed to try and digest. His fur/coating doesn't look very soft, like it did the first day. It looks a little greassy, yet very dry. His noze is pretty dry too, but he doesn't have any signs of "rice" worms in the rectum...
As I am writing this, at 6:44 Eastern time, the kitten still looks very tired, and is sleeping right beside my computer. As soon as we try and wake him up to play with him, he almost immediately goes back to his snoozing position, and goes back to sleep.
We are getting a little worried here, since his health/behaviour doesn't seem to improve. He is so cute, and we love him so much, that we need some advice on what to do!
Please, if you would know anything that could help us, or so, please respond to this thread, and let us know what you would do...
Thank you all in advance, it is very much appreciated.
Karl
