I brought home a new kitten last week. Best I can tell it was 4 weeks old, now in it's 5th week. I have no idea where the mother is/was. I went to the feed store for chicken feed and this little guy was there all alone starring at me.
I will try to give a little patient abstract:
Jacob: 5 weeks old, male, American short hair, 1.09 lbs at arrival, 1.19 lbs as of 7-01, solid stool initially, diarrhea for 5 days, fecal incontinence for last day, watery/mucus stool dark yellow in color as of 7-01, VERY playful/active with other adult cats, NEG fecal labs as of 6-30(DVM said sample kinda sucked), rectal prolapse for 3 days.
Diet:
Started with dry kitten food, was given adult canned food for first few days, now withholding can food due to diarrhea, KMR formula every 2-3 hours, drinks water fairly well, will NOT eat cottage cheese/rice(DVM recommendation), withholding ALL food to rest bowel since 7-01 @ 530pm.
Meds:
1 cc Kaopectate PO 7-01 @ 530p, withholding Kaopectate due to new cat unfriendly formula, 15 cc RL SQ 7-01 @ 2230(did NOT like that).
I plan on giving KMR with Pedialyte after the bowel rest. We planned on doing a 24 hour fast BUT Jacob is quite insistent that we feed him, so I dunno. I also plan on giving him plain yogurt after the rest. He will NOT take a bottle but does lap up his food just fine. Seems like the little guy has been on his own for a long time.
My gut instinct is telling me that Jacob has coccidia. The labs were negative BUT the sample was not ideal and coccidia is hard to catch. My DVM is my chicken vet, she did the lab as a favor. I have a bottle of amprolium sitting right here just calling my name. I also think he could use a wormer. I have equimax on hand that my adult cats get.
It is thought that Jacob vomited last night, appeared to be the cottage cheese mixture. Other than that he seems very happy. He runs all over the two story house playing with his older brothers. His older sister is still a little put off by him, she is after all surrounded by boys.
I dont want to start pumping a sick 1.19 lb kitten full of meds. I hope to give him his first bath to clean the stool off of him. I also want to put some preparation H on that sore little butt. Any thoughts? Would you do anything different?
Thanks
I will try to give a little patient abstract:
Jacob: 5 weeks old, male, American short hair, 1.09 lbs at arrival, 1.19 lbs as of 7-01, solid stool initially, diarrhea for 5 days, fecal incontinence for last day, watery/mucus stool dark yellow in color as of 7-01, VERY playful/active with other adult cats, NEG fecal labs as of 6-30(DVM said sample kinda sucked), rectal prolapse for 3 days.
Diet:
Started with dry kitten food, was given adult canned food for first few days, now withholding can food due to diarrhea, KMR formula every 2-3 hours, drinks water fairly well, will NOT eat cottage cheese/rice(DVM recommendation), withholding ALL food to rest bowel since 7-01 @ 530pm.
Meds:
1 cc Kaopectate PO 7-01 @ 530p, withholding Kaopectate due to new cat unfriendly formula, 15 cc RL SQ 7-01 @ 2230(did NOT like that).
I plan on giving KMR with Pedialyte after the bowel rest. We planned on doing a 24 hour fast BUT Jacob is quite insistent that we feed him, so I dunno. I also plan on giving him plain yogurt after the rest. He will NOT take a bottle but does lap up his food just fine. Seems like the little guy has been on his own for a long time.
My gut instinct is telling me that Jacob has coccidia. The labs were negative BUT the sample was not ideal and coccidia is hard to catch. My DVM is my chicken vet, she did the lab as a favor. I have a bottle of amprolium sitting right here just calling my name. I also think he could use a wormer. I have equimax on hand that my adult cats get.
It is thought that Jacob vomited last night, appeared to be the cottage cheese mixture. Other than that he seems very happy. He runs all over the two story house playing with his older brothers. His older sister is still a little put off by him, she is after all surrounded by boys.
I dont want to start pumping a sick 1.19 lb kitten full of meds. I hope to give him his first bath to clean the stool off of him. I also want to put some preparation H on that sore little butt. Any thoughts? Would you do anything different?
Thanks