Kittens not feeling well

My 4 little rescue babies who are about 5 weeks old are all acting sick. They are very warm to the touch and when I took their temperatures they were 105-106. I don't know what normal temp is in a kitten to compare it to, but I think they have fevers. The are all very sleepy and have been just sleeping all day. For the most part they seem to be eating well one turned her nose up to wet food, and she normally loves it. Other than the temperature and the being lethargic there is nothing else I can find wrong. Am I worrying about nothing or is there something wrong with them?

I'm going to call the vet as soon as they open, but I didn't know if anyone here had any idea?

Thanks for the advice. The kittens went to the vet, she is not sure what is causing such high fevers... they went up to 106-107 at the vet. But they have antibiotics and an oral supplement because they are not eating like they should. If their fever doesn't break by tomorrow they have to go back. Hopefully they start feeling better soon.

I have a friend who has the stuff for and knows how to do sub-q so she is going to try it when she gets off of work. I have them on icepacks under their blanket to try to help cool them. They were at the vet 2 weeks ago and had a fecal and have been taking metronidazole for a bacterial infection in their digestive system. They were there last week completely better from that and dewormed at our visit then. They still have worms this visit so we dewormed them again. The vet gave me a supplement called Viyo to give them 3 times a day to keep their calories up. I had their mom tested for FIV/FeLV last week when we were there and she was negative. That was actually the first thing she asked me after she saw what their temps were. If the fever doesn't break the vet wants to give them Metacam (sp?), but they are so little she is trying to avoid it. I will ask her about blood work if we need to go back in tomorrow. Im just hoping they start to turn around soon, the poor things are sore, they walk like it pains them, and they don't move much from where they lay down at. One doesn't even try to stand she just flops over, she is the one running the highest fever too. They were just sleepy and feverish last night and by this morning the soreness thing started. Im so worried about them, one day they were happy playing kittens, and the next they are super sick.

So far it looks like I will be headed back to the vet come morning, they are still running high fevers sticking around 106-107 area. 105.5 is the lowest it has gone down to but that didn't last. They now all have watery eyes and a few have a slight touch of a runny nose, they are still acting sore, and a few lay there and shake, from the fever I guess either that or they are in pain. I feel so bad for them, I don't understand how they got so sick so fast, they were just healthy at the vet last week and playing a few days ago. A friend of mine who rescues suggested I have them looked at for calici virus as a possible cause, but she says it doesn't look like what hers have when they got it, so that may not be it either.

Poor babies, the fever has gone down thankfully. I have 2 at 102.5 and 2 at 104.5... still a fever but not way up at 107! They are still pretty sick little kittens, their little eyes and noses are running now. They seem to be moving better so that is some improvement, but now they have bloody sores in their mouths. They have zero interest in eating on their own, I don't really blame them, so I will just have to keep syringe feeding them. Now that their fevers are going down, the vet just wants me to wait it out. I cant wait till they are happy, healthy, playful little kittens again, it breaks my heart seeing them like this.

The vet I think only wanted to use medacm as a last resort to bring down their high fevers because when I called back yesterday and told them their temps which were only down to 105-106. They told me to wait anotherday and check back again. When I called and told them about the bloody sores in their mouths along with the other symptoms still they told me it sounds like a really nasty calici virus and the only thing I can do is what I am, and I will just have to wait it out. They only want me to bring them back in if they get worse or take to long to improve... Of course I am welcome to bring them in if I want it just isn't necessary right now. They are separated from the rest of the kitty gang here, but I'm still worried someone else might come down with it.... The rest are all vaccinated against calici if that's what it truly is so hopefully no one will catch it.

I will definetly remember not to let them use metacam I had no idea before. I'm not sure why she thought about it, she did mention that it could potentially be harmful so she wanted to avoid it, but didn't make it sound like it could really be that harmful so I didn't even think about it. But don't worry now that I know I will not let them use it on any of my cats. I don't really understand either if it is so harmful why vets are willing to just hand it out like that? I always trust my vets to do what is best for them. I was worried they might have givin it to one of my cats when she had to have an emergency c-section but they didn't they gave her dopram and she wasn't allowed pain meds after because of the kittens nursing. But thanks for the advice now that I know I will never let it be used on my cats.

All the kittens fevers are gone except one, he has a fever of 105 it seems to have gone back up because it was lower. Even though they have sores in their mouths the 3 fever-less ones are starting to eat and drink on their own. They are getting more active as well, but they are still no where near their normal selves, but getting much closer. That leaves me worried about the last little one. He is the runt of the litter, he is not doing anything on his own. He is super skinny because he hasn't been healthy long enough to put on some weight. He was sick with a bacterial infection giving him awful bright green diarrhea, healthy for about a week and then this. I have been force feeding him and such but he is still not doing as well as I would like him to. I kinda wonder if half of it is that they are in quarantine so I am not spending as much time as they would like with them, I have started wrapping him up in a blanket and letting him sleep on my chest while I lay on the floor with them longer than I usually do. He seems to rest best that way, and I would think rest would help him get better. I may be wrong in thinking this but having that contact and affection is helpful to them, they will usually go to sleep and stay that was after I leave if I spend extra time on the floor so that they can snuggle. If I leave before they are ready for me to they cry at the door for me to come back. I cant think of anything else to do to help this little one but continue to keep him hydrated, fed, warm, and love him as much as possible. I guess the only thing left to do is hope and pray he pulls through this.

The bright green diarrhea was the first illness they had, and I got that cleared up with a few days of medicine. We went back to the vet for a recheck today and got more antibiotics just as a precaution, some more viyo for syringe feeding, and some l-lysine. The blisters in the runts mouth are awful, i know they have to be painful. So he doesn't eat or drink, the others nibble now. The vet wants me to add formula or water to the wet food and syringe feed them that if I have to but to try to get them to start eating more of that on their own. But the runt has a supplement to keep him nourished at least. I just hope it is enough to pull them through this.

I'm sorry to say the little runt passed away. I am completely devastated as I had him well hydrated and he had started to eat on his own yesterday so I thought he was improving. Even though the others seem to be doing OK I'm scared to death I'm going to loose them too.

His name was Sammy, he put up a good fight right until the end. I take a little comfort in knowing that for the last month he knew love and he didn't die scared in that shelter. Play happily at the rainbow bridge little Sammy.

Thank You.

If today could not get any harder, the smallest female has taken a turn for the worst. She has come down with pneumonia as a complication of the calici. She was given a breathing treatment and a 50/50 shot of making it. If there is no improvement by morning she will be euthanized to end her suffering. Not to mention now the others are slightly wheezy making me think they have pneumonia as well. I really hope they pull through, I'm getting to the point where I don't know if I can keep up with the vet bills for much longer.

These babies are breaking my heart. The little girl, I had named her Emily, was doing better after her breathing treatment, but she got all worked trying to find a more comfortable position and started breathing heavy, she couldn't calm down and it got worse, she passed away fairly quickly in my arms after that. I regret the decision to try the treatment now over euthanasia, but she didn't seem that bad off at the time. As much as it hurts I am relieved it didn't take long for her to pass. I'm just praying that the other two can pull through this.

Just an update, the remaining 2 kittens are at the vet now being given fluids, antibiotics and a nebulizer treatment. They have come down with pneumonia as well. I am praying that I start to see an improvement in them soon.

I just brought the kittens home from the vet, and I have good and bad news. The treatment seems to have done wonders for the little calico girl Pipper she is more active and eating. But unfortunately the male, Toby, did not improve from the treatment and he was just too sick. He looked a bit better when I picked him up, but he took a sharp turn when we got home and passed away suddenly in my arms. I'm so sad, but I'm glad I gave him a chance and didn't give up. The last kitten is showing a lot of hope, but I'm scared to be too optimistic. She goes back to the vet tomorrow for 2 more breathing treatments. It makes me so anxious leaving her there all day and not seeing how she is doing, I do call and check on her though.

Even though Piper seemed better today, even the vet said she was more active, she passed away suddenly tonight. I feel so crushed that I could not even save one kitten. I know I couldn't have done anything more than what I already was, but I still feel horrible. Like if I would have brought them all in when Emily did for troubled breathing, even though the others were breathing fine, maybe the last two would have had a better chance.

I just feel like the whole world just came crashing down on me. I did love them very much and when there was nothing else to do at least I could give them that.