Does any one know anything about Amber Technology’s Kitty Distempaid or Tamiflu

We took in a two week old that was found in a parking lot. Now my two little 5mo old baby girls both look like they have Panleukopenia. They have both been to the vets and are on meds. But they will not eat. They look like they are wasting away.

Any tips on what to feed them will also be great. Need something that can work in a big syringe.

And phone number to a vet that uses Tamiflu would be great if anyone knows one.

This is killing me.

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I know that Tamiflu has been used for puppies with Parvo. And I know that Panleukopenia is a parvovirus. . .so it stands to reason that Tamiflu may work for it, too. But it does need to be given very early in the disease's progression to be most effective. Tamiflu is harmless and inexpensive even if it doesn't work, so any vet should be willing to prescribe it for you. Or you could claim to be getting the flu and ask a doctor at a high-traffic clinic (so he doesn't ask a lot of questions) to prescribe it for you and then give it to the kitties. . .I'm sure there are lots of ways to get your hands on some.

As for the eating, Hills A/D is made for syringe feeding. Chicken or turkey baby food (make sure there's no onion powder!) will also work. If you really have a hard time getting anything into them, ask the vet about putting in a feeding tube. Be assertive with the vet if you have to, it's their lives on the line.

Feeding tube? Any guess what something like that would cost?

Thanks

Originally Posted by stefan

Feeding tube? Any guess what something like that would cost?

Thanks

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Not sure what one that you leave in would cost, but I had a vet teach me how to tube feed by inserting the tube just long enough to feed the kitten, for just an office visit fee as he wanted to evaluate the kittens to see if there were any other options that would work for them first. I am currently taking care of some really sick kittens too who will not eat. They have been being syringe fed a liquid supplement from the vet called viyo. It is $30 a bottle at my vet. I would try that or something similar first, if the kitten is able to swallow it is safer to syringe feed over tube feeding. If you mess up inserting the tube you can put the food in their lungs, this is harder to do than you think but it is still a risk. If you went for a feeding tube I would talk to the vet about weather a left in tube or inserting the tube each time would be better.

Hills A/D can be fed with a syringe, just like a slushie. I used it with a cat that had severe calicivirus and it worked really well. You will have to buy it from the vet. They showed me how to get it in the syringe, you just keep pushing it around in the can until it is bunched up and then suck it into the syringe.

Also, what about asking your vet to help show you how to give IV fluids. That is what I had to do when my cat was very ill and dehydrated. If it is hard for you to do it, you can look in the phone book and see if there are any pet sitters who are vet techs and will come to your house and help you for a fee. Or maybe call a shelter and see if any of the volunteers there are vet techs who will come and help for a fee.

Good luck. I am so sorry to hear that this happened to you. Even if you took extreme measures to separate/quarantine the cats, it would still be really hard to keep it from spreading :-(

The little one had a negative test result for Panleukopenia. That makes me feel a little better. I got about 5cc of pedialyte into both of them tonight. I will be picking up some liquid food tomorrow. Going to be a little food or pedialyte every hour to I can get there strength back. Vet said even with the negative results she could still have it. May do blood work tomorrow to see how her white cell count is holding up.

I would suggest that you also talk to the vet or the vet techs at the practice and ask how much of the wet slushy food they should each be eating for their age and weight and to keep them going.
It helped me tremendously when the vet techs told me my foster kitty needed to eat at least X amount per day. In the absence of that knowledge, and feeding them by syringe, you will feel as if they ate a great deal and it may only be half of what they need.
You can tell if they are severely dehydrated by pinching the fur on the back of their neck. If it seems to stay rigid and only slowly goes back to normal, they are dehydrated and need to get IV fluids asap. You probably already know, little kittens can go down really fast. You are a hero to stick with them on this and give them tough love.
Another note about the IV fluids. It has a miraculous effect and will stimulate their appetite. It won't make them better permanently but they will be tremendously improved for about 12-18 hours. I know I said this above, but this is the route to take if they seem to be completely failing.

I forgot to add, on the wet slushie A/D food, if you get that at the vet, you should also make them give you a bunch of syringes for feeding the cats. They have all different sizes and you may as well have different ones for whatever you are giving them. That way you can also figure out which works best for what purpose. I doubt very much if they will charge you anything for that either.

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I forgot to add, on the wet slushie A/D food, if you get that at the vet, you should also make them give you a bunch of syringes for feeding the cats. They have all different sizes and you may as well have different ones for whatever you are giving them. That way you can also figure out which works best for what purpose. I doubt very much if they will charge you anything for that either.

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I doubt they will have a problem giving you syringes either. The vet practically gives them to me like candy. At one point the vet gave me a handful everytime I came to see them with my sick kittens, I accumlated so many I had a baggie FULL of them, it looked like I had a problem