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Hi, new here, but I am just looking for some advice.
I work on a farm, and about 2 weeks ago we found a littler of kittens in one of our barns. The next day the mom had moved two and abandoned two (we did wait a couple days hoping she would come for them), so I decided to take on the job of raising them. They are two sweet boys, about 3 weeks old when I took them in. I took them to the vet immediately just for some advice on how to care for them, etc.
For an entire week they did so great, were thriving and growing like crazy. The vets advice at 3 wks old was to wait 2 weeks to deworm them (didn't really show signs of worms), flea treatment, shots etc., because they were so small.
Well on Sunday afternoon they both got sick, seeming lethargic and not wanting to eat. I assumed it was the different food I had fed them that day. On Monday I sort of waited it out, hoping that they would perk up. One was worse than the other.
Anyway, this is getting long, but on Tuesday I took them to the vet again, they were treated for worms (hard swollen bellies, and she said it could also be the cause of them being so sick). They told me if they don't seem better in a couple days to call them.
Well, it's Wednesday, its been 24 hrs since their worm treatment and both still seem very sick, still aren't eating, etc.
I guess my main question is how long until the medicine should help them? I am so worried about my poor babies. I am very attached to them, and I just feel helpless watching them so sick. I have been trying to get them to eat (still with medicine dropper), but they will eat a tiny bit and then cry, and I can hear their tummies gurgling..... And on occasion one of them is still vomiting white foam (which I have read is normal with ringworms).
Any advice? Do I just need to give it another day?
The vet is SO expensive, and I really can't afford to keep taking them, but I also don't want my babies to stay sick : (
I work on a farm, and about 2 weeks ago we found a littler of kittens in one of our barns. The next day the mom had moved two and abandoned two (we did wait a couple days hoping she would come for them), so I decided to take on the job of raising them. They are two sweet boys, about 3 weeks old when I took them in. I took them to the vet immediately just for some advice on how to care for them, etc.
For an entire week they did so great, were thriving and growing like crazy. The vets advice at 3 wks old was to wait 2 weeks to deworm them (didn't really show signs of worms), flea treatment, shots etc., because they were so small.
Well on Sunday afternoon they both got sick, seeming lethargic and not wanting to eat. I assumed it was the different food I had fed them that day. On Monday I sort of waited it out, hoping that they would perk up. One was worse than the other.
Anyway, this is getting long, but on Tuesday I took them to the vet again, they were treated for worms (hard swollen bellies, and she said it could also be the cause of them being so sick). They told me if they don't seem better in a couple days to call them.
Well, it's Wednesday, its been 24 hrs since their worm treatment and both still seem very sick, still aren't eating, etc.
I guess my main question is how long until the medicine should help them? I am so worried about my poor babies. I am very attached to them, and I just feel helpless watching them so sick. I have been trying to get them to eat (still with medicine dropper), but they will eat a tiny bit and then cry, and I can hear their tummies gurgling..... And on occasion one of them is still vomiting white foam (which I have read is normal with ringworms).
Any advice? Do I just need to give it another day?
The vet is SO expensive, and I really can't afford to keep taking them, but I also don't want my babies to stay sick : (