Kitty losing weight

I have three six month old kittens and all are males. They were born our cat in our home in October last year. All was going well until  one and half months back when one of  the kittens got diarrhea and then he stopped eating and I kept him on liquid glucose and ORS to prevent dehydration. I went to a vet and he gave some antibiotic shots and the kitten improved somewhat. He started losing weight and the effect is  more pronounced as the his litter mates are growing stronger and he is becoming more skinny day by day. Then I noticed that he has not gone for potty (although he urinates normally) in two weeks so I gave him Dulcolax suppository and he defaceted after 3 hours. He also developed skin allergy on the face which I Healed with anti bacterial cream. He is active but fatigues very easily. He eats and drinks regularly but in small quantities. His Litter mates now have weight of around 2.5 times his weight. His voice has become more bassized and you can see his ribs. His stomach has shrunk very much. What is the illness?? 

Have you taken your kitty to a vet for blood tests?

no, We dont have these facilities at our place

Well, he could be fatigued because he isn't getting enough nutrients, which would make sense as to why he is so much smaller than his brothers.  The question is...why?  This is something we cannot answer via the internet.  You indicated you don't have vet facilities at your place, yet in your first post you said you went to a Vet and got antibiotics and he got somewhat better. 

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In the  meantime, what are you feeding him?  Are you giving him (them) kitten food, or table scaps, or what?  The skin allergy on his face could be caused by  fleas (the #1 cause, or food, the #2 cause). 

for the little one.  I realize that it IS more difficult to get good cat care in India

we have vets but they are specialized in cattle and dogs. I dont think they have infrastructure for blood tests. I can show u the pics of all the kittens together when he was healthy and of now. What I can do is to get his blood work done in a human clinical lab and then we can interpret the results. Please let me know what blood tests are to be done. I am feeding him chicken broth and boiled egg yolks and glucose mixed in water

What are you feeding the other cats?  Do they all eat this?  Did someone advise you to feed this, and only this?  He needs to be eating some meat, plus he needs to be getting calcium and taurine from somewhere, and even though there is a small amount of calcium in egg yolks, I don't think there is anywhere near enough to support a growing kitten.  Mind you, I am not a nutritional specialist at all.  Here are some articles on nutrition for your to read up on it:

http://catcentric.org/nutrition-and-food/

http://www.catinfo.org/

As far as the blood work, I honestly don't know what tests to even tell you to get, as human tests might be pretty different (I just don't know).  But first I would definitely start by adding to his diet, immediately!

Is it possible he  has a tapeworm that is causing him to lose weight?  Those are caused by fleas.  Do you have fleas in your area.   I would think you would.  Trouble is, you need something prescribed by a Vet to get rid of a tapeworm.  Have you seen any evidence of worms..you know what to look for?  You might see what looks like little grains of rice near his behind or in his stool.

He is constipated. When I gave him Dulcolax suppository he pooped after 3 hours and it was dry small balls and some brownish wet poop in the end. He has not pooped till then. It was 3 days ago

For constiptation, you could try adding 1 tablespoon to start off with of any kind of cooked squash to his food, ideally pumpkin. I know you're in India, but maybe something like Kadoo or calabaza.

And I agree with Mrsgreenjeens:  he needs more protein.  You can also try a boiled chicken and boiled rice diet, very bland, that might settle his stomach.  (Boil the chicken, then with the broth from the boiled chicken, prepare rice.)

If you vet knows how to get blood from a dog, he can get blood from a cat; but I also don't know what levels to look for.

Do you have Miralax available where you are? If you do I will look up the correct dose for a constipated cat. 2 weeks is a very long time for the kitty to not be able to poop. I'm glad he got a little relief but it sounds like he's starting to back up again. Miralax can keep things soft and easier for him to go.

Yes I can get Miralax and also Lactulose which is used by my father. I am also starting to suspect the worm infestation particularly Tapeworm as his fur is rough and dull and losing weight but I havent found any rice specks in the stool as he does not poop due to constipation but he drinks a lot of water.

I wish I knew for sure what was causing all his problems. Poor kitty. But you could try a starting dose of 1/8 teaspoon of miralax mixed with wet food. This should help with constipation at least. Cats with chronic constipation can take it everyday if they need to. Is there a vet who can give you worm medication? It is very common for kittens to have worms and this would explain a lot of his symptoms. A large infestation could cause weightloss, lethargy and constipation. He could still have them even if you don't see anything. I never saw a thing and my kittens needed to be wormed when they were young for roundworms. The good news is this would be easy to treat.

I hope he's feeling better soon.

yes I have talked to a vet about tapeworm medication. But I havent seen any rice specks in the potty so is it safe to give worm medication even if there are no worms present.

It could be a different kind of worm.  Some worms don't show up at all. I never saw anything when my kittens had roundworms. Different worms have different medications. Could your vet do a fecal test to be sure of worms and what kind they are? Then you will know exactly what medicine  to use. This is a very simple test where I live. I hope it's easy for you to have done too.

Yes, it is safe to worm kittens even if they don't show symptoms of worms. Many vets will automatically treat a kitten for worms on its first visit, whether or not the kitten shows symptoms, because worms are so common and sometimes don't show signs.

Another idea: Some cats get constipated because of hairballs. They lick themselves clean, swallow the hair, and it blocks things up in there. Treating for hairballs may help.

The kitten could have been born with a tendency to get constipated because his intestines tend to be slow to contract, and inefficient. If this is the case, a high fiber diet should help, and maybe stool softeners? I'm not sure; a vet would know better even if they are only trained on dogs.

I would be careful about giving this particular cat fiber. It he tends to back -up for 2 weeks at a time fiber could bulk him up even more,making a huge stool that he won't be able to pass.  I would try the Miralax to keep things soft and moving. It works by bringing water into the colon. Adding extra water to his wet food with this will help too.

I have noticed bad breadth something like rotting fish. His gums are also not pink but blackish so maybe he is anemic??

Did you read through the nutrition websites I provided earlier in this thread?  I would guess he may be severely under nourished, quite possibly anemic.  You never did say what the others are eating, or who advised you to feed just the chicken broth with egg yolk and the sugar water, but it's not enough! *   Cats are meat eaters, and if you think of them eating small animals that would include their organs and bones.  This kitty is not getting any of that, that I can see.

Please, please read the links I provided and change his diet, or add to it, immediately.  Can you buy canned cat food there in India?  If so, that should at least provide him with nutritionally complete meals.  If you cannot buy cat food, then how about giving him raw chicken, including the heart and liver.  The heart has extra taurine in it, and the liver is extra good for him, but don't give him too much liver compared to the actual meat of the chicken.  If you read those links,they will talk about portions..80% meat (meat actually includes the heart) 5% liver, 5% other secreting organs like kidney) and 10% bone.  But never, ever, ever give them cooked bone...only raw, and only small bones like what is found in the wings.  It's a  fine line, because too much calcium (in bones) can constipate a cat, yet if they don't get enough calcium, especially as a growing kitten, then their bones and teeth won't develop properly, among other issues.



*it may have been advised to get him through a temporary tight spot, but would not work for long term, I don't believe.  Just like boiled chicken and rice is great as a temporary fix for diarrhea (in cats), but only for a week at the most, since it's not nutritionally complete.