Hi all, after losing my 17 year old baby to a stroke and watching my 4 year old baby wander around lost, I finally caved when my friend asked me to take one of her rescues .
They think the litter is about ten weeks old. Mama weaned them already and they have spayed and neutered everyone as well as first round of shots .
We brought her home last night .I've kept her away from my boy until I find out if a leukemia test was done or not .They've been in the same room because he's very curious about her and shoves his way into the room we have her in but not close enough to sniff each other . So far only one brief bout of hissing . So that's good.
My concern is, she has been eating and voiding/defecating at the rescue and hadn't done anything at all since last night. In fact, she seems to think the litter box is a bed and not a potty.
I called the vet who said give it a day, and the foster mom to find out what food she was eating .Then went out tonight to try and figure out how to get her to eat and drink .
Couldn't find the same brand of dry food but picked up some soft and some kitten milk and , a syringe and a bottle .Soft mixed with dry got her to eat a wee bit. Dripping milk on her nose got her to finally take in about two ounces.
I know the formula can constipated, so I diluted some with a syringe and she won't take it .I still cannot get her to drink water. It's been over 24 hours .
I tried the newborn trick of rubbing her anus/meatus with a warm cloth .All I succeeded in was clawed hands .
I am scouring the room for any signs of accidents to no avail.
I'm really worried about her kidneys if she doesn't go soon.Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I can do from here? I've always done rescues and never had them do this before.
They think the litter is about ten weeks old. Mama weaned them already and they have spayed and neutered everyone as well as first round of shots .
We brought her home last night .I've kept her away from my boy until I find out if a leukemia test was done or not .They've been in the same room because he's very curious about her and shoves his way into the room we have her in but not close enough to sniff each other . So far only one brief bout of hissing . So that's good.
My concern is, she has been eating and voiding/defecating at the rescue and hadn't done anything at all since last night. In fact, she seems to think the litter box is a bed and not a potty.
I called the vet who said give it a day, and the foster mom to find out what food she was eating .Then went out tonight to try and figure out how to get her to eat and drink .
Couldn't find the same brand of dry food but picked up some soft and some kitten milk and , a syringe and a bottle .Soft mixed with dry got her to eat a wee bit. Dripping milk on her nose got her to finally take in about two ounces.
I know the formula can constipated, so I diluted some with a syringe and she won't take it .I still cannot get her to drink water. It's been over 24 hours .
I tried the newborn trick of rubbing her anus/meatus with a warm cloth .All I succeeded in was clawed hands .
I am scouring the room for any signs of accidents to no avail.
I'm really worried about her kidneys if she doesn't go soon.Does anyone have any thoughts as to what I can do from here? I've always done rescues and never had them do this before.
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