Hi,
So my dad decided to get a kitten two weeks ago from an ad on Facebook. The previous owner said she was 8 weeks old. She was infested with fleas so we took her to a groomer and then a few days later she went to the vet for her first vaccines. She had been constipated the couple days before we took her but the vet said she looked fine and the dewormer might help with that. She was 1.2bs and she feels like skin and bones minus the slightly round tummy, but the vet didn’t comment on that minus saying she probably had worms.
Since the vet visit she’s been having very soft yellowish greenish stool which she runs all down her butt, legs, and tail. I hadn’t realized that that she’s supposed to have more solid poops until recently. She’s been very very lethargic lately and is constantly crying and today she developed a leaky right eye. It also sounds like she’s breathing too heavily to me.
She eats fine. She doesn’t drink from her bowl but we’ve been adding water to her wet food. I read today that boiled ground beef can help with diarrhea (I know that she needs more than just that in her diet). We’ve had to wash her butt twice a day for the past several days (warm water and baby soap if it’s really bad on her legs and tail). It’s pretty cold in the house and there are no other cats at my dad’s but he has an old dog who likes to lick her who had been living outside until recently.
I’d really appreciate some advice. How serious does this sound? She has another appointment coming up soon, but will she be okay to wait that long? Does it sound like she needs an emergency appointment? My dad has her in a box with rags down and was blow drying her. Is there anything more we can do at home?
So my dad decided to get a kitten two weeks ago from an ad on Facebook. The previous owner said she was 8 weeks old. She was infested with fleas so we took her to a groomer and then a few days later she went to the vet for her first vaccines. She had been constipated the couple days before we took her but the vet said she looked fine and the dewormer might help with that. She was 1.2bs and she feels like skin and bones minus the slightly round tummy, but the vet didn’t comment on that minus saying she probably had worms.
Since the vet visit she’s been having very soft yellowish greenish stool which she runs all down her butt, legs, and tail. I hadn’t realized that that she’s supposed to have more solid poops until recently. She’s been very very lethargic lately and is constantly crying and today she developed a leaky right eye. It also sounds like she’s breathing too heavily to me.
She eats fine. She doesn’t drink from her bowl but we’ve been adding water to her wet food. I read today that boiled ground beef can help with diarrhea (I know that she needs more than just that in her diet). We’ve had to wash her butt twice a day for the past several days (warm water and baby soap if it’s really bad on her legs and tail). It’s pretty cold in the house and there are no other cats at my dad’s but he has an old dog who likes to lick her who had been living outside until recently.
I’d really appreciate some advice. How serious does this sound? She has another appointment coming up soon, but will she be okay to wait that long? Does it sound like she needs an emergency appointment? My dad has her in a box with rags down and was blow drying her. Is there anything more we can do at home?
