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Okay so some of you might know that I gave one of my rescue's Cipher to my cousin for his female-cat. He promised me that he'd look after them well, that he knew how to handle the kittens properly, that he would tend to them if they were injured or sick.

Well he lied.

And now one of the 8 week old kittens is horribly hORRIBLY lethargic, won't eat, is growling if you try and touch him, and has next-to-no strength when it comes to walking. He keeps wobbling and falling over. He apparently used to be the strongest out of the litter before this happened. Another one of them has a slight breathing problem (you can hear him breathing when u put him close to your face). The other two babies, thankfully, are alright.

I'm just... so mad at my cousin at the moment because not only is he neglecting the care of this 8 week old kitten, but he's also NOT giving the medicine that the vet prescribed! He's not giving the kitten any medicine at all! I have no idea if the kitten has ate or not, but by the looks of it he's been acting off since Saturday -- that's like three days away :/ I doubt he's had much to eat since then and he's probably dehydrated and lethargic bc he hasn't eaten. According to my cousin, the kitten hasn't puked or done any runny poo's either. Though then again, my cousin only see's them for like an hour every day (he keeps them in this large factory kinda place because his parents don't like cats in their house ://///)

He lives 2 hours away and it's currently almost 9pm so I can't do anything about it. But like... idk why I'm even posting this I just... feel so guilty :/ If only I had kept cipher with me and somehow got him to adjust with Button and Indie... hhngh.

Anyway, have any of you had any experience with this? I know that I probably don't have all of the kittens symptoms and I can't check his gums for dehydration and eyes for response to light etc. But if you have any help that would be extremely great...

Also, it might be worth noting that vet's over here aren't exactly vets... they're more based on experience rather than actual animal biology. They don't know how animal's bodies work or react to certain substances etc. The vet that my cousin saw (it also happened to be the same vet that treated my cat Button, when in fact he just had an intestinal obstruction... the vet prescribed flagyl) also prescribed flagyl to the kitten... though I don't see why as there's no vomiting or runny poos :/

I'm so confused as to what to do here... if anyone could help someone that'd be great.
 

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The kitten sounds severely dehydrated with the lethargy this bad.

It is life or death when dehydration in a young kitten gets so extreme, he needs to get to a vet immediately for fluids if nothing else!

People are so lame, you need to reclaim the kitty!
 

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I think you also need to take the breeding pair away from your cousin. He isn't treating them like pets and they shouldn't be left to breed endlessly. It's not a life, for any of these cats.
 
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I'm so sorry for what you and the kitten are going through.  Can you re-take custody of the kitten?  I did some google searching for you, do any of these links help?


http://www.lahore.ebizpk.com/pet-clinics-lahore.htm

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Thankyou for the links! I've seen a few of those vet's already when Button ingested some string. Dr. Zia is alright from my perspective but he charges an IMMENSE amount of money, I doubt my cousin would want to go to someone so expensive :/ Also, they're in Lahore (I'm in lahore atm), while my cousin is in a completely different city (about two hours away). The only vet's over there that I know of treat large animals like buffalo, sheep and goats etc.
 
 
The kitten sounds severely dehydrated with the lethargy this bad.

It is life or death when dehydration in a young kitten gets so extreme, he needs to get to a vet immediately for fluids if nothing else!

People are so lame, you need to reclaim the kitty!
I'll try my best to reclaim the baby, as well as his parents. But it's going to be so hard because Butty and Indie already don't deal well with stress or change in any way, I don't want them to get sick when they've JUST started to settle down (we made like a complex thingie outside for them to play in because Indie HATED being cooped inside all day. He's finally stopped wailing which is a plus!)
I'm also unsure if the kittens have a disease? Like according to my cousin there's no nasal discharge, their noses are dry and there's no sneezing or coughing either :/ The only thing that they had was this black crusty stuff around their eyes, but no goop or anything.
 
I think you also need to take the breeding pair away from your cousin. He isn't treating them like pets and they shouldn't be left to breed endlessly. It's not a life, for any of these cats.
I wish I could... I honestly regret giving Cipher to him in the first place :/ But I'm like 15 and he's what, 23? I doubt I can have much affect on an adult, no matter how much I try and pester him to give me my cats back... My mum's trying too, but she doesn't want to start a fight in the family over kittens so she's not really pushing it as much as I would if I was in the place to do so.

I haven't got any updates on the kittens at the moment. I hope they're alright, Mum keeps snapping whenever I ask her to phone up my cousin, so I'm not sure when I'll get another update :/ I guess all I can do for now is just send very good vibes the kittens' way.
 
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Okay so update time, I guess.
 

Cheeto passed away today, it's been a few hours since he crossed over. My cousin eventually did take him to the vets (he was in a bad mood after a fight with his family which was why he was delaying the treatment in the first place, he could have told me though so i didn't end up flipping out on him :/) and he was given an injection. I'm unsure what the injection was though? (it was inserted into the skin around the kittens neck, apparently?
 

The vet just said that he had a really bad cold, and to keep him in the sun for a while
 

My cousin did that and Cheeto perked up a little, his litter-mates seemed to like the sun too and started bouncing around and playing. Cheeto wasn't playing though he was just sitting in the corner of the box he was in. But there was a slight improvement. He still wasn't walking/moving much though, so...
 

And then after a few hours my cousin phoned me again and told me that Cheeto had passed. Apparently he started foaming at the mouth and convulsing and then he just went... according to my cousin he seemed to be in pain yesterday too, he kept making screaming noises? The vet doesn't know what happened and I don't either. The rest of his litter-mates seem to be alright, though one of them (his kinda best bud) seems to be a little lost without Cheeto :/
 

I've heard of fading kitten syndrome and was wondering if this could be a case of that? I have no idea what else it could be. Cheeto had no discharge from his eyes or nose, he wasn't vomiting and had no runny poos. He wasn't sneezing or coughing or wheezing or drooling. He was just disorientated when he tried to move and kept falling over and suddenly refused to eat.
 

At least, though, he's in a better place now.
 

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I'm sorry Cheeto passed away and wasn't looked after properly. This thread will be locked now as per TCS policy when a cat has passed away.
You may wish to start a tribute thread in our Bridge Forum when you feel up to it.
 
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