Kitten vomiting and diarrhea

Hi there,

I really need urgent help!! My 2 and a bit month of old kitten is really unwell. I live in Thailand so healthcare isn't great, I adopted him from a cat adoption centre.
He has been vomiting and has had diarrhea for the past 2 days, today it has stopped but he isn't eating a thing. Been to the vets twice now, today he was put on an I.V for 15 minutes.
He has become so lathargic, won't move, just hides behind his litter tray.
My boyfriend said the vet gave him an injection today, but I don't know what is was. The whole consultation was in Thai.
Previous to this my kitten had been a bit poorly with conjunctivitis and "cat flu" which the vet gave him eye drops and antibiotics.
I really don't know what to do, I am praying he makes it through the night.
Please help!
Many thanks Emma x

kittenmichael said:

Hi there,

I really need urgent help!! My 2 and a bit month of old kitten is really unwell. I live in Thailand so healthcare isn't great, I adopted him from a cat adoption centre.
He has been vomiting and has had diarrhea for the past 2 days, today it has stopped but he isn't eating a thing. Been to the vets twice now, today he was put on an I.V for 15 minutes.
He has become so lathargic, won't move, just hides behind his litter tray.
My boyfriend said the vet gave him an injection today, but I don't know what is was. The whole consultation was in Thai.
Previous to this my kitten had been a bit poorly with conjunctivitis and "cat flu" which the vet gave him eye drops and antibiotics.
I really don't know what to do, I am praying he makes it through the night.
Please help!
Many thanks Emma x

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Writing, will among others give some pedialyte receipts

kittenmichael said:

Hi there,

I really need urgent help!! My 2 and a bit month of old kitten is really unwell. I live in Thailand so healthcare isn't great, I adopted him from a cat adoption centre.
He has been vomiting and has had diarrhea for the past 2 days, today it has stopped but he isn't eating a thing. Been to the vets twice now, today he was put on an I.V for 15 minutes.
He has become so lathargic, won't move, just hides behind his litter tray.
My boyfriend said the vet gave him an injection today, but I don't know what is was. The whole consultation was in Thai.
Previous to this my kitten had been a bit poorly with conjunctivitis and "cat flu" which the vet gave him eye drops and antibiotics.
I really don't know what to do, I am praying he makes it through the night.
Please help!
Many thanks Emma x

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The vet probably gave him some fluids.  Which he surely needs, and needs more of of it.

I will soon give some receipts for homemade pedialyte.

Does he still drinks by himslelf, perhaps if you entice him?

continuing

Ok, the pedialyte receipts.

If you can buy, buy some flavorless preferably for small children.  

Can you get glucose sugar / brand name may be dextrose, or dextropur.   If not, white caro syrup, or honey.  Or water from overboiled rice.

How to make:

Overboil rice in lotsa of water.  This water will now contain lotsa of glucose sugar in water.  You add some salt.  Preferably a so called minerale salt with several different salts. But common kitchen salt is OK.      Such a receipt is extra useful when having diarrhea - overboilled rice is one of  home remedies.

You can take a bottle of minerale water, with lotsa of different salts (you see what in contains on the label).  And add some glucose sugar. About half soup spoon in a 33 cl bottle. Or 1,5 soup spoon in 1 liter bottle.

Another radical solution is you use such minerale water, and overboil this  rice in it.    Using the minerale water as THE water, or at least, part of the cooking water.   You can have somewhat different ratio in there.  You can add a little of honey too.

The taste shall be barely feeling salt, and it shall be vaguely sweet.

Such pedialyte in somewhat a stopper, and also, gives him again electrolytes.   Having both diarrehea and vomiting, he lost tons of both fluids and electrolytes / salts....

Also, be sure he is warm.  If its very warm at your place - try to chill off the worst.

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As said, if he is still drinking, you entice him to drink as much you manage.  Ie more than a few drops.

BUT.  If his vomiting is of the type he vomites immediately after eating or drinking some, you must cheat the stomach: give him just a few drops at a time - literally two-three, not more - but often, every 10 minutes.

If he isnt drinking by himself, even if you entice him, you must forcefeed the fluid.

If he may suckle, you can use such a little make-up sponge.  Fill it with pedialyte and let him suckle.  Fill on the sponge with a syringe or dropper.

If he doesnt suckles, use a needleless syringe, a dropper or a straw, and give him at the cheek, a drop or two at a time, so he swallows.  If he swallows OK, it can go fairly quick.  if he doesnt swallow good, it will take tame and patience.

If he wriggles and fighs agains, you can wrap him in a little towel.  Easier to hold!

The position: tummy down, head up, may be diagonally up.  Be careful so he doesnt get in wrong throat.

Food?  Can you get raw goat milk?  This could do the whole difference.    Canned / bottled full fat goat milk is useful too, but not the same excellency.

Raw, unpasteurized buffalo milk, or sheep milk is probably also good.

Do not use cow milk.   If cow milk is the only you have, so use plain unsweetened youghurt.

I think this is most important for now.

Good luck!

kittenmichael said:

Hi there,

I really need urgent help!! My 2 and a bit month of old kitten is really unwell. I live in Thailand so healthcare isn't great, I adopted him from a cat adoption centre.
He has been vomiting and has had diarrhea for the past 2 days, today it has stopped but he isn't eating a thing. Been to the vets twice now, today he was put on an I.V for 15 minutes.
He has become so lathargic, won't move, just hides behind his litter tray.
My boyfriend said the vet gave him an injection today, but I don't know what is was. The whole consultation was in Thai.
Previous to this my kitten had been a bit poorly with conjunctivitis and "cat flu" which the vet gave him eye drops and antibiotics.
I really don't know what to do, I am praying he makes it through the night.
Please help!
Many thanks Emma x

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Emma, how is it going? please come with reports and updates.