Kitten with health issues

I have a kitten who was a stray, I've nursed him from near starvation & dehydration and a measly 4ox to overr 1lb. I'm guessing he's somewhere now between 7-9weeks old. for the past few days he's mewed at me when pooing, but I didn't think much of it, becuase we're having to learn what the litterbox is for, and leaving poos all over my carpet (& bed). Anyway, tonight he mewed again and I went over to move him to the litter as I usually do, but he jumped out and started dragging his bottom a little, I thought maybe he had a worm stuck or some poo I needed to clean, so I checked, and he had a bright pink prolapse that was about 1/4 inch out. 

My heart sunk immediately, I lost a hamster to prolapse as a child and it was so traumatic for me. Thankfully the peek has gone back in on its own already, but clearly he has been straining. I've put him on baby food already, and plan to keep dry food out until it clears. He definitely has worms. I'd been waiting until he was healthy enough to worm, which will be this week.

He also has a terrible patch of scabs and sores from between his shoulders to his mid back, which are healing nicely with Veticyn gel, I believe these to be a flea allergy since if it were ring worm I'd have caught it by now. If anyone else can give me any kind of hope or advice on what to do until a vet can be seen, I'd appreciate it. He's very active and healthy otherwise. He plays and runs and climbs and eats very well. He's been on a 1/2 & 1/2 dry kitten chow & kitten can food diet, all grain free.

 

I also have some Bee Propolis I had ordered for him I planned to administer to help with the scabbing sores, would this be a conflict at all?

I don't believe so, be sure to flea treat with a good topical as well, like revolution, which is one of the few still working these days.

I'm sure it's a flea reaction too.

I also think deworming should be done asap, and possibly a fecal float too, be sure there are no parasites that will cause an issue, the more times he is sticking out, the harder it is to get it to stay in.

What is a fecal float, and could it be done by me or vet only? Already today stool is soft and no crying when pooing. No peeking insides either. He's been wormed too

So Hobbes has a very mild case of prolapse I am quite sure brought on by worms and a diet that is too dry. He's on baby food, pumpkin etc right now and already not crying when he eliminates.

He's also got some flea allergies (I believe) which has caused scabbing and sores on his neck/back but they are healing nicely with Veticyn & flea control.

He's somewhere between 7-9 weeks. Has been wormed. Was rescued as a stray who was on the brink of death and starvation. He's got a ton of energy and a healthy appetite, but he's got a few odd symptoms I've not seen before.

He's losing the hair just around his eyes. it's not ring worm, and they don't seem to itch. There's no discharge or cloudyness or exposure of second eyelids. The scabs/sores are healing, but they were pretty severe for a time. He also sometimes shakes, really quite a lot, for no discernible reason. I think it could be due to the scents from our other animals but he only seems to shake when held in a room with them, when on the ground he bounds after them and pounces. The shaking isn't constant, but he's done it since I found him. Hyperglycemia? Should I be giving him some syrup? He eats a lot. He seems to feel fine aside from the shaking from time to time. 

Just curious if anyone has any ideas or suggestions. Could this be food allergy? Also the prolapse has not needed to be pushed back in, it seems to retract on its own. I've only spotted it twice, and the second time even less was exposed than the first. His stools are much softer today. So, yay!

He's also gained nearly 1lb in the last 2.5 weeks of me having him, quite a lot from the 5oz he weighed when I found him. 

Small update, he's still energetic as ever, eating and drinking, not seeming to have the prolapse issue right now, but I just picked him up and he immediately began peeing all over me. I kind of feel like it was a protest thing since he's just been let out of the small room he stays in when I am gone and let into an enclosed (very long) hallway. But I am curious if it's a cause for concern? I've had something similar with my older CKD kitty, who has now passed on, but hers was more so incontinence, this felt very willful on his part. Any ideas? Is there any health conditions that this might coincide with given his allergy type symptoms? Can kittens this young get a UTI?

I plan to see a vet soon, I am very low on money and none of my local places allow payment plans, but if worst comes to it I can maybe open a new credit card 

It is highly unlikely that there is any kind of UTI going on at such a young age.

You will also see he has a fever and possibly blood in urine, crying when urinating, prolonged time in the box or switching positions a few times until he finally pees if he does.

I have never in all of my years of rescue seen a 7-9 week old have urinary issues.

Shaking is likely anemia, check the color of his gums, pink, pale pink, white with a slight pink, or sheet white.

This makes them shake from a weakened state and lowered body temp.

He clearly is sensitive to fleas, seen that plenty.

The missing fur around eyes is usually ringworm caused, and can be the first spot it shows up.

Even if it does not glow, because according to vets, it only glows about 65% of the time since there are so many strains of it.

Possibly mange, but that will usually show on the back of the neck and back first, skin is thicker feeling and crusty-ish.

msb88 said:

What is a fecal float, and could it be done by me or vet only? Already today stool is soft and no crying when pooing. No peeking insides either. He's been wormed too

Click to expand...

Fecal float is done at the vet's office, and it's when a small amt of his stool is placed in a solution, then checked to see if there are any ocysts as they are called that come to the surface of the liquid, hence float.

We're going to the vet tomorrow, but some good news is that after worming he hasn't had ANY prolapse symptoms the last 2 days, we switched him to corncob litter and not only is he actually using the litter box (at last) for both poo and pee, he doesn't seem as itchy. (Maybe a dust allergy?) I still believe he has flea allergies but we've got a good handle on the fleas now, and there have been no other peeing incidents. I'm very happy with the results so far, and will report back after we go see the vet tomorrow!