Alright so I return to this forum with a new kitten with help in need. Like before I am in central america with limited help. My brother in law found an abandoned kitten who appears to be around 2-4 weeks old. It's been 8 hours since he turned in the kitten to me and it was very weak. There was stool stuck behind him so it seems it had diarrhea. It's been 8 hours since I started taking care of him. I gave him some goat milk and later on I've only been feeding him some apple pedialyte. I've been replacing a warm bottle next to him consistently. I won't be able to take him to a good vet until Monday. I would appreciate some tips to keep him alive without vet care until Monday.
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Forgot to mention that the kitten hasn't been able to close his eyes since he was turned in to me. Update * Checked his anus area and there are several tiny worms moving around. Should I alternate pedialyte and goat milk or should i mix the two of them, or something else?
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What you are doing is good and adequate. Goats milk and pedialyte, and keeping him warm. Be sure the fluids are body warm, so they dont chill him off. Being that weak he doesnt need to be chilled off.
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Exactlhy you you distribute the goats milk and pedialyte is difficult to say, he needs boths. He needs most the goats milk, but also some pedialyte (extra salts) for the diarrhea... Do you know how much he weight? If he weight say 300 grammes, 10 OZ, he will need 80 ml goats milk every day. Say you feed every two hours, and sleep some during the night, 10 feedings total. Gives here 8 ml at every feeding, 10 times a day.
If you blend the pedialyte in the goats milk, the total will be more: 80 ml of milk, say 20 ml of pedialyte, giving 10 ml per feeding, 10 times a day.
Or you can give a few drops of pedialyte between the feedings...
If he has visible worms, he must have quite lotsa of worms inside... Hopefully its why he has the diarrhea, ie no other parasites or sickedness...
The allround dewormer Milbomax is mild and takes both round worms and tape worms. You can use Milbomax also on young kittens.
Probably the same for Drontal. Both are big international brands, and should be sold also in your country - but perhaps in other brand names.
Preparates of Pyrantel poaomate are usually mild and can be used on small kittens. They take only roundworms. Most often its enough. Because kittens can get roundwoms from momma.
But if they were flea infested, they can get tapeworms too - as fleas are an inbetween host for tapeworms.
The vet whom you will see already tomorrow, will surely help you with proper deworming - he knows what is there in your local Pharmacia.
But if you by any reason must wait longer, you can begin to seek by yourself.
Tx for caring!
If you blend the pedialyte in the goats milk, the total will be more: 80 ml of milk, say 20 ml of pedialyte, giving 10 ml per feeding, 10 times a day.
Or you can give a few drops of pedialyte between the feedings...
If he has visible worms, he must have quite lotsa of worms inside... Hopefully its why he has the diarrhea, ie no other parasites or sickedness...
The allround dewormer Milbomax is mild and takes both round worms and tape worms. You can use Milbomax also on young kittens.
Probably the same for Drontal. Both are big international brands, and should be sold also in your country - but perhaps in other brand names.
Preparates of Pyrantel poaomate are usually mild and can be used on small kittens. They take only roundworms. Most often its enough. Because kittens can get roundwoms from momma.
But if they were flea infested, they can get tapeworms too - as fleas are an inbetween host for tapeworms.
The vet whom you will see already tomorrow, will surely help you with proper deworming - he knows what is there in your local Pharmacia.
But if you by any reason must wait longer, you can begin to seek by yourself.
Tx for caring!
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Yeah, that is worrying. Not the common. If nothing else, the eye surfaces will tend to dry out... Unless he does blinks regularly! Sorry I forgot to adress it earlier.
Why he is doing this? Unless he is tensed and awake - but blinks regularly wetting the surfaces - his eyes may be dried out by now. With the obvious danger of coming blindness.
Is he perhaps sleeping with open eyes? If so, I suspect there is something building tension and keeping the eyes open. Pus from an infection behind the eyes? If so, its again an ASAP vet errant, needing antibiotica, and the vet letting the pus out...
If the eyesight can be saved I dont know.
On the other side, as a inside only home cat he will manage OK even being blind. Better than a human in fact. Cats are nocturnal, they have whiskers, good smell, good hearing, good sense for vibrations...
I suppose you can try with dropping weak saline water on his eyes now and then. Say a tea spoon of common kitchen sail, boil with a litre of water. The boiling will kill off eventual bacteria, and make the salt dissolve completely.
So its barely tasting salt, comparable to tears (or a shade less). Use it body warm. Dont spare too long, better to make a new.
The same receipt if you shall wash off scratches and minor wounds on humans. Hospitals use this trick too.
He's probably too terrified and upset to close his eyes, poor little mite! Babies should sleep a lot though, I hope his tummy gets full enough that he can sleep. If at all possible get unflavored clear pedialyte, it would be better. Does he take a bottle, or do you have to syringe feed him? Make sure he is tummy down when drinking, you don't want him to choke. Right now he needs love and warmth the most, along with a full tummy. They are tougher than you think, but can crash very quickly. I'll pray for the sweet little angel, he needs all the help he can get, bless you for helping him!
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Yes he sleeps with his eyes open and has his eyes open all the time. His pupils are not dilated and barely moves them. The rest of the eye is a bluish/grey color. He keeps having episodes of diarreah and twitches a lot when urinating and defecating.Is there any way to clean him up safely, and hygienically clean up the worm mess ?
I suggest that you take him to a vet immediately. He sounds very sick. And if you can't get him to a vet, I suggest giving him medicine.
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He needs to see a vet in order to be diagnosed and given medication. It's not advisable to give medication without a vet visit.
Yeah, you're right. Sorry! :'(
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I just came back from the vet. All he did was look at it and checked his hearbeat. The vet told me that he looks pretty bad and has a slow heartbeat. He told me not to give the kitten any deworming medicine yet because he is very week. He told me to keep giving it goat milk and pedialyte. Also prescribed Kaove-NF (anti-diarrhea,antibiotic, anti-microbial suspension). Told me to chop off garlic and mix with olive oil and give it to it tomorrow.
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I would skip the garlic. It's toxic to cats.
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I asked the vet for drontal and he gave me one for dogs 10kg. It's difficult to cat items especially on a Sunday. Tomorrow should be easier but I'm not sure if it will survive until tomorrow. Should I give this to him?
I wouldn't until he is stronger, his little system is just about shut down. Keep giving him his formula until he is moving around and acting more normal, then give him the worm medicine. I know the worms are disgusting but he sounds much too weak. Give him teh medicine the vet gave you, and keep him well hydrated, that is the most important right now.
Obviously, if you give it to him, give just a tiny bit. I dont know if dogs gets other dosage than cats, lets presume its the same active substances. And lets presume its the same dosage. Your kitten is at most half a kilogramme, but this dose if for 10 kilo. So give at most 1/20 of thiss pill.
The easiest to dosage is probably to crush it into a powder, and take out a tiny bit, solve with water or milk and give.
Normally, I wouldnt recommend to give dewormers to very weak. As dewormers is too a burden. Even if drontal is relatively milld.
But as heavy infested as he is... Its a a risk to give, but whatever you do, will be risky. So its a calculated risk.
Did the vet told what this chopped garlic with olive oil is good for? It works somewhat against bacteria, I know, but what more?
Garlic is poisonous to cats, Small doses arent so dangerous - there are catfoods with garlic taste, but in bigger doses its poisonous. So again, depending on what its supposed on to help, it may be a calculated risk.... But it demands you are SURE its a necessary try.
To get rid of worms is a necessary try, and thys, it may be a necessary risk taking...
Keep him warm and comfortable, perhaps even on your chest. Massage him by stroking with your finger. Keep him well hydrated with goats milk and pedialyte.
If he falls into coma, proceed with only pedialyte... You can if necessary smear some thick honey water on his lips and gum. It gives some quick energy.
Even just some pedialyte - as pedialyte do contain glucose sugar.
Good luck, and please continue to report!
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Yes I am going to opt out of the garlic option. Tomorrow should be an easier day to find some things so I will try to get some KMR. The kitten is really heavily infested with worms. There are several dozens around his anus. Is there any way to kill the ones that are already outside?
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Several dozen?? I think you may need to weigh your risks and give some dewormer. They are eating him alive.
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