Do kittens get diahrrea or vomiting while they are teething? It seems like my kitten has had diahrrea when she lost her fangs and then a couple weeks later when she lost her molars. I had took her to the vet and she was given medications (antibiotics/antiprotozoal) but I was thinking it might just be from teething?
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Teething - diahrrea and vomiting?
- Thread starter lovecat
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That is a good question...one for the experts (such as Gaye). If I recall...my fosters did seem to have runny stools when they weaned off mom.
Katie
Vomiting and diiahrrea are not normal signs. In fact, the kitten should lose their baby teeth and begin to sprout adult teeth without you noticing much change at all. Keep up with the medications the vet has given you and please take her back to the vet if there is no improvement. Watch for dehydration - vomiting and diahrrea can casue a small kitten to become dehydrated very quickly.
There are two ways to check for dehydration:
Pinch test - Gently pull the skin up on the back of the cat's neck and release. If the cat is well hydrated, the skin will snap back into position in a second. If the cat is dehydrated, there will be a 'tent' in the skin that takes longer to go back into place.
Gum test - With clean hands, lift the cats lip and gently press on the gum and release. The gum should turn white for a second and then return to a nice pink colour. If the gum stays pale or is greyish, the cat is dehydrated.
There are two ways to check for dehydration:
Pinch test - Gently pull the skin up on the back of the cat's neck and release. If the cat is well hydrated, the skin will snap back into position in a second. If the cat is dehydrated, there will be a 'tent' in the skin that takes longer to go back into place.
Gum test - With clean hands, lift the cats lip and gently press on the gum and release. The gum should turn white for a second and then return to a nice pink colour. If the gum stays pale or is greyish, the cat is dehydrated.
And if you find or suspect the cat is dehraded you may help it yourself.
Give it water with spoon or preferably some form of "syringe" as you perhaps must use some form of mild force - as the cat probably dont want to drink herself.
- in the corner of the mouth, water across the mouth not straight in the neck.
Water will do, but good is:
1 litre water
1 soupspoon of dextrose
1 teaspoon of kitchen-salt
a tiny little of bicarbonate of soda.
Mix by warming up. Administer when fingerwarm again.
This is good for cats and as well for dehydraded human children sick in fever and vomiting ...
Give it water with spoon or preferably some form of "syringe" as you perhaps must use some form of mild force - as the cat probably dont want to drink herself.
- in the corner of the mouth, water across the mouth not straight in the neck.
Water will do, but good is:
1 litre water
1 soupspoon of dextrose
1 teaspoon of kitchen-salt
a tiny little of bicarbonate of soda.
Mix by warming up. Administer when fingerwarm again.
This is good for cats and as well for dehydraded human children sick in fever and vomiting ...
Stefan, good advice. You would likely need a litre of fluid for a human child but a good recipe for a dehydrated kitten is Pedialyte diluted 1/2 and 1/2 with water or:
Home-made Pedialyte
1 cup water (boiled then cooled)
Small pinch of baking soda
Small pinch of Salt
2 teaspoons of sugar
Home-made Pedialyte
1 cup water (boiled then cooled)
Small pinch of baking soda
Small pinch of Salt
2 teaspoons of sugar
Kumbulu. As I understand your recipe for homemade Pedialyte is almost exactly the same as mine. (the most important ingrediense in baking soda is bicarbonate of soda)
My recipe I have from the Little Manual for Cats healths, they sell it at swedish Pharmacy.
Oh, so it is called Pedialyte? Is the term known by everybody in USA?
It is essentially the same fluid they give sick, wounded and dying people directly in the blood at hospitals - keeping them in life sometimes weeks and weeks.
Besides it stops diarrhea and vomiting somewhat if given to drink.
(If heavy vomiting - give only a little at time - a small mouthfull - every 5-10 minutes. The stomache dont feel it - no vomiting)
Thank you for recognization!
My recipe I have from the Little Manual for Cats healths, they sell it at swedish Pharmacy.
Oh, so it is called Pedialyte? Is the term known by everybody in USA?
It is essentially the same fluid they give sick, wounded and dying people directly in the blood at hospitals - keeping them in life sometimes weeks and weeks.
Besides it stops diarrhea and vomiting somewhat if given to drink.
(If heavy vomiting - give only a little at time - a small mouthfull - every 5-10 minutes. The stomache dont feel it - no vomiting)
Thank you for recognization!
