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Hi,
I have a 20 wk old kitten called Delilah. I visited her with her mum from 2 weeks old and brought her home at 8 wks. She was tinier than her brothers, but seemed fit and healthy, eating and pooping well.
Then one day she went bloated and developed diarrhea, about 2 weeks after she came home.
At first it was explosive, yellow and mucousy. Over time it changed, with different diets tried, its been watery, shes been dehydrated, each time its been bad Ive thought, this is it Her anus prolapsed.
Vets have had little hope in her, and keep recommending I put her to sleep.
This morning, after a few weeks of a steroid cream, her prolapse is totally inside again. Its only the first time its gone all the way back in and will possibly come back out a bit but its a great sign. Its been going smaller, then coming back a bit over the last week or so.
However, even on pure chicken and rice and 3 times daily kaogel (stool bulking agent) she's still got very unpredictable stools, she leaks, its yellow and very soft. She needs bathing every day.
She has not gained weight, or lost weight, in two weeks. Shes the weight of a 4 wk old kitten.
I wasn't monitoring it before then, but shes not grown a bit since I got her.
She is tiny but shes full of life, although her back legs are a bit compromised from the pain shes been in.
Vets refuse to do testing as they are adamant its a gut problem due to "lack of colostrum"
I saw her feeding with mum, but she was born 4 days after the rest of the litter, or so Im told. She was healthy until she was 10wks old and has been wormed etc.
I have a 20 wk old kitten called Delilah. I visited her with her mum from 2 weeks old and brought her home at 8 wks. She was tinier than her brothers, but seemed fit and healthy, eating and pooping well.
Then one day she went bloated and developed diarrhea, about 2 weeks after she came home.
At first it was explosive, yellow and mucousy. Over time it changed, with different diets tried, its been watery, shes been dehydrated, each time its been bad Ive thought, this is it Her anus prolapsed.
Vets have had little hope in her, and keep recommending I put her to sleep.
This morning, after a few weeks of a steroid cream, her prolapse is totally inside again. Its only the first time its gone all the way back in and will possibly come back out a bit but its a great sign. Its been going smaller, then coming back a bit over the last week or so.
However, even on pure chicken and rice and 3 times daily kaogel (stool bulking agent) she's still got very unpredictable stools, she leaks, its yellow and very soft. She needs bathing every day.
She has not gained weight, or lost weight, in two weeks. Shes the weight of a 4 wk old kitten.
I wasn't monitoring it before then, but shes not grown a bit since I got her.
She is tiny but shes full of life, although her back legs are a bit compromised from the pain shes been in.
Vets refuse to do testing as they are adamant its a gut problem due to "lack of colostrum"
I saw her feeding with mum, but she was born 4 days after the rest of the litter, or so Im told. She was healthy until she was 10wks old and has been wormed etc.