4 Week Old Kitten

[Kaylintaylor]

I rescued a 4 week old kitten from a Walmart parking lot a few days ago. I have been bottle feeding her and making sure she is going to the bathroom. After a few days of being fine she had a seizure about 3:30 pm yesterday afternoon followed by a very bad and bloody BM. After this happened she has been very weak disoriented would lean on stuff for support and falls asleep sitting up. After maybe 15 minutes of sleeping she wakes up crying. I tried feeding her but she won't take it. I'm very worried for my little kitten.

 

[Sarthur2]

Kaylintaylor

Your kitten needs vet care asap! Can you get her to a vet?

She needs sub-q fluids for hydration, and possibly other meds.

This is an emergency! She may not make it.

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Yes, please...vet NOW if you have not already gone. This MAY simply be a severe parasite infestation, but it can certainly be fatal if not dealt with immediately.

 

[Sarthur2]

Kaylintaylor

How is your kitten today?

 

[Kaylintaylor]

She is still weak and is still having seizures. I don't have the money to take her to a vet. She is eating a little and going to the bathroom. But I'm not sure if she this good or not.

 

[Sarthur2]

I'm sorry to hear that she is so sick with seizures.

She really needs a vet. Can you arrange a payment plan or borrow money?

 

[Willowy]

Try contacting every animal welfare agency in the area. She really needs to see a vet. In some places you can get in legal trouble for not taking a sick pet to the vet or at least contacting some shelters, and (besides being concerned for the kitty of course!) I wouldn't that to happen to you.

 

[Kaylintaylor]

I will see what I can do. Is there anything I can do until then to keep her alive?

 

[Willowy]

There's not a lot you can do at home for seizures. But even so, she needs to be hydrated and fed, so get some Gerber chicken baby food, some unflavored Pedialyte (generic is fine), and plastic medicine dropper (in the baby section), mix them together and drop a very small amount in her mouth as often as possible. Just a couple drops at a time, or you run the risk of her inhaling it and getting pneumonia. That should at least take care of nutrition and hydration until morning.

 

[Kaylintaylor]

I just realized. The day I rescued her she had a tick on her back inside leg. I did a little research and came across Lyme disease. It shows every symptom that she has. I know this isn't a confirmed diagnosis. And still need to go to a vet. But I feel that this is what it is.

 

[Willowy]

I hope you're right. But Lyme disease usually takes quite a while to show symptoms, and the young deer ticks that spread Lyme are so small that you don't usually see them. So it seems like a long shot. . .but there are a lot of other treatable infections too. Hopefully it is just an infection that can be easily treated.

Don't wait too long to get her to the vet though---seizures, even if caused by something treatable like an infection, can cause brain damage. The more seizures, the more damage.

 

[Sarthur2]

She probably needs antibiotics ASAP. This would involve paying an exam fee and for the meds.

Can someone help you with this?

 

[Kaylintaylor]

I will get her to the vet.

 

[Sarthur2]

Good! It may save her life. Please let us know what happens.

 

[sunshineclare]

Hope she makes it X thank you for caring and finding a way xx

 

[Mamanyt1953]

Keep us posted on this, please?

 

[Kaylintaylor]

Kora is very alert and moving around. She eats like she has been starved every time we feed her. Which I am kind of worried about. Is that a bad thing??

 

[Sarthur2]

No, it's a good thing! Kittens need lots and lots of food to grow on.

How much and how often are you feeding her?

 

[Kaylintaylor]

We try to feed her every few hours and about a quarter of a bottle each time. But it's the way she attacks it that makes me worried. She really does act like she is starved even when her belly is full.

 

[Sarthur2]

She must be hungry. She needs to eat every 3-4 hours.

What is her weight? I can tell you how many mLs she needs at each feeding.

Is she still having seizures?