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Hi all! This is my first post here, as I've turned into a worrywart and registered just to post this:
My latest foster fail is an 8-week old ginger DSH. He had a rough start in life- was found abandoned with his litter of 5, in the end only he and one other sibling survived (the sibling being fostered elsewhere.) We've been fostering him since 3 weeks old and he's made a total 180. He's a healthy, bright-eyed, curious, bouncy, active little fuzzball.
We started him on milk, began adding (moistened) canned food a week or so later, and right now he primarily eats canned food with some milk mixed in. We're weaning him off the milk.
We began adding dry food to the mix, though we water it down until it's soggy and soft.
The past few days, after eating & during playtime he'll occasionally stop and gag once or twice. No vomiting. Then he's back to playing or scurrying around or whatnot. He has no other symptoms- is eating/pottying/acting fine. We wish he'd drink more water, but since he's still being weaned off milk he may not need it at this point.
Initially we thought he was eating too fast, but it happens even 30 minutes after eating, so we're at a loss. He has no signs of a URI nor anything in his throat that we can see, and his lungs sound clear.
He has a few plush toys- we're thinking maybe when he plays with them, he's getting hairs in his throat? But he's had these toys for weeks and has only started doing this the past few days. We considered a hairball (he has very fine, thin hair) but can kittens this young get hairballs?
He's scheduled to go to the vet Tuesday for booster shots so as long as he's otherwise acting fine until then, we'll wait to inquire then. Obviously if something happens we'll get him to an emergency vet ASAP.
My previous cat passed away unexpectedly (and traumatically) in July due to an undiagnosed arrhythmia, so I'm a little paranoid about something happening to this one. Especially considering he had to fight sickness & malnutrition so early in his life. He's made such a recovery to this point, my worst fear is something happening to him now because I was unobservant or brushed off a symptom.
My latest foster fail is an 8-week old ginger DSH. He had a rough start in life- was found abandoned with his litter of 5, in the end only he and one other sibling survived (the sibling being fostered elsewhere.) We've been fostering him since 3 weeks old and he's made a total 180. He's a healthy, bright-eyed, curious, bouncy, active little fuzzball.
We started him on milk, began adding (moistened) canned food a week or so later, and right now he primarily eats canned food with some milk mixed in. We're weaning him off the milk.
We began adding dry food to the mix, though we water it down until it's soggy and soft.
The past few days, after eating & during playtime he'll occasionally stop and gag once or twice. No vomiting. Then he's back to playing or scurrying around or whatnot. He has no other symptoms- is eating/pottying/acting fine. We wish he'd drink more water, but since he's still being weaned off milk he may not need it at this point.
Initially we thought he was eating too fast, but it happens even 30 minutes after eating, so we're at a loss. He has no signs of a URI nor anything in his throat that we can see, and his lungs sound clear.
He has a few plush toys- we're thinking maybe when he plays with them, he's getting hairs in his throat? But he's had these toys for weeks and has only started doing this the past few days. We considered a hairball (he has very fine, thin hair) but can kittens this young get hairballs?
He's scheduled to go to the vet Tuesday for booster shots so as long as he's otherwise acting fine until then, we'll wait to inquire then. Obviously if something happens we'll get him to an emergency vet ASAP.
My previous cat passed away unexpectedly (and traumatically) in July due to an undiagnosed arrhythmia, so I'm a little paranoid about something happening to this one. Especially considering he had to fight sickness & malnutrition so early in his life. He's made such a recovery to this point, my worst fear is something happening to him now because I was unobservant or brushed off a symptom.
