9 Week Old Kitten Is Very Sick

[whakmcem]

My kitten was looking fine when we got her a week ago, but just recently she's been looking really sick.

She's been sneezing a lot, coughing, sleeping most the time, and not drinking much water.
She eats but she doesn't drink as much as she did.

She has white goop in the inner corner of her eyes aswell.

We're taking her to a vet soon but any ideas could really help me.

 

[LTS3]

It could be an upper respiratory infection. The vet will be able to diagnose the exact problem and prescribe medicine. When is the vet appointment?

If your kitten is eating canned food, she is getting plenty of water from that. You can add extra water to the canned food if you want to be extra sure she is hydrated.

 

[whakmcem]

Thank you.
She is being fed dry food but I will probably try out canned food.

 

[Sarthur2]

It sounds like an upper respiratory infection (URI). She'll need clavamox to clear it, and she should be good as new soon. Can you get to a vet soon?

 

[whakmcem]

We are going to the vet very soon after christmas.

 

[Sarthur2]

In the meantime you can sit with the kitten in the bathroom with a hot shower running so the steam can help clear her passageways.

 

[whakmcem]

We're most likely taking her to the vet today/tomorrow, it's 12AM for me.
We just got home from a Christmas dinner and shes not looking as bad as she did, she still has pink fluid coming from her eye and the white goop, and is still constantly sneezing. But I have noticed she has been drinking some of the water.
Hopefully we'll have proper medicine for her tomorrow if we do go to the vet.

Merry Christmas and happy holidays to you all. (:

 

[Sarthur2]

Keep us posted!