I'm not sure if this is the right place, or if this is okay to post, but i could use some help.
Last night my friend found a very young (5-6 week?) sick feral/stray kitten. It was having trouble walking, making a very low/strange meow and seemed extemely sick/near death. There were also flies gathered on what looked to be a small wound on its side.
We live in a small town and there's no emergency vet but we called a local animal rescue (directed us to the police), the police (likely would euthanize it), and a vet who would see it this weekend but for a $225 consultation fee on top of im sure hundreds more for the treatment.
I or my friend don't have the money, so I brought the kitten home in a box and I've been up with her(or him) all night trying to provide comfort.
I didnt expect her to live but a few hours, but she has actually improved a little. She's eaten a pouch and a half of wet cat food and a little Kitten Milk Replacer, and she had a bowel movement. Her waste was normally colored but a little runny, no weird smell or anything. She has a strong appetite. She perked up some after eating and started climbing out of the box, grooming, etc. but shes obviously in pain. I've been playing sounds of a cat purring on my phone to hopefully help her relax.
Far as I can tell the main problem is her neck/chest she has some kind of severe infection.. hopefully its clear in the first picture but it looks like green pus/discharge is all over the fur. I've been trying to clean her with baby wipes when she's awake but its futile, but i think a bath would traumatize her.
She also has a couple smaller (dime size) wounds that look infected but not near as bad.
Her ears are dirty but her nose/eyes are pretty clean/no discharge.
Also in the second picture you can see theres some kind of yellowish white specks/clumps in her fur on her side, almost looked like maggots at first but whatever it is it's not alive. Its worse than it looks there, it runs all down her side. Ive been trying to comb them out with a flea comb.
She wakes up every 20-30 minutes and cries, im sure shes in a lot of pain. On Monday I can take her to the humane society, they are no-kill and im sure they have some kind of deal with the vet for affordable treatment. But my concern is if she will live until then.
Any advice is really appreciated. I have antibiotics (human) laying around, i think clavamox, if anyone could dose it for me I think I could get her to take that with the wet food.. And anything to help with the pain, I don't know what the options are there. Thanks again. Just a little overwhelmed here.
